Wishesh December Magazine 2015

Indian Travelogue
Harminder Sahib
The golden Temple
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Golden temple also referred to as “The
Harmandir Sahib” or “Darbar Sahib”, is
the holiest Sikh Gurdwara located in the
city of Amritsar, Punjab, India. Amritsar
is located in the northwest region of
India, in Punjab that is 32 miles east of
Lahore, Pakistan. The city is situated at
an average elevation of 219 meters above
the mean sea level. Climatic change can
be from Temperature: -3 to 47.7 degree
Celsius.
The temple’s dome is covered
with 750 kg of pure gold. Men
and Women must cover their
heads before entering the
Golden Temple and shoes
must not be worn. So take a
cloth with you to cover your
head before entering or you
may also get it at the entry of
golden temple for free of cost.
Before entering, we have to
walk through a foot bath to
ensure our feet are clean.
How to reach: The
distance for golden temple are
calculated from the center of
the city
Air: Amritsar has an
extremely well developed
airport, named as Raja Sani
International Airport. It has a
chain of flights operating both
within and outside the country.
In fact, it is the only airport in
Punjab to operate international
flights. It is located hardly 11
km away from the city center.
There are direct flights from
all the metro cities of India to
Amritsar
Train: The journey takes
around 6 hours and the train
passes via Ambala, Jalandhar,
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