One of my favourite places: Harmandir Sahib – the Golden Temple, in Amritsar, Punjab. We spent Sona’s birthday at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, where we caught the sunrise, ate some delicious food at the free community kitchen, and watched these huge, orange fish swim through the sarovar in a body of water surrounding the Golden Temple. Absolutely gorgeous. Don’t worry, there was also cake. Here’s the post in case you missed it: Travelogue India: Sona’s Birthday at the Golden Temple in Amritsar
About Navdeep
I was born in England and raised all over the world, but I'm a Punjabi boy at heart. Give me a bread pakora and a mango lassi and we'll be friends for life. I teach creative writing in New York City and blog about race/representation, travel, lit life, and being a Papa at NavdeepSinghDhillon.com. I am a regular parenting blogger for Mom.me, and have written for many print and online publications. In my spare time, I Papa and I husband. Follow my tweets @navdeep_dhillon and @ishqinabackpack.
[…] the shops selling tacky Guru Nanak clocks that light up, the Harmandir Sahib (the Golden Temple) was a profoundly moving place for me. My earlier memories of Harmandir Sahib were going on forced […]