Arriving at Amritsar hotel
Opening circle
Priya our Golden Temple guide
The Golden Temple in Amritsar
Group photo
Daya and Keshava with temple
Small group photo
Raquel and Allen
Ashis
As the sun went down the lights came on throughout the temple grounds...beautiful!
There are perhaps thirty scriptures being read throughout the temple complex
View of inside the temple from opposite side of Sarover
Checking for debris in sarover
North entrance to Golden Temple
Pilgrims bathing
More pilgrims bathing near fresh spring water
Pilgrims waiting in line to enter the temple
Shoe check area
Walking near temple
Jallianwala Bagh, where infamous British General Dyer ordered killing of innocent silk pilgrims gathered for a festival. Twas the turning of the tide of the freedom movement, and the beginning of the end for the British in India
Jallianwala Bagh grounds
Entrance to the Golden Temple
Street photos near temple
Keshava speaks on bus from Amritsar to Dharamsala
while Raquel sleeps
Views of the countryside
View of Dharamsala
Joyful pilgrims in the bus
Bus got stuck on hotel driveway
Energising in the morning in front of hotel
Altar in "meditation room"
Group meditating
Dalai Lama's residence and our guide
Buddhists doing a series of pronams to the Buddha
Many large pots for cooking
Slight view of the mountains in the mornings
Jaya and prayer wheels
Butter lamps for the complex
Statue of Padmasambhava, who brought Buddhism to Tibet
Avaloketeshwara, Buddha of Compassion
Meditating with Sakyamuni Buddha
Group shot
Parliment building of Tibetan Government in exile
Library with ancient Tibetan texts, hand carried carefully by hand from Lhasa
Museum with a mandala and many ancient thankas and statues from Tibet
In front of museam
Meditating in temple
Inside temple
Lunch in McLeod Ganj
Thanka artisans at Norbalinka Institute
Beautiful architecture
View of mountains and top of temple
Amazing quited Padmasambhava
Crafts man making copper Buddha
Inside temple at Norbalinka Institute
Doll Museam
Energizing again
View coming down from Dharamsala
Special VIP seats at closing ceremony at Wagha border (with Pakistan)
A packed crowd
The ceremony begins
This border between India and Pakistan closes each day at 3:30 pm
Both Indian and Pakistani armies participate in ceremony
Pakistani Officers being very macho
Lowering of both countries' flags
