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Golden Temple
The Golden Temple, Illuminated at Night, Amritsar, India Photographic Print I'Anson, Richard Buy at AllPosters.com The Golden Temple, is the most sacred and holiest shrine of Sikhism. The official name of the Temple is: Harmandir Sahib or Darbar Sahib. It is located in Amritsar the holiest city in Sikhism, in the state of Punjab, India. Sikh devotees, for whom the Temple is a symbol of infinite freedom and spiritual independence, come to the Temple from all over the world to enjoy its environs and offer their prayers. History
Sikh Man Meditating in Front of the Golden Temple, Amritsar, India Photographic Print Plummer, Anthony Buy at AllPosters.com The fourth Guru of Sikhism, Guru Ram Das, excavated a tank (1577 AD) which subsequently became known as Amritsar (meaning: Pool of the Nectar of Immortality) and gave its name to the city that grew around it. In due course, a splendid Sikh edifice, Harmandir Sahib (meaning: The Abode of God), rose in the middle of this tank and became the supreme centre of Sikhism. Its sanctorum came to house the adi granth confining compositions of Sikh Gurus and other saints considered to have Sikh values and philosophies e.g. Baba Farid, Kabir, etc. The compilation of the Adi granth was started by the fifth Guru of Sikhism, Guru Arjun Dev.
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