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City of the Golden Temple

Amritsar

The gilded shrine of Harmandir Sahib shines over its pool, ringed by white marble and saffron turbans.

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Photo: Traveltoindia23, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Amritsar is temple gold

Amritsar grew around a sacred pool dug in the 1570s. In its centre stands Harmandir Sahib, the most revered gurdwara of the Sikhs, known in English as the Golden Temple. The shrine was rebuilt in the 18th century. In the early 19th century Maharaja Ranjit Singh had its upper storeys covered with gilded copper sheets, which give it its name. The lower walls and the walkway around the pool are white marble, inlaid with flowers. Sikh colours appear everywhere: saffron and deep blue in turbans and in the cloth of the flag, the Nishan Sahib. The shrine is lit at night and reflected in the water. Its free kitchen feeds visitors of every faith.

Temple gold#D4AF37Marble white#F3F0E8Kesari saffron#F28C28Royal blue#1F3F8ASarovar green#3D6F6A

Values are fair approximations of what the eye sees there, not measurements.

Colours tied to Amritsar

GoldA strong yellow named for the precious metal and often linked with wealth and first placeSaffronA yellow-orange shade named after the colour of saffron crocus threads
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Written by the Rang desk with AI assistance. Background: "Amritsar" on Wikipedia. If you know Amritsar and we have it wrong, tell us.

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