Amritsar: the holy Sikh city
April 15th 2007 We got into Amritsar in the evening of April 11th and checked into a simple hotel a minute's walk from the Sikh Harimandir Sahib, or Golden Temple. Amritsar is the Sikh holy city, founded in 1577 by the fourth Sikh Guru and centered around a holy bathing pool. The pool is now a square tank circled in marble, and in the center is the beautiful golden temple. The Sikh faith is a monotheistic religio
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