Golden Temple, Amritsar

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Sikh holy site gurdwara religious building tourist attraction

The Golden Temple in Amritsar is the holiest gurdwara of Sikhism, renowned for its gilded architecture, sacred sarovar (pool), and role as a major spiritual and cultural center.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Golden Temple 5
Akal Takht 1
Golden Temple complex 1
Sri Harmandir Sahib 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sikh holy site ⓘ
gurdwara ⓘ
religious building ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Darbar Sahib ⓘ
Harmandir Sahib ⓘ
architecturalStyle Mughal architecture ⓘ
Sikh architecture ⓘ
completionDate 1604 ⓘ
constructionStart 1581 ⓘ
coordinates 31.6200°N 74.8765°E ⓘ
culturalRole center of Sikh religious authority ⓘ
site for major Sikh festivals ⓘ
dailyRitual Akhand Path ⓘ
kirtan ⓘ
developmentBy Guru Arjan ⓘ
surface form: Guru Arjan Dev
dressCodeRequirement head covering required ⓘ
feature causeway leading to sanctum ⓘ
four entrances ⓘ
festival Diwali ⓘ
surface form: Diwali (Bandi Chhor Divas)

Gurpurab ⓘ
Vaisakhi ⓘ
floorCount 3 ⓘ
founder Guru Ram Das ⓘ
governingBody Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee ⓘ
hasLighting illuminated at night ⓘ
hasPart Akal Takht ⓘ
Amrit Sarovar ⓘ
Darshani Deori ⓘ
clock tower ⓘ
langar hall ⓘ
parikrama ⓘ
heritageStatus major heritage site of Punjab ⓘ
langarCharacteristic free community kitchen ⓘ
serves all without distinction ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Punjab ⓘ
locatedInCountry India ⓘ
location Amritsar ⓘ
material gold ⓘ
marble ⓘ
near Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial ⓘ
surface form: Jallianwala Bagh

old city of Amritsar ⓘ
notableEvent Operation Blue Star ⓘ
notableEventDate June 1984 ⓘ
offers langar ⓘ
openTo people of all castes ⓘ
people of all genders ⓘ
people of all religions ⓘ
practice removal of shoes before entry ⓘ
washing feet before entry ⓘ
primaryScriptureHoused Guru Granth Sahib ⓘ
religion Sikhism ⓘ
roofFeature gold-plated dome ⓘ
sacredPoolName Amrit Sarovar ⓘ
security managed by SGPC and Punjab Police ⓘ
significance holiest gurdwara of Sikhism ⓘ
important cultural center for Sikhs ⓘ
major Sikh pilgrimage site ⓘ
surroundedBy sacred pool ⓘ
symbolism openness to all directions and people ⓘ
visitedBy domestic tourists ⓘ
international tourists ⓘ
millions of pilgrims annually ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harmandir Sahib → alsoKnownAs → Golden Temple, Amritsar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Temple
Harmandir Sahib → alsoKnownAs → Golden Temple, Amritsar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Harmandir Sahib
Akali Phula Singh → associatedWith → Golden Temple, Amritsar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Temple complex
Amritsar → hasLandmark → Golden Temple, Amritsar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akal Takht
Amritsar → hasPlaceOfWorship → Golden Temple, Amritsar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Temple
Majha → hasReligiousSite → Golden Temple, Amritsar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Temple
Amritsar → knownFor → Golden Temple, Amritsar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Temple
Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial → near → Golden Temple, Amritsar ⓘ
Guru Granth Sahib → placeOfFirstInstallation → Golden Temple, Amritsar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Temple