Durgiana Temple

The Durgiana Temple, additionally referred to as Lakshmi Narayan Temple, Durga Tirath and Sitla Mandir, is a most desirable temple situated inside the metropolis of Amritsar, Punjab, India. Though a Hindu temple, its architecture is similar to the Golden Temple. This temple derives its call from the Goddess Durga, the chief Goddess deified and worshipped right here. Idols of Goddess Laksmi and Vishnu are also deified right here and worshipped. It changed into built in 1921 through Guru Harsai Mal Kapoor inside the architectural fashion of the Sikh Golden Temple.

The newly constructed temple became inaugurated through Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya. Even although Amritsar isn't always d a Holy metropolis, restrictions are in force prohibiting sale of tobacco, liquor and meat inside a radius of 200 metres around this temple and the Golden Temple. The temple and its precincts are below a beautification programme due to the fact that 2013, that is planned to be completed by way of 2015. This will offer more space for worship both outside and inside the temple premises. As according to the Master Plan organized for reshaping the surroundings around the temple, 55 houses were acquired with reimbursement bundle and demolished for the cause of improvement works.