Amritsar is a popular for many reasons. It’s popular because of the famous Golden Temple and also for India Pakistan Border and Jallianwala Bagh. I explored the city with City On Pedals and for the first time, I stayed in a hostel. Linking the blogpost where I shared my experience of living in the hostel and vlog at the end of this blogpost.
In this post, I am sharing 7 awesome places to Visit in Amritsar. Let’s check it out!
1. Golden Temple:
We all know about the world famous Golden Temple. People often visit Golden temple during the day time or night time, observe darshan and ardas and come back. But when you visit after mid-night and stay back till early morning, you get to observe the holy ceremony of Palki Granth Sahib and get to hear the first Ardas of the day. We also visited the kitchen of Golden Temple and I was astonished to know that they approx. 50,000 people eat there daily. I suggest you to reach the temple by 3:30 am.
2. India-Pakistan border:
Visit to Amritsar is incomplete if you don’t visit the Attari border, also known as Wagha Border. The parade and ceremony is a must experience. And yes, don’t forget to step in to the group and dance your hearts out on the Hindi patriotic songs they play there.
3. Jallianwala Bagh
Every Indian is aware about the The Jallianwala Bagh massacre that took place on 13 April 1919, when General Dyre brutally ordered to kill the Indian when India was under British rule. Jallianwala Bagh, situated right next to the Golden Temple, is a historic garden and ‘memorial of national importance’ which have been preserved in the memory of those wounded and killed during the massacre.
4. Ram Bagh Palace
Also known as the summer palace of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the founder of Sikh Empire in Punjab, is a must visit place in Amritsar. It was used as his summer palace.
5. Pul Kanjari
Pul Kanjari is an historical site, a fortress which is on the highway of India Pakistan border. It is an old monument which is just walking distance away from the India-Pak border.
The legend has it when Maharaja Ranjit Singh married Begum Gul Bahar, on their way to Lahore they had to cross this canal on Ravi river. People used to cross the canal by foot but Begum Gul Bahar refused to do so. Since Maharaja Ranjit Singh was deeply in love with Begum Gul Bahar, he had a small bridge built for her. Some part of the bridge still exists. It was named Pul Kanjri. It was grately in news during 1971 war. This fortress also contains a bathing pool, a temple, a Gurudwara and a mosque.
– Source: Wikipedia
6. Old Bazaar behind the Golden Temple
If you like to experience the old galliyas (lanes) of Amritsar, then walk about the old bazaar behind the Golden temple. You will get to see old temples, buildings and lot of historical monuments there + you get to eat some really awesome Punjabi street food.
7. Khalsa College
You have seen Khalsa college in a lot of movies including Veer-Zaara. This is a 124 years old college which is one of the most historic colleges in India. The campus is open for visitors but you have to take a local along with you.
Hope this post will help you plan your visit to Amritsar and explore the city.
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