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The golden temple or Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar

It is the most sacred place for the Sikh religion in the all world. This place is absolutely amazing. We stayed there for hours and we were never bored.

India’s chaos doesn’t enter this temple even if hundreds of thousands people come in every day.

A 160 meters square made of white marble surrounds a lake, “the pool of nectar” in the center of which the golden temple stands. 4 main doors lead to the place, on each side of the temple, as to show that the temple is opened to anyone from any religion. Furthermore, it was built on the lowest part of the city so that everyone would have to go down steps to enter it.

Everyone leaves his shoes and socks outside the temple. They also cover their head. Devotees walk always in a clockwise rotation around the temple that is accessible by a unique bridge.

The bridge leading to the temple.

Inside the golden temple lies the Guru Granth Sahib, the holiest text of Sikhism. During all day, devoted music is played and sung inside the temple.

You can feel the devotion when you start walking on the marble. It is a really impressive and quite unrealistic feeling.

Inside the complex, there is also the biggest eatery in the world. More than 100 000 meals are served for free every day for everyone. Their organization is amazing.

One of the rooms where anyone can eat

Part of the kitchen

Garlic pealing

The beginning of November is very special for India. It is Diwali, the main celebration in the country that can be compared with New Year’s Eve in our countries. For that occasion, the temple was covered with lights.

Diwali means Festival of lights

During three nights, fireworks and fire crackers never stopped. Quite impressive.