Amritsar, the city of Golden Temple earns its fame as a Sikh pilgrimage site with numerous holy places of the Sikh religion in and around the city. Golden Temple is the cradle of Amritsar with the city growing around it nurtured by its divine sanctity. The temple is coated in gold and placed within a reservoir of holy water – the only holy place of Sikhism where one has to descend to reach the temple!