Golden Temple (Hari Mandir) Amritsar

Hello to everyone back in England!

Last Thursday Lizzie and I went to the muslim sufi shrine Hazrat Nizam-ud-Din Dargah. Once we were dropped off we had to walk along a tangle of alleys to get to the shrine. When we got there evening prayers were just starting which was interesting to watch. But it was so busy! So many people and things …

After feeding half of Punjab's mosquitoes while laid in my bus' coffin seater, then oversleeping the arrival time and finding my backpack covered in some exotic kind of flour (whose smell will never go away) I didn't expect anything anymore. Just praying that Amritsar was worth this. I have to be honest, it's been on the top three on my must-see …

Amritsar is really great city with some very friendly people and prices that will leave your wallet feeling all warm and fuzzy inside. Everything seems to be cheaper here, particularly around the Golden Temple, perhaps as a consequence to all the free stuff inside the complex. Anyone coming here has to see the Golden Temple. Easily the city's …

Z hlavniho mesta jsme se vydaly smerem na severozapad zeme. Sbalily jsme to nejnutnejsi na cestu, nasedly do motoriksi {ted uz jsme chytrejsi a nenechame se tak lehce napalit, uz neplatime o 50procent vice jako vcera - a to nam to prislo jeste levne]. Uzily jsme si dopravni zacpy v Delhi, nadychaly trosku smogu z .vyfuku z aut - predevsim tu jezdi …

After a few hours sleep set off for the Golden Temple , the largest and holiest Sikh temple in India. Walked through part of the old town where it becomes even more frenzied as you get closer to the temple. People constantly trying to sell you postcards, rickshaw or tuk tuk rides . Maya and Mark bought a kerchief each to cover their hair. Walked …

"The rooftops of India have a very special charm" – Sasha thought to himself while performing morning exercises on the roof top of the Tourist guest house in Amritsar, the spiritual capital of Punjab. When looking at the city from above he could see hundreds of buildings of all shapes and sizes very close to one another, each with a private …

First of all, thanks to all my friends for my Delhi Blog. We have started our journey from Mumbai and our 1st destination was Delhi. From there we were supposed to move towards Amritsar and then to Jammu. So, after visiting the Delhi at 1st morning we board in to Paschim Express to head towards Amritsar. While traveling we have passed the Haryana …

The must see list for India is never ending but one sure place that I was determined to visit was the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

I got extremely lucky when I learned that Vikrant a friend from Beverly Hills Toastmasters 90210 is a native of this spiritual Punjabi city. And that Sakshi, his wife is currently residing there while studying …

... paid off when i proved that even vegetarians can get food poisoning (ha ha, I return to being a carnivor with satisfaction). The Golden Temple was impressive, but even then I knew something wasn't right and it was with great effort that I forced myself ...

... unmoved.  Entering the complex in bare feet, to be washed in the footbaths, through an arched gateway and down steps, the Golden Temple lies ahead, appearing to float on the water in the holy pool.  Hundreds of Sikhs walk the route around the ...

... across to the temple is packed with pilgrims slowly waiting their turn to see the holy book placed in the middle of the golden temple. After walking part way round we enter the huge kitchens adjacent to the temple. Here we are among the 10,000's ...

... staying somewhere else but it turned out cheaper than the place we had booked so was fine despite the ants! Went to the Golden Temple which was beautiful, posed for more pictures and also went to the Jallianwalla Bagh memorial park. Here on the 13th ...

... few rooms. No one stopped us so we kept going out onto the rooftop. Fantastic views! It seemed the whole of India was packed into the Golden Temple. There were a few other well dressed Skihs up there kicking off all others trying to to climb up on to ...

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... . Although the town itself brings to mind (the nightmare of) Ahmedabad, it is the location of the Sikh religion's holiest site, the Golden Temple. Built, like the Taj Mahal, in white marble with beautiful stone flower inlays, it is set in the middle of a ...

... fun and contrary to common perception, it is not dangerous to be here.   The next morning, I paid a visit to The Golden Temple, the most important pilgrimage sight for the Sikh religion but open to all.    To say it ...

The holy Sikh city of Amritsar, on the frontier with Pakistan, is home to the incredible Golden Temple, the very core of Sikhism in India. Also, as I discovered, it was home to another one of India's celebrity lookalikes - this time, a rather good ...

... regain some strength. The three of us had dinner at the hotel restaurant. Lynn was sleeping the day away. 11.9.06 Golden Temple Amritsar, India. Lou and I went out to purchase a screen for my laptop as I have dropped the laptop from the lowest ...