Well, I have visited a lot of historical places in India, but the one historical place that I remember all the time uh, was one of the fascinating buildings, um, that is a ritual and cultural place of, uh, Amrita named as Golden Temple, the art sculpture and the architect of that place was just fascinating was blown away by its architect features. It shows the rich culture and history of sikhism, uh, religion. And it’s a surprising thing that not only, uh, sick, sick people visit that place, but foreigners also visit the place, uh, and I could say that, uh, 100 and 1000 of people in a year visit this days as this has become even, um, the favorite place of a lot of people in India because of a lot of feature that it have as, um, the 1st brick of this place was kept by 5th guru, uh, named as Guru Urgenteji. And he, uh, created four doors of this building, and that signifies brotherhood and unity among all the people in the country and all around the world. Uh, and I like this thing the most. The second thing uh, with which I was just fascinated and blown away was that hold the dome of the golden sample, uh, shines in the daylight differently. And even at the night, also, because it’s having the architect of gold leaves over its that were donated by Maharajaranjit Singh that wore 39.16 lakhs. At that time, that was really a huge amount according to that time. And, uh, even now, also, I have visited a lot of time to this place, but even if I will get taken chance to visit this place, uh, I will surely visit the place. Because it shows a sign of spirituality, and it signifies more positive which I like the most about this place. So I love this, um, building due to a lot of features it have.
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Well, I have visited a lot of historical places in India, but the one historical place that I remember all the time was one of the most fascinating buildings. It's a ritual and cultural place of the Sikh religion, named the Golden Temple. The art, sculpture, and architecture of that place were just fascinating. I was blown away by its architectural features. It shows the rich culture and history of Sikhism. It's surprising that not only Sikh people visit that place, but foreigners also visit. I could say that hundreds of thousands of people visit this place every year. It has become a favorite place for many people in India because of its many features. For example, the first brick of this place was laid by the fifth Guru, named Guru Arjan Dev. He created four doors for this building, which signifies brotherhood and unity among all people in the country and all around the world. I like this aspect the most. The second thing that fascinated me was the dome of the Golden Temple. It shines differently in the daylight and even at night because it's covered in gold leaves that were donated by Maharaja Ranjit Singh. It cost 39.16 lakhs at the time, which was a huge amount. Even now, I have visited this place many times, and if I get the chance to visit again, I will surely go. It shows a sign of spirituality and signifies positivity, which I like the most about this place. So I love this building because of its many features.
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