Some of the turbans are enormous. This is a baptized Sikh. They by law allowed to carry weapons on themselves. And so they do. Some just small knifes, but some of them are walking around with huge swords and two-three meter long spears. Of course all these is representative, to protect the weak and oppressed.
People are queuing to see the holy book.
"We are from New York, U.S.A." It is a dream of every Sikh on the world to come to the Golden temple at least ones in their life.
Taking a rest.
The temple compound also gives free or cheap accommodation to the pilgrims. If you get a room, you lucky. If not, you can still sleep in the courtyard of the hotel. Like so.
On a busy weekend approximately fifty thousand people eat in the eatery, the meals are being portioned out by "waiters" running up and down the lines of people with big buckets of food. They do so with such speed, that when they splash the dal on your plate, parts of it can even end up on your shoulder.
But thank god there are plenty of people ready to help out for a few hours to peel, cut and chop.
The kitchen looks like a medieval food factory with immense proportions.
One of the major features of the Sikh temples is the "people's kitchen". It is open 24/7, operated largely by voluntaries and the food is free.
This is a chapati- machine.
Afternoon chit-chat...
The lake surrounding the golden temple is considered to be holy, so a good dip in the water is highly recommended by the followers.
Sikh man allways wear a turban, and never ever cut their hair.
This is the golden temple, the holiest place of the sikh religion in Amritsar, Punjab. Inside the temple they keep (and continuously recite) the holy book of the Sikh religion that was born in the sixteen hundreds and is based on the brotherhood of all mankind.
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