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Akal Takht

Sikh religious site in Amritsar, Punjab, India

The Akal Takht, also spelt as Akal Takhat and historically known as Akal Bunga, is the most prominent of the five takhts of the Sikhs. Located within the Darbar Sahib complex in Amritsar, Punjab, India, it was established by Guru Hargobind in 1606 as a place to uphold justice and address temporal matters.

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