Places To See In Amritsar

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Places To See In Amritsar

Amritsar is situated in the state of Punjab and it is believed by the residents that the city was founded way back in the year 1574. The city is now one of the popular tourists attraction site mainly because of several religious sites over here.

Apart from religious sites, you can enjoy marvelous scenic beauty in this city of Amritsar. Some of the popular tourist’s attraction sites are:

Golden Temple:

This is most sacred place for the Sikh community. Also popularly referred to as the Sri Harmandir Sahib, the temple was laid way back to 14th century by Guru Ram Das. The architectural aspects of this temple if really spell bounding.

The temple has four gateways and the arches are really very beautiful. It is a real example of the Hindu and the Muslim style of architecture. The temple literally is standing right in the middle of a tank and this is the feature which has attracted tourists from around the planet since many centuries. It is quite popularly visited by tourists of many religions and hence is a real example of the secularity of the India.

Jallianwala Bagh:

Any Indian would have known the significance of Jallianwala Bagh, but if you are not from India, going through Indian History will help you know. It was this Jallianwala Bagh where in 1919, during the British Rule, General O’ Dyer closed all the exits and open fired on the mass in that enclosed region. Till now it is one of the popular tourist spot in Amritsar.

Durgiana Mandir:

This temple also has the architecture very similar to the Harmandir Sahib, the Golden Temple, but it is dedicated to the Goddess Durga and is basically a Hindu temple. Situated quite closer to the Golden temple, it was established in the 16th Century also stands in the middle of a lake just like the Golden temple.