INDIA - Punjab - Amritsar
Amritsar is a city in the northwestern Indian state of Punjab, 28 kilometers from the border with Pakistan. At the center of its walled old town, the gilded Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib) is the holiest gurdwara (religious complex) of the Sikh religion. It’s at the end of a causeway, surrounded by the sacred Amrit Sarovar tank (lake), where pilgrims bathe.
BEST TIME to VISIT PUNJAB
BEST TIME to GO to AMRITSAR
From October to February
Golden Temple - Overview with the path to the holy shrine
Golden Temple - Path to the holy shrine
Golden Temple - Overview with the path to the holy shrine
Golden Temple - Holy shrine in the middle of the lake
Golden Temple - Overview with the path to the holy shrine
Golden Temple - Overview with the path to the holy shrine
Golden Temple - Path to the holy shrine - A long line of sikhs waiting their turn
Golden Temple - Path to the holy shrine - A long line of sikhs waiting their turn
Golden Temple - Overview with the path to the holy shrine
Golden Temple - Side building
City tour on the way to the Golden Temple - Memorial
City tour - this sculpture is the perfect spot for photos
City Tour - Gate near the Golden Temple
City Tour - Women going to the temple
City Tour - Overloaded scooter
city tour - selling fruits
City tour - traffic is terrible with a lot of car, bus and motorbikes
City Tour - Tuktuk
City Tour - Tuktuk
City Tour - Rickshaw
City Tour - very heavy traffic
Sikhs on motorbikes
City Tour - Tuktuk
City Tour - White building
city tour - heavy load
Golden Temple - Women in the temple
Golden Temple - Ritual bath for this little girl
Golden Temple - families in the temple
Golden Temple - Entering the holy shrine
Golden Temple - Twitting near the lake with fishes waiting for food
Golden Temple - Sikhs in the temple
Golden Temple - Holy Shrine
Golden Temple - Holy Shrine
Golden Temple - Holy Shrine
Golden Temple - Wihite buiding on the lake side
Golden Temple
Golden Temple - around the lake
Golden temple - a guard
Golden temple - a guard with the typical costume
Golden temple - children
Golden temple - two guards with typical costumes
city centre near the Golden Temple
Golden temple - Sikhs with traditional costumes
Golden temple
Golden temple - Entrance
Wagah Border - Gurkha soldier
Wagah Border - Folk dancers waiting
Wagah Border - Gurkha soldier
Wagah Border - Folk dancer performing before the flag ceremony
Wagah Border - Flag ceremony - Gurkhas soldiers
Wagah Border - Flag ceremony - Gurkhas soldiers
Wagah Border - folk dancers before the ceremony
Wagah Border - Flag ceremony "arena"
Wagah Border - Flags of India and Pakistan are down
Wagah Border - hundreds of indians, and some tourists, attend the flag ceremony every day. A must see!