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Amritsar Map, India

If you feel like you need some help to find your way in your destination city, you are in the right place. This Amritsar Map will certainly help you to seek out the best restaurants, clubs and sights in town. You want to know what is the best place for a walk? Or what you should be watching out for during your visit? Learn more about the best things to do in the city reading our travel tips and then get around in Amritsar with Travelgrove's map. While searching for places, you can also check some cheap flights or deals or you can take a look at our user's galleries about the city. We hope you will find our city map of Amritsar useful. Enjoy your trip and come back to share your travel experience about Amritsar!

Amritsar Travel Guide

The most significant part of the city is the Golden Temple or the Harimandir Sahib. Founded by Guru Ramdas it attracts more visitors than even the Taj Mahal. It is the most important place of worship for the Sikhs and the lake next to it is significant for its healing qualities. The myth says that even crows are resolved of their sins and they become white after a dip in the water of this ‘sarovar’. The entire... read more

Amritsar History

Amritsar is the holy-land of the Sikhs. Legend has it that the fourth guru of the Sikhs, Guru Ram Das, hearing of the healing powers of the pool, ordered his son and successor Guru Arjan Dev to construct a temple at the site. Construction work began around 1588 and by 1601 the temple complex was ready. (Known among the Sikhs as the Harimandir Sahib, the shrine houses the sacred scripture of the Sikhs, Guru Granth Sahib... read more

Amritsar Sightseeing

Taren Taran, is a significant Sikh bath close to Amritsar. There is a temple located here, which predates the existence of the city of Amritsar, and a tower is located to the east of the pool which was also constructed by Ranjit Singh. There is a legend that says that anyone who has leprosy and can swim across the bath will be divinely cured. read more

Amritsar Nightlife

Amritsar is not a town for the night owls.  Most people from Amritsar like to eat out. There’s Balle Bowl with a little food court. If you are hungry make sure you arrive before 11PM as that is when the kitchens close.    read more

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