Sri Darbar Sahib (The Golden Temple) organises the largest langar sewa in the world. It serves around a 100,000 devotees daily. While food is served, all the devotees sit together in rows on the floor, irrespective of their religion, caste or creed. All the devotees are considered equal here.

Stairs to the Temple

The stairs that enter the temple go downwards. This is designed in this way to symbolise the humble way of living.

located on a level below the ground level

Structurally, the temple is located on a level below the ground level as it signifies that one must be humble and go down to reach the temple of God.

Is the Golden Temple all real gold?

Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the one who covered it in gold in 1830, two centuries after its construction. This took 162 kg of gold, then worth about Rs 65 lakh.

It’s all made of 24-karat gold, which is much purer than the 22-karat gold present in Indian households today.

Back in the 90s, it was renovated with 500 kg of Gold. The value of this quantity of Gold, would be more than Rs. 150 crores.