Temple · Amritsar
Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib)
Sikhism's holiest shrine, a gold-leaf sanctum in the middle of the Amrit Sarovar pool, open to people of every faith with free entry and a free community kitchen.
Free entry 2–4 hours
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Places to visit inAmritsar
Punjab, India
Amritsar is Punjab's holy city, home to the Golden Temple, near the India–Pakistan border at Attari–Wagah.
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Places to visit in Amritsar
10 places, with entry fees and opening hours checked against their sources.
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Monument · Amritsar
Jallianwala Bagh
A 7-acre memorial garden beside the Golden Temple where British troops fired on a crowd on 13 April 1919. Bullet-marked walls, the Martyrs' Well and a gallery mark the site.
Free entry 1–1.5 hours
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Cultural Site · Amritsar
Attari–Wagah Border Ceremony
The daily Beating Retreat ceremony at the India–Pakistan border, where BSF and Pakistan Rangers lower their flags just before sunset, about 28 km from Amritsar.
Free entry 3–4 hours including travel and waiting
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Museum · Amritsar
Partition Museum
A museum in Amritsar's Town Hall recording the 1947 Partition through survivor testimonies, objects and documents, with low-cost tickets.
Entry from ₹10 2 hours
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Fort · Amritsar
Gobindgarh Fort
An 18th-century brick fort, rebuilt by Ranjit Singh and opened to the public in 2017, now run as a heritage venue with museums, shows and live performances.
Entry fee needs verification 2–3 hours
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Temple · Amritsar
Durgiana Temple
A Hindu temple on an artificial lake, rebuilt in 1921 in the style of the Golden Temple, with silver doors and a gilded dome.
Free entry 1 hour
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Museum · Amritsar
Maharaja Ranjit Singh Panorama
A circular museum with a large painted panorama of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's battles, with low entry fee (as reported).
Entry fee needs verification 1 hour
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Temple · Amritsar
Gurdwara Baba Atal Rai
A nine-storey octagonal gurdwara a short walk from the Golden Temple, built in memory of Baba Atal Rai, the young son of Guru Hargobind.
Free entry 45 minutes
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Heritage Building · Amritsar
Khalsa College
A historic Indo-Saracenic college building on a 300-acre campus on the Grand Trunk Road, with a Sikh History Research Centre.
Fee information needs verification 1 hour
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Palace · Amritsar
Ram Bagh Summer Palace and Maharaja Ranjit Singh Museum
Maharaja Ranjit Singh's summer palace in the Ram Bagh garden in Amritsar, now a museum of Sikh arms, paintings, coins and manuscripts, with a Rs 10 ticket.
Entry from ₹10 1–1.5 hours
View place About Amritsar
The best places to visit in Amritsar cluster around the Golden Temple, with the Wagah border a short drive away. This guide to Amritsar attractions lists timings and entry fees, flagging what we could not verify.
Amritsar is the second-largest city in Punjab, about 217 km from Chandigarh and 455 km from Delhi, and only 28 km from the India–Pakistan border. The city takes its name from Amrit Sarovar, the pool around the Golden Temple, and Guru Ram Das is credited with founding it. Harmandir Sahib is the spiritual centre of Sikhism and draws well over a hundred thousand visitors a day, according to Wikipedia.
Within a few minutes' walk are Jallianwala Bagh, the site of the 1919 massacre, the Partition Museum in the Town Hall, and Gurdwara Baba Atal Rai. Further out are Gobindgarh Fort, Durgiana Temple and Ram Bagh, the garden and summer palace of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, and the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Panorama. Khalsa College, completed in 1911–12, is a landmark of colonial-era architecture.
The daily flag-lowering ceremony at the Attari–Wagah border is a long afternoon excursion from the city. Amritsar is also known for its food and for chessboards. Most visitors reach it by air, rail or road, and the compact old city is best covered on foot and by auto-rickshaw. Always confirm ceremony and museum timings locally, as several change seasonally or have been suspended.
Plan your Amritsar visit
- Best time to visit
- October to March is cooler for sightseeing; summers are hot. Confirm Wagah ceremony timings, which change by season.
- Suggested stay
- 2–3 days
- Location
- Punjab, India View on Google Maps
- Entry fees
- 5 of 10 places listed here are free to enter. Fees for the rest are on each place’s page, with their source.
- Types of place
- Temples · 3Museums · 2Monuments · 1Cultural Sites · 1Forts · 1Heritage Buildings · 1Palaces · 1
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