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    The Golden Temple, also known as Harmandir Sahib, is a prominent Sikh gurdwara located in Amritsar, India. It was constructed in the 16th century by Guru Ram Das, who established Amritsar as a primary Sikh pilgrimage site. Later additions included marble and gold plating, giving it the name Golden Temple. It is open to people of all faiths and receives over 1 lakh visitors daily, making it one of the most visited religious sites in the world.

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    The Golden Temple, also known as Harmandir Sahib, is a prominent Sikh gurdwara located in Amritsar, India. It was constructed in the 16th century by Guru Ram Das, who established Amritsar as a primary Sikh pilgrimage site. Later additions included marble and gold plating, giving it the name Golden Temple. It is open to people of all faiths and receives over 1 lakh visitors daily, making it one of the most visited religious sites in the world.

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    The Golden Temple, also known as Harmandir Sahib, is a prominent Sikh gurdwara located in Amritsar, India. It was constructed in the 16th century by Guru Ram Das, who established Amritsar as a primary Sikh pilgrimage site. Later additions included marble and gold plating, giving it the name Golden Temple. It is open to people of all faiths and receives over 1 lakh visitors daily, making it one of the most visited religious sites in the world.

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    The Golden Temple, also known as Harmandir Sahib, is a prominent Sikh gurdwara located in Amritsar, India. It was constructed in the 16th century by Guru Ram Das, who established Amritsar as a primary Sikh pilgrimage site. Later additions included marble and gold plating, giving it the name Golden Temple. It is open to people of all faiths and receives over 1 lakh visitors daily, making it one of the most visited religious sites in the world.

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    GOLDEN TEMPLE(SRI HARMINDIR

    SAHIB)
     The Golden Temple, also known as Harmandir Sahib
    Gurdwara located in the city of Amritsar, Punjab, India. The temple
    is built around a man-made pool (sarovar) that was completed
    by Guru Ram Das in 1577. Guru Arjan the fifth Guru of Sikhism,
    requested Sai Mir MianMohammed a Muslim Pir of Lahore to lay its
    foundation stone in 1589. Maharaja Ranjit Singh after founding the
    Sikh Empire,built it in marble and copper in 1809, overlaid the
    sanctum with gold foil in 1830. This has led to the name the Golden
    Temple. he Harmandir Sahib is an open house of worship for all
    men and women, from all walks of life and faith.It has a square
    plan with four entrances, has a circumambulation path around the
    pool. One of these is Akal Takht, the chief center of religious
    authority of Sikhism.  The temple complex has been nominated as
    a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and its application is pending on
    the tentative list of UNESCO.
    HISTORY
     According to the Sikh historical records, the land that became Amritsar and houses
    the Harimandar Sahib was chosen by Guru Amar Das the third Guru of the Sikh
    tradition. It was then called Guru Da Chakk, after he had asked his disciple Ram
    Das to find land to start a new town with a man-made pool as its central point.After
    Ram Das succeeded Guru Amar Das in 1574, and given the hostile opposition he
    faced from the sons of Guru Amar Das, Guru Ram Das founded the town that came
    to be known as "Ramdaspur". He started by completing the pool with the help of
    Baba Buddha .Guru Ram Das built his new official centre and home next to it. He
    invited merchants and artisans from other parts of India to settle into the new town
    with him.
     Ramdaspur town expanded during the time of Guru Arjan financed by donations and
    constructed by voluntary work. The town grew to become the city of Amritsar, and
    the area grew into the temple complex.The construction activity between 1574 and
    1604. The earliest known document dealing with the lives of all the ten Gurus.Guru
    Arjan installed the scripture of Sikhism inside the new temple in 1604.Continuing the
    efforts of Guru Ram Das, Guru Arjan established Amritsar as a primary Sikh
    pilgrimage destination. He wrote a voluminous amount of Sikh scripture including the
    popular Sukhmani Sahib.
    GEOGRAPHICAL MAP
    TOURIST VISIT
    AMRITSAR
     “The city receives around 1 lakh tourists a
    day of whom 50,000 stay back.” Around
    70,000 to 80,000 people visit the Golden
    Temple every day and this number touches
    1.5 lakh on the weekends.This number
    doubles on important functions such as
    Gurpurab or Baisakhi. This makes Harmandir
    Sahib amongst the top visited shrines in the
    world which is thronged by pilgrims belonging
    to different religions, castes and creeds.
    TOURIST ATTRACTION
     Golden Temple.
     Wagah Border.
     Jallianwala Bagh.
     Guru Ke Mahal.
     Hall Bazaar.
     Maharaja Ranjit Singh Museum.
     Gurudwara Mata Kaulan.

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