I took some rest before exploring the Golden Temple that is the holy place for all the Sikhs. As there was a crowd I decided to join a border trip (read the next blog entry) and to come back later.
In the evening I walked from the Crystal restaurant (bad Italian food) back to the Golden Temple and bought the next John Grisham novel (The confession) at the BookLovers Retreat, a little shop I have seen from the rickshaw in the morning.
Back in the temple complex, I handed in my shoes and strolled several times around the holy lake. Then I bought some prasad and went over the Guru Bridge to bring it as an offering at the Golden Temple. Some Gurus inside the marble temple are singing from the holy book Guru Granth Sahib the whole day. After I passed the temple, I drank from the holy water of the lake and still enjoy my health:).
The next day, I wanted some nice food but was disappointed again when they brought something I had not ordered and a mouse showed up next to my table in this star hotel restauant. So I left paying just for the sweet lime soda and ate some Hide & Seek cookies (my favorites). Got a cycle rickshaw to the Sri Durgiana mandir - a Hindu Temple - that resembles the Golden Temple from the layout.
Next stop was the Mata Temple that stars an interesting interior with staircases, rock formations, mosaique work and water alleys. Women come here to pray for a child.
In the Ram Bagh I visited the Museum of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who united a big Sikh territory in the 19th century and expanded it into nowadays Pakistan. That were the great days of the Sikhs.
Next I have seen their biggest defeat at Jallianwala Bagh, a garden where British general Dyer gave the order to shoot the peaceful manifesting Sikhs in 1919. More than 400 died and over 1500 were insured.
Gunshot marks
Before leaving the city tomorrow early morning by MERCEDES bus to Chandigarh, I will visit the Golden Temple again.
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