Amritsar Golden Temple

The GOLDEN TEMPLE or Darbar Sahib or Dari Mandir situated in Amritsar, Punjab is the holiest shrine for Sikhs. Previously known as the Golden Temple, in March 2005 it was renamed as Harmandir Sahib. The Sikhs all over the world visit to Sri Amritsar to worship the God. 100 kilograms of Gold were applied in 19^th century to the inverted lotus shaped Dome and marbles were added. 

The Afghans and other invaders occupied Sri HarMandir many a times and destroyed. The Sikhs has to scarify their lives every time in order to restore its sancity. After the death of Bhai Mani Singhji in 1737, Massa Ranghar, the Kotwal of Amritsar took charge of Sri HarMandir Sahib in 1740. Sri Harmandir Sahib is built on a platform (67 ft. sq) in the centre of tank(Sarovar). The temple is 40 ft. sq. The doors are present on the four sides i.e; east, west, north and south. The mandir is surrounded by water is a sacred pool known as the Amrit Sarovar, Pool of Nectar. The visitors can reach the temple through Parikrama , which is in a clockwise direction. A dinning hall was present known as Guru-Ka-Langer around 35,000 people can feed for free a day. The opening time of temple in summer is 7 am and closing time is 8 pm and in winter opening time is 7 am and closing time 7 pm. The restrictions to the visitors that they should not enter to the temple while they drink alcohol, eat meat, smoke cigarettes or other drugs. While entering to the temple people should cover their head by cloth.

After visiting to the golden temple the people should visit the following around it:

BABA ATAL:

It’s a nine stored tower build in memory of Atal Rai. It was built between 1778 and 1784. Its height is 108 ft.

GURU-KA-LANGER:

It is a dinning hall around 35,000 people can feed for free a day.

SRI GURU RAMDAS NIVAS:

It’s a free hostel for the temple authorities. It has 18 big halls and 228 rooms. It provides free facilities to the people. The visitors are not allowed to stay more than three days.