Sikh Heritage In Paintings - Book By K. S. Bains Foreword To The Book 'Sikh Heritage In Paintings' By K. S. Bains Painting is perhaps the most expressive form of art to depict the emotions, spirit and events of an era. They constitute the signatures of the stage development of a society has achieved. Their real significance sometimes eludes us, may be because not many efforts have been made to organise paintings in a sequential form with a well defined purpose in view. The lives and times of the Sikh Gurus is an era which has influenced the society not only in the field of religion but has left an indelible imprint on the mankind as a whole.