SSC MTS 2022 PYQ — Question 47

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Amritsar

Harmandir Sahib, Harmandir also spelled Harimandir, also called Darbar Sahib (Punjabi: “Sacred Audience”) or Golden Temple, the chief gurdwara, or house of worship, of Sikhism and the Sikhs' most important pilgrimage site. It is located in the city of Amritsar, Punjab state, northwestern India.

• This striking building was built by the Guru Arjan Dev, the fifth Guru of the Sikhs.
• Sri Guru Arjan Sahib got Sri Harimandir Sahib built in the midst of the sarovar (tank) at the lowest level.
• This unique temple of God has been built at the lowest level because it represents the humility of Guru Nanak. Humility Incarnate Guru Arjan selected the lowest level because this was to be the eternal seat of the Prophet of Humility, Sri Guru Nanak Sahib (manifest Sri Guru Granth Sahib).
• The man-made pool on the site of the temple was completed by the fourth Sikh Guru, Guru Ram Das, in 1577.
• The Golden Temple is spiritually the most significant shrine in Sikhism. It was the centre of the Singh Sabha Movement between 1883 and 1920s, and the Punjabi Suba movement between 1947 and 1966.