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Children posing on a side street near the Golden Temple, Amritsar, Punjab, India.
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Amritsar is dominated by the history of the Sikhs and many of their sacred shrines are found in and around the city. The city lies on the main Grand Trunk (GT) road from Delhi to Jalandhar to
Amritsar connecting to Lahore in Pakistan. Lahore, which was the historic capital of pre-partition Punjab, is about 50 km west of Amritsar. "Amritsar" meaning the "Pool of the Nectar of Immortality", is the administrative headquarters of the Amritsar District in Punjab, India.
Amritsar is located in the northwest part of India in the State of Punjab, Amritsar derives from the Sanskrit Language "Amŗta-sarovar" - "Lake of Nectar". It is home for the Harimandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, and is the spiritual and cultural centre of the Sikh Religion. In Maharaja Ranjit Singh's time, Amritsar had superseded Lahore as the pre-eminent city of Punjab. It is also known for the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (1919) in British times in India. The main commercial activities include tourism, carpets and fabrics, farm produce, handicrafts, service trades and light engineering. Amritsar is also a seat of major educational institutions like Guru Nanak Dev University (Established 1969), Khalsa College, Amritsar (Established 1892), DAV College(Established 1955), Government Medical College, Amritsar (Established 1926). |
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