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Find the city: Golden City

  1. Kolkata

  2. Hyderabad

  3. Chennai

  4. Amritsar
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Explanation

Amritsar is called the Golden City because of the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib), which is covered in gold leaf and is the holiest shrine in Sikhism. The golden domes are iconic and give the city its nickname. Kolkata, Hyderabad, and Chennai have different epithets (City of Joy, City of Pearls, Gateway to South respectively).

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