Khalsa College, AmritsarSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Amritsar#mediaviewer/File:Khalsacollege_3.jpg
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Amritsar (Pubjabi: ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ) is a city in Punjab, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district. The city has a population of 1.5 million people within the Amritsar district which has 3.7 million inhabitants.
Amritsar is the site of Harmandir Sahib, better known as the Golden Temple of Amritsar, the spiritual and cultural center of Sikhism.
Amritsar was founded by Guru Ram Das in 1574. Through much of its initial history, many of the Sikh leaders were captured and tortured by the Mughals, who attacked and attempted to occupy Amritsar on many occasions.
Gurdwara Baba Atal, AmritsarSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gurdwara_Baba_Atal#mediaviewer/File:Baba_atal_1.jpg
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Today modern Amritsar is a center for medicare in northern India. It is also a major local tourist destination, and is an important center for handicrafts, carpets and fabrics.
Planning your trip to Amritsar
Most visitors fly to Amritsar from
Delhi. The Raja Sansi International Airport is 11 km from downtown Amritsar. You can take a taxi from the airport to the city.
Planning your travel within Amritsar
The most practical way is to take a cycle rickshaw or an auto rickshaw. Hire them for the whole day to visit all the sights swiftly.
Gurdwara Shaheed Ganj Sahib Ji, AmritsarSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gurdwara_Shaheed_Ganj_Sahib_Ji#mediaviewer/File:Gurdwara_Shaheed_Ganj_Sahib_Ji-Amritsar-India06.JPG
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Places of Interest in Amritsar
- Golden Temple of Amritsar
The holiest shrine of the Sikh community.
- Baba Atal Tower
Site where the son of Hargobind, the sixth Guru of Sikhism, attained martyrdom
- Jallianwala Bagh
Site of the 1919 Amritsar Massacre.
- Mata Temple
Labyrinthine Hindu cave temple
- Summer Palace of Maharaja Ranjit Singah
Former palace now museum housing exhibits from Sikh history.
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