me and Jeff in front of the Golden Temple

Amritsar: the holy Sikh city

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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 ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more