Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple)
Sikh gurdwara in Amritsar, Punjab, India, with its sanctum in the middle of a holy pool, the Amrit Sarovar. Wikipedia says that Guru Arjan, the fifth Guru, planned it at a level lower than the city to emphasise humility; the SGPC, the Sikh committee whose page is used here, says he conceived it as a central place of worship for the Sikhs and designed it himself. The Guru Granth Sahib was installed in it in 1604. It is also called Sri Darbar Sahib, and the Golden Temple after its gold covering.
Dated events and their evidence
- 1588 CE disputed
construction begins, disputed, and the two readings may not describe the same act: the SGPC (Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee), the shrine's own Sikh committee and so an interested party read here next to an outside source, says the foundation was laid by the Muslim saint Mian Mir of Lahore in December 1588 (1645 Bikrami Samvat); Wikipedia says Guru Arjan initiated construction in 1581 and calls the Mian Mir account unsubstantiated source - 1604 CE mainstream
the Guru Granth Sahib is installed in the shrine: Wikipedia says 1604, the SGPC (an interested party, read next to Wikipedia) gives Bhadoon Sudi 1st, 1661 Bikrami Samvat (August/September 1604) and, in the same sentence, '1601 A.D.', which does not fit and is not used; for when the first building was finished the two differ (Wikipedia: a brick building in 1589, the SGPC: 1604) source
Where
31.6200° N, 74.8764° E
Sources
Each event carries Aion's own evidence grade (mainstream, disputed or speculative). This page repeats what the globe shows for this place.