Amritsar | Visit to the Golden Temple
 The Golden Temple from afar |
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3 days / 2 nights
| Location | Nights |
| Amritsar | 3 |
Day 01 Arrive Amritsar
Arrive Amritsar with a warm welcome and private transfer to your hotel. This afternoon drive to the Wagah border to see the lowering of the flags ceremony and a tour of the city.
Hotel Ranjit Svaasa
Day 02 Amritsar
Optional early morning tour to see morning prayers at the Golden Temple. After breakfast return to see the communal kitchen, where members of the Sikh community come at all hours of the day and night to lend a hand in preparing simple meals for up to 3,000 pilgrims who visit the temple daily. Continue on to the Hall Bazaar, a labyrinth of narrow lanes and stalls, to see the multitude of different items for sale. Your afternoon is at leisure, before returning to the Golden Temple in the evening to witness the ‘Going to Bed’ ceremony of the Sikh Holy Book (B).
Hotel Ranjit Svaasa
Day 03 Depart Amritsar
Transfer to the airport for your onward flight (B)
Baisaki Festival, Amritsar
Usually head on the 14th of April each year, the Baisaki Festival marks the arrival of the harvesting season and is celebrated with lots of enthusiasm and gaiety by the Sikh people especially in the state of Punjab. In Amritsar, street fairs are organised along with other recreational activities including dancing, drumming and wrestling! The celebration is held in honour and thanks to God for the annual crop and for a bumper harvest next year.
