Next morning we left hotel Park Inn and proceeded towards Jalianwala Bagh, another top most attraction of Amritsar. Weather was pleasant.
"Actually where does it come I mean which part the city it lies?
"It's in the north part of Amritsar"
"It is just a stone's throw away from Golden Temple"
Likewise conversation went on till we reached the spot.
It is known to every school kid in India as the site of mass shooting of a crowd of Indians who had gathered on Baisakhi day by General Dyer.
This tragic event generated mass support for freedom struggle.
The place itself was a private land turned into a memorial park.
Even today it retains the emotional impact and horror of the massacre.
saw a marker saying "People fired at from here".
From that vantage point the entire area of the park is visible.
On one side we saw the Martyr's well- a large open well into which people threw themselves hoping to escape from firing.
people.
Finally we saw the memorial monument
It is a red sand stone ellipse, standing tall and visible all through out the park. Many photos we clicked there.
As we walked out of the park, we saw a small
museum with pictures and more
context around the events of that day.
We noticed a statue just outside the entrance structure. We learnt it is the statue of Udham Singh, the man who eventually killed Dyer.
I felt the town Amritsar retains its old-world charm and it has a lot more to offer in terms of historical, cultural and culinary experiences that we looked around.
On this day we were very much pleased visiting these three top-most attractions of Amritsar and continued our journey to further lovely spot.
Wait for that in my next post
Bye
Indu Naik
Contributor Shivanand G Naik
"Actually where does it come I mean which part the city it lies?
"It's in the north part of Amritsar"
"It is just a stone's throw away from Golden Temple"
Likewise conversation went on till we reached the spot.
It is known to every school kid in India as the site of mass shooting of a crowd of Indians who had gathered on Baisakhi day by General Dyer.
This tragic event generated mass support for freedom struggle.
The place itself was a private land turned into a memorial park.
Even today it retains the emotional impact and horror of the massacre.
saw a marker saying "People fired at from here".
On one side we saw the Martyr's well- a large open well into which people threw themselves hoping to escape from firing.
people.
Finally we saw the memorial monument
It is a red sand stone ellipse, standing tall and visible all through out the park. Many photos we clicked there.
As we walked out of the park, we saw a small
museum with pictures and more
context around the events of that day.
We noticed a statue just outside the entrance structure. We learnt it is the statue of Udham Singh, the man who eventually killed Dyer.
I felt the town Amritsar retains its old-world charm and it has a lot more to offer in terms of historical, cultural and culinary experiences that we looked around.
On this day we were very much pleased visiting these three top-most attractions of Amritsar and continued our journey to further lovely spot.
Wait for that in my next post
Bye
Indu Naik
Contributor Shivanand G Naik
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