Amritsar Tour Packages
Amritsar is the administrative headquarter
of the Amritsar District in Punjab, India. The 2001 Indian
census reported the population of the city of Amritsar to be
over 1,000,000 and that of the entire district to number just
over 3,096,077.
It is home to the Harimandir Sahib, also known as the Golden
Temple, and is the spiritual and cultural centre of the Sikh
Religion. In Maharaja Ranjit Singh's time, Amritsar had
superseded Lahore as the pre-eminent city of Punjab. It is
also known for the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (1919).
The main commercial activities include tourism, carpets and
fabrics, farm produce, handicrafts, service trades and light
engineering. Amritsar is also a seat of major educational
institutions like Guru Nanak Dev University (established
1969), Khalsa College, Amritsar (established 1892), DAV
College Amritsar (established 1955), and Government Medical
College, Amritsar (established 1926). Amritsar is also home to
Pingalwara, the home for destitutes founded by Bhagat Puran
Singh. |
