Golden Temple Tour

 

 

Depart for Amritsar from New Delhi Railway Station to catch the early morning Swarn Shatabdi Express train to Amritsar. Train Departure: 7.20 A.M Breakfast will be served on the train.
Arrival Amritsar: 1.25 P.M where our representative will receive you and take you to the Hotel. Check in and lunch at the hotel.
Early evening visit Wagah Border to watch Border Retreat. The pageant of the beating of the retreat and the change of guard within handshaking distance of the Indian and Pakistani forces.It is amazing and makes the most charming spectacle of a daily evening drill with the waving of flags and the audience getting into a frenzy and shouting slogans on both sides.Wagah is the only land border open between India and Pakistan.

Evening tour to the famous Golden Temple the most sacred temple for the Sikhs, as the view at night is completely mesmerizing. It is a symbol of the magnificence and strength of the Sikh people all over the world.
Dinner at a restaurant in the city and return to the hotel. Overnight at the hotel.

 

 

 

Visit the Jallianwala Bagh famous for the most notorious massacre that took place during the times of the British and which shook up the sentiments of all Indians. The British General Dyer was the Lieutenant Governor of the province in the year 1919 and had banned all meetings and demonstrations by the Indians against the British rule. On the fateful day of 13th April 1919, as the Sikhs had gathered in these open grounds to celebrate Baisakhi (a Punjabi Festival), General Dyer led his troops to the park, blocked the narrow entrance and exit point of the garden and commanded them to open fire without any warning. Hundreds of innocent people got killed and thousands were injured. Today the park holds testimony to all that it had witnessed in the past. There are bullet marks on the walls, the well where many women and children lost their lives while running in panic, and the exact place where General Dyer stood to give his orders has been marked. A memorial has also been built for all those who lost their lives.

Also visit Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s Museum which has been built in his summer palace and contains weapons dating back to the Mughal times and some portraits of the ruling houses of Punjab and a replica of the famous diamond “kohinoor”.

Return to the hotel in time for lunch and some rest. Later drop off to the Amritsar Railway Station to board the Swarn Shatabdi Express for Delhi departing at 5.00 P.M
The train arrives at New Delhi Railway Station at 11.00 P.M.