Early images of the Golden Temple
By Pran Nevile

SRI HARMANDAR SAHIB or the Golden Temple dominates the holy city of Amritsar, which commands the same adoration and reverence of the Sikhs as does Varanasi of the Hindus. Founded by the Gurus, from its inception, Amritsar meaning ‘Fountain of Immortality’, has been a place of pilgrimage for the Sikhs. During the Sikh rule, Amritsar was the spiritual as Lahore was the temporal capital of the Punjab.

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