Moving Forward... » attari http://www.van-willigen.net/moving-forward "A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving." - Lao Tzu Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:23:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 The Temple Restaurant at Amritsar http://www.van-willigen.net/moving-forward/2009/05/26/the-temple-restaurant-at-amritsar/ http://www.van-willigen.net/moving-forward/2009/05/26/the-temple-restaurant-at-amritsar/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 04:15:47 +0000 Rogier http://www.van-willigen.net/moving-forward/?p=98 Sikh’s religion is a blend of Hindu and Islam, and has a firm focus on pragmatism (a big sign reads ’service to humanity is true service to God’) and inclusiveness (Sikh always denounced the caste-system). Each temple boasts a kitchen where all are welcome to eat for free (and hide from the burning heat).

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Spectacular Temple. All day chanting from the holy book engulfs the complex…

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and with a kitchen feeding up to 40.000 guests daily, you have lots of dishes…

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… and lots of food to prepare (this is the garlic section!).

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Poverty is really awful. Many poor people show physical disabilities.

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A rikshaw. You’ll have to share the road with others.

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Thousands of Indians visit Attari daily to scream “Hindustan Zindabad!” a 100 times and out-do Pakistan at this surprising ceremony marking the closure of the (only) border crossing between Pakistan and India. Great event to attend.

More Amritsar and Attari pictures here.

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