Akal Takht

The Akal Takht, also spelt as Akal Takhat and historically known as Akal Bunga, is the most prominent of the five takhts of the Sikhs. Located within the complex in , , it was established by Guru Hargobind in 1606 as a place to uphold justice and address temporal matters.
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  • Type: Gurdwara
  • Description: one of the 5 Thakts of Sikhism in Amritsar, Punjab, India
  • Also known as: “Akal Bunga”, “Akal Takht sahib”, and “Sri Akal Takht Sahib”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Golden Temple and Jallianwala Bagh.

Gurdwara
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The is a gurdwara located in , , India. It is the pre-eminent spiritual site of Sikhism and is one of its holiest sites, alongside the Gurdwara in and the Gurdwara in , both in , Pakistan. is situated 130 metres southeast of Akal Takht.

Park
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is a historic garden and memorial of national importance close to the Golden Temple complex in , , India, preserved in the memory of those wounded and killed in the Massacre that took place on the site on the festival of Baisakhi Day, 13 April 1919. is situated 470 metres east of Akal Takht.

Hindu temple
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or Shri Durgiana Mandir is a situated in the city of in . Though a Hindu temple, its architecture is similar to the Sikh . is situated 1 km northwest of Akal Takht.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amritsar.

Photo: Birka, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in the state of , . It is the holiest city in Sikhism. is one of the largest cities in the Indian state of Punjab and is the spiritual and cultural centre of the Sikh religion.

Akal Takht

Latitude
31.6207° or 31° 37′ 15″ north
Longitude
74.87539° or 74° 52′ 31″ east
Open location code
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Akal Takht” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Akal Takht”
  • Bengali: “অকাল তখত”
  • Bengali: “অকাল তখৎ”
  • Catalan: “Akal Takht”
  • Chinese: “永恆寶座”
  • Chinese: “永恒王座”
  • Chinese: “阿卡尔王座神庙”
  • Chinese: “阿卡爾王座神廟”
  • Dutch: “Akal Takht”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عقل تخت”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Akal Takht”
  • French: “Akal Takht”
  • German: “Akal Takht”
  • Greek: “Ακάλ Τακχτ”
  • Greek: “Ακάλ Ταχτ”
  • Hebrew: “אקאל טאקהט”
  • Hindi: “अकाल तख़्त”
  • Italian: “Akal Takht”
  • Malayalam: “അകാൽ തഖ്ത്‌”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Akal Takht”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਕਾਲ ਤਖ਼ਤ ਸਾਹਿਬ”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਕਾਲ ਤਖ਼ਤ”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਕਾਲ ਬੁੰਗਾ”
  • Persian: “اکل تخت”
  • Spanish: “Akal Takht”
  • Tamil: “அகால் தக்த்”
  • Telugu: “అకాల్ తక్త్”
  • Telugu: “అకాల్ తఖ్త్”
  • Thai: “อกาลตาคัต”
  • Thai: “อกาลทัคต์”
  • Urdu: “اکال تخت”
  • Western Panjabi: “اکال تخت”

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