Amritsar

 

Location: Northwestern part of India. (Punjab)

Languages: Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu and English.

Climate: Summers are hot and winters are chilly.

Season to Visit: October to March.

Tourist Attraction: Golden Temple, Jalianwala Bagh, Durgiana Mandir, Baba Atal Rai Tower, Wagah Border , Rambagh Garden, Ram Tirath Temple, Tarn Taran, Gurdwara Ramsar Sahib and many more.

Excursions: Baba Bakala - 45 Kms, Amanat Khan Serai - 35 Kms, Tarn Taran - 25 Kms, Dera Baba Nanak - 35 Kms, Gobindwal Sahib - 30 Kms and many more.

Reach -

By Air: The nearest airport is Delhi and Srinagar.
By Rail: Well linked by tremendous rail routes, reaching Amritsar is very simple. Direct train services are provided to main cities like Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Puri and other places. 
By Road: Ferozpur- 160 Kms, Jammu- 216 Kms,  Chandigarh- 235 Kms, and Wagah- 29 Kms, Delhi- 435 Kms.  

Amritsar is address to the sacred organization significant to Sikhs - The Golden Temple. Amritsar is an association by itself. Located in the heart of Amritsar, the shrine all-around is surrounded by a den of thin lanes, or katras, that home one of the busiest markets in India. The gurudwara, as Sikh temples are called, is the holiest of Sikhs holy place in India. The city of Amritsar is an inspiring stage of numerous customs and secular civilization. Amritsar is consequent from a combination of two words 'amrit' (nectar of immortality) and 'Sarovar' (pool).  It is one of the most prehistoric and enthralling cities of India.

   

The marvel has it that this was the place where, Luv and Kush, the twin sons of Lord Ram, got learning and were trained the Ramayana by the academic sage Valmiki, previous to Sikhism came into subsistence and present city came to be recognized as Amritsar. Amritsar is at the epicenter of the Sikh assurance, for it is home to the Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines. For Sikhs it is together a place where Punjab's prosperity is on full display, as well as a main pilgrimage. Golden Temple is situated in the heart of Amritsar is visited by thousands of devotees daily. 

   

There is no constraint as to who can pierce the premises of the temple. Public of all class, creed, femininity, and nationality are allowable to stay the holiest Sikh pilgrimage destination. With the admiration of the pilgrims that pulls into Amritsar, the city has become the sign of Sikhism. The Golden Temple is the main landmark of the place. Founded by the fourth Guru of Sikhs, Guru Ram Das, the Golden Temple is a two storey granite construction, with an imposing dome of pure gold. Amritsar Sahib is a major pilgrimage and spiritual sites for the Sikhs from all over the nation.

   

Amritsar Sahib is truthfully a captivating prospect that stands amidst the four-sided figure tank of holy water, which is known as the Tank of Nectar or amrit. To obtain in to the multifaceted of the Amritsar Sahib or Harmandir Sahib, you can discover four gateways, which signifies that this holy site is open top public approaching from four corners of the world. Harmandir Sahib also known as Darbar Sahib, Golden Temple, and Hari Mandir is the most visited sacred Sikh pilgrimage. Harmandir means Temple of God. The golden temple in Amritsar is the most glorious of all Sikh shrines, illustration pilgrims from near and far for centuries. It is supposed that Amritsar is where Sage Valmiki wrote the classic Ramayana and also someplace Lord Ram and Sita spent a concise period of their 14-year exile. Anandpur Sahib in Punjab is one of the most respected places of pilgrim for the Sikh society. The holy book of the Sikhs, Adi Granth, compiled by Guru Arjan Dev, rests on a throne under a jewel-encrusted shelter. 

   

A chronological testimonial that tells the gloomy tale of collection killing during the sovereignty movement in India, Jalianwallah Bagh is one more must visit in Amritsar. Here is the monument of the martyrs of the 1919 slaughter by British General Dyer. Currently the place also has a park. General Dyer personally led the troops to the prospect and controlled his men to open fire lacking any caution. The place is now a national monument. Amritsar also houses a magnificent place of worship devoted to the Hindu deity Durga. Simply accessible from the Golden Temple, the Durgiana Mandir also offers puja to deities of Laxmi and Narayana. Ram Bag is an attractive backyard consisting of an incredible palace called as the summer place of previous Maharaja Ranjit Singh in the city of Amritsar. There is also a fine-looking museum named after Maharaja Ranjit Singh exhibiting sole oil paintings, miniatures, coins, weapons and substance relating to the Sikh period. The Golden Temple is built on a 67 feet square platform in the center of the lake. One of the numerous closes by places to visit from Amritsar is the Wagah Border. Positioned on the Indo-Pakistan border, Wagah is 28 kilometers from the Amritsar main town. The 450-year old Jubbi Tree marks the place from where the first high priest of the temple, Baba Buddhaja supervised the structure of the temple. Placed few Kms from the city, Baba Atal Rai Tower commemorates the spot where Guru Har Gobind is said to have died. 

   

 

   

 

   
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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