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Its proper name is Harmandir, which means "Temple of God".
Amritsar literally means "the pool of nectar", the name derived from a pool constructed at the sacred site in the 16th century, gifted by the Mughal Emperor Akbar to Guru Ramdas, the fourth preceptor of the Sikh faith.
It was Guru Arjan who installed the “Guru Granth Sahib” in the temple and appointed the first reader in August 1604.
The Golden Temple in India, is one of the oldest places of worship for the ‘Sikhs’ and is located in Amritsar, Punjab
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