pakistan

Shine bright like a diamond

After our time in the Golden Triangle we went back to our hosts in Delhi. We were to join them for a trip or pilgrimage to Amritsar where we would find the Golden Temple. This is a temple made of gold and built in the middle of a massive pond where people can bathe in holy water. The temple is surrounded by a white fort that leaves the impression that the temple needs to be protected from outside threats. 200.000 people visit the temple everyday, and it has been named “most visited place in the world”. As is usual in a Sikh temple, we took off our shoes, deposited them and walked on to the temple grounds. We were surrounded by people and for some reason they found it more interesting to take a picture with me than to look at the temple, I felt like some kind of celebrity walking around there.