Place · Durga tank temple · India
Durgiana Temple, Amritsar
Also known as Lakshmi Narayan Mandir Amritsar
The 1921-1930 Durgiana Temple at Amritsar, Punjab, built by Harsai Mal Kapoor as a Hindu reconstruction of the Harmandir Sahib form — the temple sits in a sacred tank (Durgiana Tirath) and uses the same floating-shrine architecture as the Golden Temple. The temple is dedicated to Durga, Lakshmi and Vishnu. The complex also includes the Sitla Mata temple and the Lakshmi Narayana shrine. The 1923 foundation stone was laid by the Hindu Mahasabha president Madan Mohan Malaviya. The 1947 Partition riots preserved the temple relatively intact. The temple is one of two 20-century major Hindu temples at Amritsar alongside the Mata Lal Devi temple.
- Function
- Religious institution & practice
- Patron dynasty
- British Raj · Indian Union
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 31.623, 74.868
Connections (2)
- Site withinBaba Bakala
The 1921-1930 Durgiana Temple sits within Amritsar, 1.5 kilometres from the Harmandir Sahib Golden Temple. Built in deliberate architectural homage to the Golden Temple with a sacred tank and floating shrine, the temple extends Amritsar's religious geography to include the Hindu Durga-Lakshmi-Vishnu pilgrimage alongside its Sikh identity.
- Site withinAmritsar
The Durgiana Temple, 1.5 km south-west of the Golden Temple at Amritsar, was built in 1908-1925 by Guru Harsai Mal Kapoor to a plan deliberately echoing the Harmandir Sāhib — a central shrine on a sarovar island reached by a causeway. The presiding deity is Durgā, with Lakṣmī and Nārāyaṇa shrines; the complex is sometimes called the Silver Temple for its carved silver doors.
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