Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Harmandir Sahib, or the Golden Temple

You say Amritsar and you cannot not think about the Golden Temple, literally ‘golden’ as entirely covered with (750 kilos of) golden layers.

Breathtaking, particularly when you suddenly and unexpectedly see it for the first time entering in the gurdwara* complex from one of the narrow doors of the surrounding buildings. And at night, it appears as a ‘One thousand and one nights’ vision…

What we enjoyed the most visiting this complex though was the sense of peace and spirituality that we could breathe within the walls of this gurdwara. An oasis of peace within the rowdy Amritsar, where thousands of devotees piously repeat their rituals, like plunging into the holy waters of the ‘Sarovar’ (Pool of Nectar) that surrounds the temple.

No worries: we didn’t convert to Sikhism, but we were definitively impressed by the seemingly pure devotion of these believers…

(*) http://www.matteoandmathilde.org/2010/03/visit-to-gurdwara-sis-ganj-sahib.html

6 comments:

  1. Foto bellissimissima. Mi sa che te la rubo...
    Saluti da Ajmer.

    e.

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  2. La prima l'autrice e' Mathilde. La seconda... l'ho rubata anch'io... :)

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  3. Va be', allora non vale!!!
    Ciao, e.

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  4. Foto bellissimissima. Mi sa che te la rubo...
    Saluti da Ajmer.

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  5. La prima l'autrice e' Mathilde. La seconda... l'ho rubata anch'io... :)

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  6. Va be', allora non vale!!!
    Ciao, e.

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