the sikh city, the golden temple is really impressive. live in the dormatories for pilgrims on the temple area (for free....donations are welcome)...saw the temple early in the morning and at night...beautiful. the architecture resembles a lotus flower..combines hindi and moslem features....
a sikh priest told me many things....(people love talking to me!!!)
the temple has four open doors (christianity, hindu, moslems and sikhs....) to bring people from different faith together...the temple is surrounded by water and only one small bridge connects it to the land...the water is holy. people bath in it, drink it- even take it home in containers.
the temple is a clean, friendly and peaceful place....open to everyone. there is a kitchen that feeds the pilgrims (about 30,000 a day)...for free!!
went to a park, where in 1919 the british started shooting at a peaceful gathering on indians....the park is a memorial....and again: some students walked up to me and started to guide me through the park and talking to me.
later on i went to the boarder between pakistan and india to see the closing of the boarder....it is a big military happening and ...lots of showing of on both sides...
o well....hung out with some other travellers from switzerland, germany and the netherlands...had a good day here
tomorrow i am moving on to jaipur...a 18 hour train ride....so bear with me!!!
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