Golden Temple Popular
Day 1: Depart from Delhi/ Arrival Amritsar
Board a Train from New Delhi railway station at 0720am, Arrive Amritsar at 0125pm & transfer to Hotel . Evening at sunset visit Wagah Border to watch Border Retreat Ceremony The pageant of the beating of the retreat and the change of guard within handshaking distance of the Indian and Pakistani forces here makes the most charming of the spectacles as a daily evening drill. Ascertain the timings before you leave to see this spectacle since these are changed seasonally. Wagha is the only land border open between Pakistan and India. Night stay in Amritsar.
Day 2: Amritsar
Breakfast in the hotel, after leisurely breakfast proceeds for sightseeing tour visit Golden Temple – is the most sacred temple of the Sikhs built by Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The lower portion of the temple displays white marble in lay work and the upper portion is embellished with copper coated over by gold plate. Devotees from all sects of life irrespective of their cost & creed come here to pay homage to the temple. The other attractions inside the shrine is the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of the Sikhs and the twenty four hours running kitchens, which feeds ten thousand pilgrims everyday, the Kitchen is run on a voluntary basis. Also visit Jallianwala Bagh- on 13th April 1919, Baisaki Day thousands of people (Punjabi’s) gathered from nearby places to celebrate the festival. As the communication system was under developed at the time, they were not informed regarding this law. Thinking it as a violation of the law, General Dyer entered in the park with his troops and opened fire on all the innocent men, women and children present there. Some people were shot dead, some were wounded and a majority of the people tried to jump on the wall to escape the death from the hands of foreign power. There is no accurate record of the number of people died. On the way back do Shopping it proffers tremendous and multi hued of bazaars. The leading shopping complex in Amritsar, Hall Bazaar presents a wide range of products from electronics items, ornaments, best quality books, handicrafts and ready-made garments. Most import place in this Bazaar is the Gandhi Gate, which serves as the entry point to the Bazaar. This gate is also called as Hall Gate. The signboard and the giant clock in the gate are having a caption “Amritsar – Sifti Da Ghar”. The structural elegance of this gate take one back to the Mughal era. Reasonably priced Chinese lights in various models are available which seems to be worthy for the money one is paying.
Evening transfer to railway station to board the train at 0500 pm, back to Delhi.

