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Cycle rickshaws wait for passengers as auto-rickshaws drop passengers on the roads of Amritsar city. Bus, car, scooter, bike and auto-rickshaws crossing through the roads in Amritsar, Punjab, India. Amritsar historically also known as Ramdaspur and colloquially as Ambarsar, is a city in north-western part in India. It is the spiritual centre for the Sikh religion and the administrative headquarters of the Amritsar district in the state of Punjab. It is home to the Harmandir Sahib, the spiritual and cultural center for the Sikh religion. This important Sikh shrine attracts more visitors than the Taj Mahal with more than 100,000 visitors on week days alone and is the most popular destination for Non-resident Indians (NRI) in the whole of India. The city also houses the Sikh temporal and poli