Harmandir sahib - as seen from the steps of the Main entrance
plaques acknowledging donors, donor groups.
Harmandir Sahib and Akal takht (in white)
Devotees queue up to step into the causeway leading to Harmandir sahib
A plaque at the entrance to the causeway connecting 'Harmandir Sahib' to the 'parikrama'. Don't know what it says (I can't read Gurmukhi)
The devotees queue up for the darshan
A Jain temple (1st floor of the building) in front of the Golden Temple.
A modern bag inside a traditional Jain temple in Amritsar
The main deity (Parshwanatha Thirthankar) in the inner sanctum.
Wall paintings
A plaque just outside the Jalianwala Bagh (garden)
Narrow passage leading to the garden.
A mural in the museum, depicting the scene after General Dyer's action; the well is at the top right corner of the painting.
The well into which hundreds of people jumped to 'avoid' the bullets
The bullet marks on the walls of the buildings enclosing the garden
A memorial to the martyrs; a snap shot
The machine gun was placed at this (pyramid) location to fire at the gathering. An eternal flame glows at a covered place at a distance (centre of the picture).
... Bahadur Ratan Chand ...Tuberculosis clinic (1941) (now defunct) close to the J. Bagh
A tank at the 'vijay chowk' - a road junction in Amritsar
srishtikarta valmiki (Valmiki, the creater) : an ode near a 'Y' junction.
Main gate of 'Khalsa College Public School'
The main building
A statue at a big junction on road from Amrisar to Wagha
A closeup
Dogra memorial
The Golden Jubilee (of Independence) gate. People walk up to the galleries (top left of the picture).
The India flag atop the Golden Jubilee gate
BSF (Border Security Force) jawans, in their colourful attire, line up for the ceremony.
Mrs. Sumangala and Mr. Parshwanatha Indra
The 'chief'
Interesting boards
The crowd moves away from the viewing galleries, after the ceremony. A lady waits for her relatives to join her.
The barbed fence delineating the no-man area.
'International Departure' hall at the road crossing of India-Pakistan border, Wagha.
Another reminder: it is an international border
'Plant quarantine station'
Amritsar traffic in front of Railway station - view from the pedestrian over bridge.
