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Scenes
Meaning
Walking barefoot on the white marble that rings the still pool, you see the golden temple shining at the water's center like a song.
Revered as one of the most important sacred places of Sikhism, its four doors are understood as a welcome to all. In the temple at the heart of the pool, the recitation of the Guru Granth Sahib continues through the day.
Field notes
- Location
- Amritsar · India · N31.6° · E74.9°
- Best time
- Daybreak and dusk, when the golden temple glows on the pool
- Getting there
- In the heart of Amritsar; enter with head covered and feet bare.
- Etiquette
- Cover your head, enter barefoot, and share in the langar — the community meal open to all.
Sources
- · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- · Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
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