The Golden Temple in Amritsar
While I really wanted to visit during my trip to India in 2008, I did not get around to visit the Golden Temple in Amritsar and it has been on my travel bucket list ever since. Hence I was very happy I would finally get to see it this time.
My original plan was to see it both in daylight and at night, as recommended by everyone I talked to. Unfortunately I spent the next morning on the phone trying to fix my onward ticket rather than going back to the temple, so I’ll have to go back again at some point.
I won’t talk about the temple as such, if you’re interested in this holiest of sites for the Sikh, I highly recommend the Wikipedia article.
Every visitor needs to cover their head with a cloth and take of their shoes. Fortunately everything is very well organized. I visited around 8pm and found the compound magical. Just look at the photos below:
Overview of the complex
Close-up
This man kindly asked me to take a photograph of him
Definitely very far up the list of greatest structures built by mankind I have ever seen!
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[…] Hence, change of plans. Fly to Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The flag carrier, Uzbekistan Airways, operates twice weekly service from Amritsar as well, on the same days as Turkmenistan Airlines to Ashgabat. I had been checking seat availability and the flight appeared really full. By Monday afternoon I still did not have my Turkmenistan visa, so I finally decided to fly to Tashkent. By then only business class was available for the two hour flight – at S$600 probably to most expensive flight I have ever taken for a 726 miles flight. Oh well. I booked it and left for Wagah and the Golden Temple. […]