Amritsar is a city in the northwestern Indian state of Punjab, 28 kilometers from the border with Pakistan. At the center of its walled old town, the gilded Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib) is the holiest gurdwara (religious complex) of the Sikh religion. Its at the end of a causeway, surrounded by the sacred Amrit Sarovar tank (lake), where pilgrims bathe.
