Golden Temple, Amritsar

During the winters of Dec 2012, Amit and I visited Golden Temple in Amritsar. I have never seen anything so spectacular and amazing monument ever in my life. 

As you are just about to enter the temple, the first thing that you do is wash your feet. Amazingly the water is very clean and extremely cold. Your feet are numb as you enter the temple.  

But just as you see the magnificent sight of the golden monument located right in the middle of a lake surround it from all four sides, you forget all your worries. It is so peaceful and calm. The timing is perfect as the sun rays add more glow to the shining golden temple.

Chains are tied at the sides of lakes to scare away fish that come very close to people bathing in the lake.  To my surprise, there are many big gold fish also in the lake.

We just sat around the lake for sometime waiting for the sun to set. And what a lovely sight we saw of the Golden Temple !  We were lucky to see and capture so many shades.