Lists of tourist attractions in Amritsar

The Gurdwara (Sikh temple) is a two storied construction built on 67 ft square platform covered with marble stone.

This memorial honours 2000 Indians who were massacred due to indiscriminate firing ordered by British General Michael O’Dyer.

There is a memorial well where people jumped to escape the firing, and there is a section wall where bullet marks are visible, and still preserved.

In 1857, when Mangal Pandey rebelled against the British, the inspired 400 soldiers platoon stationed at Lahore escaped from their barracks, swam the river Ravi and reached Ajnala.

When Mr. Fredric Cooper, the then Deputy Commissioner of Amritsar received the information, he ordered to put them all in a coop-like room.

times of • The Historical Banyan Tree (Shaheedi Bohr) • Gobindgarh Fort Created in 1953, this sanctuary located 55 km south of the Amritsar city is also known as ‘Hari-ke-pattan’.

The Harike lake situated in the deeper parts of the sanctuary is the largest wetland in northern India.

[31] Amritsari Naan (a type of bread), Patiala Shalwar (trousers which are atypically wide at the waist but which narrow to a cuffed bottom, worn by women of Punjab), Juttis (Traditional Shoes), handicrafts like Phulkari, and weaponry shops with traditional daggers (kirpan) are available here.