Priests inside the temple keep up a continuous chant in Gurmukhi from the Sikh holy book and this is broadcast around the temple complex by loudspeakers. The original copy of the Sikh holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib, is kept under a shroud in the Hari Mandir Sahib during the day and returns electrical plugs by country ceremoniously to the Akal Takhat at night. Ceremony times are 5am and 9.40pm in winter, and 4am and 10.30pm in summer.
You must enter the High Court via the car park. On the way is the small High Court Museum (admission free; h10am-5pm Mon-Sat) containing assorted memorabilia including original Le Corbusier sketches and the handcuffs worn by Nathuram electrical plugs by country Godse, Mahatma Gandhi s assassin (see boxed text, p 1096 ). Most exhibits are on the 1st fl oor. On request, there s a free guided tour.
Hotel Venice (%2225061; www.venicehotel india.com; Dhangu Rd; r from 1780; a) has the best accommodation electrical plugs by country and restaurants. There are also hotels on Railway Rd and for those with ongoing rail tickets, there s the train station retiring rooms (d 200).
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