Domed Shrine on a Water Causeway The Golden Temple is a gurdwara in Amritsar, Punjab, India, the pre-eminent spiritual site of Sikhism and its holiest shrine. Its complex is built around the sanctum sanctorum and the Amrit Sarovar, the sacred pool that surrounds it, and includes the Akal Takht, the chief seat of religious authority in Sikhism, along with a clock tower, a museum and a langar, the free community kitchen that serves a vegetarian meal to every visitor regardless of background. More than 150,000 people visit the shrine each day, making it one of the most visited religious sites in the world, and it has been nominated to UNESCO's tentative list of World Heritage Sites.
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Completed YearConstruction spanned centuries: the sarovar pool was completed in 1577, Guru Arjan installed the Adi Granth in 1604, and the sanctum was rebuilt in marble and copper in 1809 before being overlaid with gold leaf in 1830, the event that gave the temple its current name and appearance; no single completion year is uncontested. Building Type LocationAmritsar, Punjab, India 1 Classification
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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Source Wikipedia: Golden Temple
Source Wikipedia: Golden Temple
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- Also in Geography Atlas: India, located there.
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1. Wikipedia: Golden Temple
WikipediaLead paragraph, sentence describing the gurdwara complex of buildings
The gurdwara complex is a collection of buildings around the sanctum sanctorum and the sarovar (holy pool), known as the Amrit Sarovar.
Lead paragraph, opening sentence naming Amritsar, Punjab, India
The Golden Temple is a gurdwara located in Amritsar, Punjab, India.
Third paragraph, sentence on the 1830 gold leaf overlay
overlaid the sanctum with gold leaf in 1830. This has led to the name the Golden Temple.
- Wikipedia "Golden Temple" intro (read live, w-fk-arch-rel2-0927c, R-K)
Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
The Golden Temple is a gurdwara in Amritsar, Punjab, India, the pre-eminent spiritual site of Sikhism and its holiest shrine. Its complex is built around the sanctum sanctorum and the Amrit Sarovar, the sacred pool that surrounds it, and includes the Akal Takht, the chief seat of religious authority in Sikhism, along with a clock tower, a museum and a langar, the free community kitchen that serves a vegetarian meal to every visitor regardless of background. More than 150,000 people visit the shrine each day, making it one of the most visited religious sites in the world, and it has been nominated to UNESCO's tentative list of World Heritage Sites.
Uses Element: Marble, Wikipedia lead
Maharaja Ranjit Singh, after founding the Sikh Empire, rebuilt it in marble and copper in 1809, and overlaid the sanctum with gold leaf in 1830.
Uses Element: Copper, Wikipedia lead
Maharaja Ranjit Singh, after founding the Sikh Empire, rebuilt it in marble and copper in 1809, and overlaid the sanctum with gold leaf in 1830.
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