AMRITSAR – THE GOLDEN CITY

Golden Temple in Amritsar

Amritsar has been chosen as one of the heritage cities for HRIDAY – Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana scheme under the Government of India. Positioned 455 km northwest of the national capital and 217 km northwest of the state capital, the city is believed to be the Ashram site of the Ramayana writer, Maharishi Valmiki. The nearby cities, Lahore and Kasur, were believed to be founded by Lava and Kusha. During Ashvamedha Yagna by Lord Rama, they captured the ritual horse and tied Lord Hanuman to a tree near…

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DID LORD BUDDHA MEDITATE AT GOLDEN TEMPLE?

Buddha in Amritsar

Golden Temple, Sri Harmandir Sahib (The abode of God), is considered as the most celebrated shrine of the Sikh religion. Guru Arjan, the fifth Sikh Guru, designed and developed the place of sublime peacefulness. He then installed Adi Granth, the holy scripture of Sikhism, inside it. Even though Guru Arjan initiated the construction of Gurdwara, its foundation stone of this Gurdwara was laid by Muslim saint Mian Mir on 28 December 1588. It took 16 years to be completed. Over a lakh people, regardless of religious distinctions, visit this beautiful…

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