Pictorial Post: The Golden Temple of Amritsar

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I have seen many temples and monuments in my life from various religious denominations, but none come anywhere near the ethereal beauty of Amritsar’s Golden Temple. This temple hosts upwards of 60,000 people a day, yet still remains a place of calm and peace. With the religious chanting and songs piped through the entire complex, one can sit, stare, contemplate, pray or meditate for hours. Which is exactly what I did.

Over the course of 10 hours I visited The Golden Temple, enjoyed the serenity, and tried to capture it.  I am not sure I did it justice, but I did the best I could.  You can now be the judge. These photos are

in chronological order.


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5 responses to “Pictorial Post: The Golden Temple of Amritsar”

  1. […] temple.  I have seen some stunning places of worship, but nothing in the world compares to The Golden Temple in Amritsar. So peaceful and serene, I have visited this Gurudwara twice in the past year and I […]

  2. […] where we headed up the steep hill from the Golden Temple (not to be confused with the one in Amritsar) to the Royal Rock Temple, which is a series of five caves from the 1st century BC.  The caves […]

  3. […] temple.  I have seen some stunning places of worship, but nothing in the world compares to The Golden Temple in Amritsar. So peaceful and serene, I have visited this Gurudwara twice in the past year and I […]

  4. […] that I have seen thus far, it was just simply spectacular.  Whilst it doesn’t quite beat Amritsar’s Golden Temple as my favourite temple in India it came very close. It also wins the award for the friendliest […]

  5. Just beautiful.

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