Gurudwara Golden Temple

	The Spiritual  nerve centre of the Sikh faith, every  Sikh  tries to make a  visit 
	and bathe in the holy water. It is immensely  Powerful, Spiritual and welcoming to
	all with an  all-Pervasive  air  of  Strength  and  self-sufficiency. Visiting the 
	temple shoes, socks, sticks and umbrellas are left outside at  the cloakroom at no
	charge, visitors should wash their feet outside  the  enterance. It is  best to go 
	early as for much of the year the marble gets too hot by noon. Dress appropriately
	and cover your head in the temple Precints. Head scarves are  available during the
	day but not at night; a handkerchief suffices. Avoid sitting with back towards the
	temple. Tobacco, narcotics and intoxicants are not permitted.You may wish to visit
	the community Kitchen for  breakfast  (drawn to 0900) before  visiting the temple.
 
		The information  office  is near  the  main entrance and is very helpful.

	Worship singing is central to Sikh worship and the 24-hour chanting at  the Golden 
	Temple adds greatly to the reverential atmosphere. After building the temple, Guru
	Arjan Dev compiled a collection of hymns of  the  great  medieval  saints and this 
	become the Adi Granth (originaly Holy book). It was installed in the temple as the
	focus  of  devotion  and teaching. Guru  Govind  Singh, The  10th  and  last  Guru 
	(1675-1708) revised the book and also refused to name  a successor saying that the
	book itself would be the Sikh  Guru. It  thus  become  known as  the  Granth Sahib 
	(The Holy Book of Guru). 

	Golden Temple runs a free shuttle bus from  the station. Computerized reservations
	in the Golden Temple Complex are available.

	How to reach here

	Golden Temple is in Amritsar city and is well connected to world  through Air, and
	other parts of India through rail and road network.

	By Air
	
	Rajsansi  Airport,  Amritsar  Connects  to  World  with   flights  to/from  London, 
	Birmingham (UK) on Uzbek and Turkmenistan Airways, Singapore Airlines. For Domestic
	; Daily flights to New Delhi are available with Indian Airlines and Air Deccan.

	By Train

	Various Trains connects Amritsar with Delhi and other parts of India are : Shatabdi
	Express (time 5hrs), Shan-e-Punjab Express  (time 8 hrs), Amritsar Shatabdi (time 5
	hrs),  Kolkata  via  Lucknow  (time  16 1/2 hrs)  and  Varanasi ( time 22 1/4 hrs), 
	Amritsar-Howrah mail ( time 37 1/4 hrs). For Mumbai (central): Golden  Temple  Mail 
	(Time 32 1/2 hr), Paschim Express (31 1/2 hrs).
	
	By Road

	Daily bus Service available from outside the railway station to Delhi (time 10 hrs),
	Dharamshala (time 7 hrs), Dalhousie  (time  8 hrs), Jammu  (time  5 hrs), Pathankot 
	(time 3 hrs), Chandigarh (time 5 hrs), Shimla (time 10 hrs).