I Love India: Golden Temple- An Incredible Sacred Place

Hello steemers 🖐️, I hope everyone is doing great. I am Sahil; today, I will write a post about my experience Golden Temple. However, it was tough to select one favourite place in Incredible India because I have a memory with every corner of India. But the Golden temple is one of the closest places to my heart. So without any further delay, let's get started...

Before I start writing about my experience, I will tell you something about the Golden temple.

Golden Temple

The Golden Temple is not only a central religious place of the Sikhs but also a symbol of human brotherhood and equality. It is also called Harmandir Sahib Gurudwara. It is located in the city of Amritsar, Punjab State, Northwestern India.

The first Harmandir Sahib was built in 1604. The temple was destroyed several times by Afghan invaders and was finally rebuilt in marble and copper overlaid with gold foil during the reign in 1809. This has led to the name the Golden Temple.

I am standing in front of temple

My Experience

I have visited the Golden Temple many times, but the last time I visited was in December 2018. I went with my Sister, Ant and Ant's son (Dhruv). My sister is older than me, and Dhruv is three years younger than me, but he is a good friend of mine. We are staying in Ludhiana, which is 140 km from the Golden Temple, so we went by bus.

After reaching the temple firstly we ate "Amritsari Naan" which is famous in Amritsar, it was so delicious. After filling our stomach, we saw so many shops of Sikh Culture's clothing and other stuff. After a little shopping there we went inside the temple.

Amritsari naan

The first we covered our head as it is the part of the Sikh ritual. Then we saw how beautiful the temple was at the entrance. It is a tourist's one of the favourite places to visit. We saw many foreigners who came specifically for the temple. So we proceed and lined up in the queue as there were so many tourists who came from different places.

At last, we got a chance to worship God, and we sat there in the peace of God. At night, thousands of lights shine onto the exterior of the gold to create a dazzling appearance. So we sat near "Sarovar" and clicked some beautiful pics.

I am standing with my sis

Then we went to "Langar Hall" for dinner. After having dinner, we washed some dishes in the temple's kitchen as a Volunteer. Nearby, dozens and dozens of volunteers stood along with enormous sinks with hoses to wash dirty plates and cups. After clicking on some beautiful images, we went to our hotel room.

Volunteers washing dishes in the kitchen

In next morning, we visited 'Jallianwala Bagh" which is near to Golden Temple. And came back to Ludhiana the bus.

Today's topic is about the Golden Temple, so that's all from my side in this post.
I would like to thanks to @akkibadboy for allowing me to write about a favourite Indian place. And thanks for conducting a contest.