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Amritsar, Durgiana Temple, Golden Temple, Gurdwara, Hindu, India, Mata Lal Devi Mandir, Sikh, Silver Temple, temple, Temples, the Golden Temple, Travel
Amritsar is known mainly for the Golden Temple, but I love checking out the smaller temples and less crowded/touristy places. Below are some of the less popular tourist attractions.
Mata Lal Devi Mandir is another fun house like temple which is devoted to the female saint Lal Devi. This temple is popular with women who wish to get pregnant. In this temple, as with any other, there are people who will bless visitors, however I tried very hard not to get a blessing here… Yes, it might have been a little silly of me, but I just couldn’t help it! To get through the temple you go through tunnels, caves with shallow water, and doorways shaped as the mouths of animals, it’s really cool!
The Silver Temple, formally known as the Durgiana Temple, is a Hindu temple built in response to the Sikh Golden temple. Yes, there is gold on it, but it’s called the Silver Temple for it’s carved silver doors. It’s much smaller and less crowded than the Golden Temple and a very lovely place for a quite stroll.
And now, the piece de resistance, The Golden Temple. This is THE Sikh temple and actually has more visitors a day than the Taj Mahal. The temple actually sits in the centre of a “pool of the nectar of immortality” the actual translation of Amritsar. More detailed posts about the Golden Temple will follow, so stay tuned!
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