Sunday, July 14, 2013

GOLDEN TEMPLE AMRITSAR

GOLDEN TEMPLE IN AMRITSAR

Golden temple is one of the famous temples of Amritsar. It is also known as historical place of India. This great temple of India is also known as Harmandir sahib and darbar sahib. It is named after the god of Sikh shri hari. And because, it is made from gold it is also known as golden temple. Shri hari sahib temple is situated in the center of small lake which is made by man. Name of this lake is Amritsar Lake.  Construction of this lake is started in 1573 under the leadership of fourth guru of Sikh guru ramdas ji. After the four years in 1577 construction of Amritsar Lake is completed. In 1588 construction of golden temple is started under the leadership of fifth guru of sikh , guru arjan dev ji. As we all know that in construction of this temple too much gold is used and because of this thing golden temple is attacked too many times. It is one of the well known Pilgrimage centre of India.






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