Amritsar
On arrival at Amritsar Airport/Railway station drive to hotel, after fresh up Witness the Retreat Ceremony at Waga Border and sightseeing of Golden temple. O/N Hotel
Amritsar: The second-largest city of Punjab, Amritsar is colloquially known as Ambarsar. Amritsar is the spiritual and cultural centre of the Sikh Religion. Amritsar is home to Harmindir Sahib, popularly known as "the Golden Temple," one of Sikhism’s most spiritually significant and most-visited gurudwaras.
Golden Temple: Amritsar is home to Harmindir Sahib, popularly known as "the Golden Temple," one of Sikhism’s most spiritually significant and most-visited gurudwaras. The stunning golden architecture of the temple housing the shrine is a small part of the vast complex known as Darbar Sahib to the Sikhs. The spiritual focus is the tank, the Amrit Sarovar, which surrounds the glistening central shrine. Around the edges of the compound, there are more shrines and monuments. The daily Langar (community kitchen) at the temple attract a large number of visitors and devotees each day. The temple is open to devotees of all faiths and serves over 100,000 people free food from all walks of life.
Jallianwala Bagh:Jallianwala Bagh is a public garden that also houses a memorial to commemorate the massacre of peaceful celebrators by the British forces. Jallianwala Bagh is associated with one of the saddest days in Indian History when thousands of innocent people were killed on the orders of General Dyer as they gathered for a peaceful celebration of Baisakhi. The place has now been turned into a beautiful park and is managed by the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Trust.
A number of structures are present inside the premises which resound of the atrocities that occurred here. These include a wall which still bears the marks of the bullets that were hurled blindly at the civilians and a well in which many people jumped to save themselves from the onslaught of the bullets
Wagah Border: Located at a distance of 28 km from Amritsar, the Wagah Border marks the boundaries between Indian and Pakistani borders.The Wagah Border Ceremony or the Beating Retreat Ceremony, held every day, is the prime attraction every evening, just before sunset the soldiers from the Indian and Pakistan military meet at this border post to engage in a 30-minute display of military camaraderie and showmanship.
This ceremony includes the closing of the international gates and lowering the flags of both countries. The
Durgiana Temple :Built in the third decade of the 20th Century, it echoes not only the traditional Hindu temple architecture but that of the Golden Temple and in a similar manner rises from the midst of a tank and has canopies and the central dome in the style of the Sikh temple. One of the greatest reformers and political leaders of resurgent India, Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, laid its foundation stone. It is a well-known repository of Hindu scriptures
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