Temple Harmandir Sahib (Harmandir Sahib) description and photos - India: Amritsar (Topic)

Harmandir Sahib temple description and photos - India: Amritsar. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Harmandir Sahib.

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The Harmandir Sahib Temple, also known as Darbar Sahib, is located in the city of Armitsar in the Indian state of Punjab. But most often it is called the "Golden Temple" due to the fact that almost all of its outer surface up to the top of the dome, except for the lower tier, is covered with gilding. This Gurdwara of the Sikhs, in other words a place of worship, was created by the fifth Guru of the Sikhs - Guru Arjan Dev around the 16th century. And when in 1604 the sacred scriptures of this religion, which are called Adi Granth, were completed, they were transferred to storage in the Harmandir Sahib temple.

It acquired its present appearance after the reconstruction, which was made in 1764 by the initiative of the outstanding spiritual leader of the Sikhs Sultan ul Kwam Nawab Jassa Singh Ahluwalia. Besides, in the 19th century, another Sikh leader, the ruler of Maharaja, Ranjit Singh, ordered to cover the upper floors of the temple with gilding, for which, as already mentioned above, Harmandir Sahib received its one more name "Golden Temple". The official name “Harmandir-Sahib” literally translates as “Temple of God.”

In general, Harmandir-Sahib is a real complex located around a small lake Sarovar, in the center of which is the temple building itself. The water in this lake is considered curative, people believe that it is a mixture of holy water and the elixir of immortality.

You can get to the Golden Temple through one of the four doors there - one on each side, which symbolizes openness Sikh temples for all people, regardless of their nationality and religion.

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