Flights to Amritsar

Flights to Amritsar

Why not get a flight to the great city of Amritsar. It can be a super place have a vacation in. You may need to fly there for business or to visit people you know. You may want to visit some important sites. You may want a cheap flight or a luxury flight. You may want to buy, hire, sell, loan, rent, some accommodation either a villa, a house, a home, a cottage, a cabin a hotel room.

Amritsar has a continental climate, typical of northwestern India. The main commercial activities include tourism, carpets and fabrics, farm produce, handicrafts, service trades and light engineering. The city is popular and known for its food and culture. Amritsar is also home to Pingalwara, the home for the destitute founded by Bhagat Puran Singh, and Central Khalsa Orphanage, which was once a home to Shaheed Udham Singh, a prominent figure in the Indian independence movement. Amritsar city is one of the major cities of the Punjab state in India. Under instructions from Guru Amar Das, this city was founded by Guru Ram Das in 1574, on land bought by him for 700 rupees from the owners of the village of Tung.

Raja Sansi International Airport, also known as Guru Ram Das International Airport, after Guru Ram Das, the founder of Amritsar, as well as Amritsar International Airport, is 11 km north west from the city of Amritsar, India. It is located on the Amritsar - Ajnala Road, near the village of Raja Sansi. It serves not only the city of Amritsar, but also the greater Punjab area, including the city of Jalandhar.

Indian Railways has also proposed a high speed rail line to serve Delhi-Amritsar via Chandigarh and Ambala.

Religious Shrines

Sikh

The following is a list of the prominent Sikh Gurudwaras and sacred places in the city and its vicinity:

Dhan Dhan Khalsa

Harimandir Sahib (Golden Temple), Gurdwara Manji Sahib, Devan Asthan, Gurudwara Shaheed Ganj Sahib Ji (Dhan Dhan Baba Deep Singh Ji), Gurdwara Ramsar Sahib, Gurdwara Baba Deep Singh, built at the site of the martyrdom of Baba Deep Singh, Gurdwara Bebaaksar Sahib, Birth Place of Guru Hargobind Sahib, Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Tarn Taran (twenty five km south of Amritsar), Gurdwara Baba Budha, Guru da Bagh, Kokawali, Gurdwara Bowli Sahib, Goindwal Sahib, Gurdwara Bir Baba Budha, Thattah-Chabhal, Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Khadur Sahib, Chheharta Sahib, Guru Hargobind Ji , Baba Bakala, where Bhai Makhan Shah proclaimed that he had found the ninth Sikh Guru in Guru Teg Bahadur, Birth Place of Baba Budha Ji, Kathunangal, Saragarhi Gurudwara, Tala Sahib Gurudwara, Gurudwara Bhai Manjh Sahib Ji, Gurudwara Pau Wind Sahib Ji (Dhan Dhan Baba Deep Singh Ji)

Hindu

Durgiana Mandir (Seetla Mandir), Sage Valmiki's Ashram Named as Ram Tirath, Mata Lal Devi Mandir, Maha Kali Mandir,Near Escorts hospital, Gopal mandir, Ram Tirath, Shivala Bhaian Temple, Doonge Hanuman, Baazar Tookrian, Bijli Pehalwan Mandir, Kishan Dham Mandir

Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB) was founded by Baba Jaimal Singh Ji Maharaj in 1891 at a site on the East bank of the River Beas, in Beas, Punjab Northern India. Today this site is called Dera Baba Jaimal Singh. Beas is a small town in the Amritsar District of Punjab state of India, located between the cities of Amritsar (42 km) and Jalandhar (35 km) along the banks of the Beas River