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The Golden Temple, or Golden Gurudwara is the holiest shrine of Sikhs. It was built in late 16th century by Guru Arjan Dev, and a copy of the Sikh scripture was placed inside the Gurudwara in 1604. Its sanctum walls were covered in marble and the dome was decorated with gold foil by Maharaja Ranjit Singh in the 19th century.[2] More than 100,000 people visit this monument every month

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  1. The Golden Temple, or Golden Gurudwara is the holiest shrine of Sikhs. It was built in late 16th century by Guru Arjan Dev, and a copy of the Sikh scripture was placed inside the Gurudwara in 1604. Its sanctum walls were covered in marble and the dome was decorated with gold foil by Maharaja Ranjit Singh in the 19th century.[2] More than 100,000 people visit this monument every month.
  2. Harmandir Sahib
  3. Golden Temple
  4. ਸ੍ਰੀ ਹਰਿਮੰਦਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ
  5. Hamandir Sahib (Golden Temple).jpg
  6. The Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple)
  7. Golden Temple is located in PunjabGolden Temple
  8. Location within Punjab
  9. Golden Temple is located in IndiaGolden Temple
  10. Golden Temple (India)
  11. Alternative names
  12. Darbar Sahib
  13. Golden Temple of Amritsar(Harmandir Sahib)
  14. General information
  15. Town or city
  16. Amritsar
  17. Coordinates
  18. 31°37′12″N 74°52′37″E / 31.62000°N 74.87694°E
  19. Construction started
  20. December 1581[1]
  21. Completed
  22. 1589 (Temple), 1604 (with Adi Granth) [1]
  23. Website
  24. Sri Harmandir Sahib (Gurmukhi)
  25. Sri Harmandir Sahib is the official name of the Golden Gurudwara.[1] It is in the city of Amritsar, Punjab, India.
  26. The Gurudwara is surrounded by a sacred pool and group of buildings important to the Sikh religion. The complex is the most important pilgrimage site in Sikhism and it is also called Darbar Sahib.
  27. One of these buildings in the complex is the Akal Takht, the highest religious authority for Khalsa Sikhs. Another building is the langar, where a free simple vegetarian meal is served to all without any discrimination.
  28. The Gurudwara is a place of worship for men and women from all walks of life and all religions to come and worship God. The four entrances (representing the four directions) to get into the Harmandir Sahib also symbolise the openness of the Sikhs towards all people and religions.
  29. The present-day gurdwara was rebuilt in 1764 by Jassa Singh Ahluwalia with the help of other Sikh Misls. In the early nineteenth century, Maharaja Ranjit Singh founded the Sikh Empire and covered the upper floors of the gurdwara with gold, which gives it its distinctive appearance and its English name.[10] It contains the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh scripture. In the 1980s the Gurudwara was the scene of fighting connected with the Khalistan movement.
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