GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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INDIAN CULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Sikh Guru who dug a great tank called Amritsagar and constructed Golden Temple in the middle of it?
A
Guru Ramdass
B
Guru Amardass
C
Guru Arjun Singh
D
None of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1578, Guru Ram Das dug out a tank, which subsequently became known as #Amritsar (Pool of the Nectar of Immortality), giving its name to the city that grew around it. In due course, the Golden Temple was built in the middle of this tank and became the supreme centre of Sikhism.

Detailed explanation-2: -Harmandir Sahib, situated in Amritsar, Punjab, was built by the fifth guru of Sikhs, Guru Arjan Dev Ji in 16th century. It is situated in the middle of a lake or temple tank known as ‘sarovar’.

Detailed explanation-3: -His birth name was Jetha, and he was orphaned at age seven; he there after grew up with his maternal grandmother in a village.

Detailed explanation-4: -Guru Ram Das, also called Bhāī Jeṭhā, (born 1534, Lahore, Punjab, India-died 1581, Goindwal), fourth Sikh Guru (1574–81) and founder of Amritsar, the centre of Sikhism and the site of the Sikhs’ principal place of worship-the Harmandir Sahib, or Golden Temple.

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