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Flight from Singapore to Amritsar

Singapore Airlines is operating three weekly flights directly from Amritsar on Wednesday, Friday & Sunday . The airlines would also offer easy connectivity to Australia and Vancouver in Canada.

At present, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan Airlines along with Indian Airlines are operating weekly 28 flights connecting various destinations in CIS countries, Europe, the USA and Canada, carrying over 2.50 lakh passengers annually.

Bus service from Amritsar to Nankana Sahib & Kartarpur Sahib

Accepting the long-standing demand of the Sikh devotees, the Indian and Pakistani Governments have decided, in principle to ply buses between Amritsar and Nankana Sahib four times a month and between Amritsar and Kartar Sahib twice a month

Amritsar Religious Celebrations

Amritsaris are known for solemnizing their fairs, festivals and other religious fixtures with great gusto, enthusiasm and devotion. These celebrations are as varied as they are enchanting and spectacular.

The 400th Parkash Utsav of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji was ritualized in the city with a rare panache and fervor in the first week of September, 2004.

The March reached its grand finale when as many as 150 Pawan Sawroops (Holy Embodiments) of Guru Granth Sahib were flown for the Sikh Sangat of Canada by a chartered plane that took off from Raja Sansi Airport amid sacred chants of Bole So Nihal.

Millions of devotees from India & abroad converged on Amritsar to Witness the Installation of Guru Granth Sahib Ji in the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple. Earlier on, a record number of Kar Sewaks had cleansed the sacred pool with a rare devotion.