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Amritsar - ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ


Amritsar- The city of the Golden Temple. Amritsar is in the northwestern region of India, in the state of Punjab, The city lies on the famous Grand Trunk Road that connects Delhi, Jalandhar and Amritsar, and these to Lahore.Amritsar is one of the most important pilgrimage centers especially for the Sikhs in the country.

The holy city of Sikhs has grown from a sacred village pond into a spiritual temporal centre of Sikh culture. The City gets its name from the pool- Amritsar (Pool of Nectar), which was said to have been constructed by the fourth Guru of the Sikh faith. The town built around the Golden Temple is the hub of the Sikh culture. It is, today, an important industrial center with a flourishing textile industry, the second largest milk processing plant in the country and thriving electric goods, autoparts and a carpet weaving industry.

Amritsar - the holy city of Sikhs, has grown from a sacred village pond into a spiritual temporal centre of Sikh culture. The city gets its name from the pool-Amritsar (Pool of Nectar), which was constructed by the fourth religious preceptor of the Sikh faith. It also lies on the Asian Highway.


Type Bilgrimage, Tourist Destination, Temple Region Type Gangetic Plains Altitude 218 m
District State Punjab Region North
Area 5,075 Sq.Km Population as per 2001 census 25,03,165 Languages Punjabi dialect of Maajhi, Hindi, English, Urdu
Temperature & Rainfall Summer 34 to 150 deg C
Winter 18 to 00 deg C
59.2 cm.
Best Seasons October to March Clothing Cotton
Woollen
Nearby Stations AMRITSAR JN ASR Nearby Airports Amritsar International Airport (ATQ) Nearby Places Ludhiana, Lahore
STD Code 0183 Pincode 143001 Other Names  
Co-ordinates 31.632337, 74.874573 Wikipedia Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amritsar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Temple
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Punjab
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