The Golden Temple in Amritsar, India: A Profoundly Spiritual Experience

Visiting one of Sikhism’s most prominent places of worship

Brina Patel
Globetrotters
Published in
10 min readDec 19, 2023

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The Golden Temple in Amritsar India depicted on an overcast day, with a pool full of water in the foreground. The building shows multistory structures painted in gold and white.
The Golden Temple in all its glory (Photo by the author)

Religion has always piqued a profound curiosity within me. This, in large part, is due to my multifaith upbringing — my paternal grandparents were Jain, the rest of my family is Hindu, and I attended a Christian preschool.

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Brina Patel
Globetrotters

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