India & Punjab – Maharaja Patiala at Clock Tower Amritsar vintage photographs of the Sikh ruler of Patiala HH Maharajah Bhupinder Singh - being welcomed to Amritsar and garlanded by committee members of the Golden Temple, inscribed in Punjabi on the photo ‘Maharaja Patiala, Bhupinder Singh, Clock Tower. The famous clock tower at Amritsar was built in 1863 by the British beside the Golden Temple, and was demolished by the Sikh in 1947. The entrance is still called the Clock Tower entrance.