Amritsar

Locations :

Lattitude: 31.64° N,

Longitude: 74.86° E

Best Time to Visit : Throughout the Year

Weather :

Summer : 24°C to 45°C

Winter : 04°C to 27°C

Monsoon : 23°C to 36°C

Amritsar is a well-known pilgrimage city in India. It is a great center of Sikh pilgrimage where the origin of this city lies hidden in its early history. This is the land where most of the people are Sikh. Amritsar is one of the most prosperous city in the state of Punjab. This city has always been associated with loyalty, strong minds and good food. Amritsar has a magnificent past, impressive present and a hopeful future, for which it is valued as title of the jewel of Punjab. The name Amritsar has been named after the sacred pool in the Golden Temple which means the Pool of Nectar. Being the most sacred city of Punjab, it is also an important tourist attraction places in India. It is a flourishing city with significant religious centers and historical sites. This eternal city is well-known for the ‘Golden Temple’. People believed that taking a visit to this sacred temple is to purify the soul of the pilgrims. There are other various tourist places such as the Ram Bagh Gardens, Jallianwala Bagh, Durgiana Temple and Baba Atal Rai Tower which can be visited while touring to Amritsar. Tourist can also experience how people were brutally fired upon by the troops of Britishers near Jallianwala Bagh during British Rule. It is the place where one can feel pride of being Indian after watching the evening parade at Wagah border.