Marilyn Silverstone - INDIA.

INDIA. - Amritsar. The Golden Temple. The Holy Granth Sahib (the only object of worship in a Sikh temple) was written in 1604 by Guru Arjun. It contains hymns, written by Gurus, celebrating Hindu as well as Muslim saints.

An attendant with a fly whisk made with a Yak's tail stands behind the granthi, the reader of the scriptures. - Marilyn Silverstone

Amritsar. The Golden Temple. The Holy Granth Sahib (the only object of worship in a Sikh temple) was written in 1604 by Guru Arjun. It contains hymns, written b...

Amritsar. The Golden Temple. A Nihang Sikh (something like a Japanese samurai) by the lake.

INDIA. - Amritsar. Arya Samaj temple. Yogiraj Suryanand fasting.
The Swami (Yogiraj) fills his belly with air, and has another swami stand on his stomach. He is a member of a rather fanatic hindu sect, which had originally started fasting as a liberalising reform movement. - Marilyn Silverstone

Amritsar. Arya Samaj temple. Yogiraj Suryanand fasting.
The Swami (Yogiraj) fills his belly with air, and has another swami stand on his stomach. He is a memb

Amritsar. Golden Temple. Musicians.

INDIA. - Over 20.000 people came to pay their respects to Master Tara SINGH (Sikh holy man), who went on a hunger strike to demand the creation of a

Over 20.000 people came to pay their respects to Master Tara SINGH (Sikh holy man), who went on a hunger strike to demand the creation of a "punjabi Suba" (a Si

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