<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Website </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Sri Harmandir Sahib (Gurmukhi) </Td> </Tr> <P> Sri Harmandir Sahib (lit . "the abode of God"), also known as Golden Temple and the Darbar Sahib, is the holiest Gurdwara and the most important pilgrimage site of Sikhism . It is located in the city of Amritsar, Punjab, India . </P> <P> The temple is built around a man - made pool (sarovar) that was completed by Guru Ram Das in 1577 . Guru Arjan--the fifth Guru of Sikhism, requested Sai Mian Mir--a Muslim Pir of Lahore to lay its foundation stone in 1589 . In 1604, Guru Arjan placed a copy of the Adi Granth in Harmandir Sahib, calling the site Ath Sath Tirath (lit . "shrine of 68 pilgrimages"). The temple was repeatedly rebuilt by the Sikhs after it became a target of persecution and was destroyed several times by the Muslim armies from Afghanistan and the Mughal Empire . The army led by Ahmad Shah Abdali, for example, demolished it in 1757 and again in 1762, then filled the pool with garbage . Maharaja Ranjit Singh after founding the Sikh Empire, rebuilt it in marble and copper in 1809, overlaid the sanctum with gold foil in 1830 . This has led to the name the Golden Temple . </P>

Tourist visit the golden temple in this state