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Golden Temple at Amritsar, 1900 (c)

Photograph, India, 1900 (c).

The Golden Temple (or Harmandir Sahib) at Amritsar is the most important place of worship for Sikhs. It was built during the 16th century and lavishly decorated during the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780-1839) with marble and gold, from which it derives its popular name of the 'Golden Temple'.

One of 50 photographs relating to the Irwin family.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1968-01-66-36

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, London

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1968-01-66-36