Golden Temple decked up for Diwali festival

The entire Golden Temple complex, which is home to the holiest of Sikh shrines Harmandar Sahib, wore a festive look yesterday with millions of lights being put up all around the complex.Hundreds of devotees lined up since morning to offer prayers.The day is celebrated in Sikh religion as ‘Bandi Chhor Diwas’ (prisoner liberation day). On this day, the sixth guru of the Sikhs, Guru Hargobind, returned to Amritsar after being released, along with 52 princes, from imprisonment by the Mughal emperor Jahangir from Gwalior prison in 1619.The guru and the princes arrived in Amritsar during Diwali festivities.