The Golden Temple of Umritseer

The Golden Temple of Umritseer in India is an elegant little building, architecturally resembling the Saracenic in some features, and in others partaking of the pagoda style.

It is about sixty feet long, and thirty feet wide, and is situated in the middle of a huge tank, called by the Sikhs the "Fount of Immortality."

The gateway to the bridge leading across the tank to the temple, is covered with plates of chased silver, twelve feet square; and along this bridge are richly gilded lamps, supported by marble pedestals. The temple is two-storied, the walls being of marble inlaid with mosaics of the Florentine style, representing birds, vases, and flowers: the roof is surmounted by three domes, around which are grouped a multitude of little cupolas, all highly gilded, and glittering in the light.

The doors are of silver, embossed and chased with various designs.