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Harmandir Sahib

Sikh religious site in Amritsar, Punjab, India
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Summary

Harmandir Sahib is an architectural structure[1]. It ranks in the top 0.055% of architectural structure entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,877 views/month, #1 of 1,822).[2]

Key Facts

  • Religion or worldview: Sikhism[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Amritsar[4]
  • Country: India[5]
  • Instance of: historic site[6], pilgrimage site[7], gurdwara[8]
  • Commons category: Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib)[9]
  • Inception: 1589[10]
  • Official website: http://www.sgpc.net/[11], https://www.goldentempleamritsar.org/[12], https://sgpc.net/sri-harmandir-sahib-2/[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Golden Temple complex[14]
  • Commons gallery: ਹਰਿਮੰਦਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ[15]
  • Heritage designation: Tentative World Heritage Site[16]
  • Native label: ਹਰਿਮੰਦਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ[17]
  • Different from: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee[18], Buddha Dhatu Jadi[19], Kashi Vishwanath Temple[20], Lakshmi Narayani Golden Temple[21]
  • World Heritage criteria: (iii)[22], (iv)[23], (vi)[24]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25], Wiki Loves Monuments in India[26]
  • Category for the interior of the item: Category:Interiors of Harmandir Sahib[27]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Harmandir Sahib[28]

Why It Matters

Harmandir Sahib has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Amritsar India

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica. wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . thesun.co.uk. thesun.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Harmandir Sahib
    Different from → Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Buddha Dhatu Jadi, Kashi Vishwanath Temple +1
    Religion or worldview → Sikhism
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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