Amritsar

Amritsar is only 40km away from Pakistan. It is in Punjab province which is famous for their food, Sikh culture and the the showpiece Golden Temple.
The Golden Temple is in the middle of the mess they call Amritsar central. Each day the temple hands out 60'000 thalis (meals) for the needing and the greedy tourists. You eat in a huge hall in which every 15 minutes a new crowd is served. People eat fast and silent. Then all the metal dishes get collected outside the hall and goes throw a unautomated washing process which is being done by the worshippers a like. Huge cooking pans with 1 meter diameter are being heated by wood which is being cut in the back. A chapati machine spits out a chapati approximately every second.
But there is more to see. In the middle of the huge complex is a lake with koi fish. Some religious people bath in the murky waters. Guards with spears enforce the various rules that apply here.
In the middle of the lake is the Golden Temple it self. It's golden facade reflects in the water and stands 2 stories high. There is a long line to get over the bridge.
Sikh men wear the black head scarf which covers there long heir which they never during their live cut. Women are similarly dressed like Hindus.
There is also Jallianwala Bagh park which served as the location where the British killed at lat one thousand demonstrating people after a British officers decided to open fire. It can be seen in the epic movie "Gandhi" and was in reality, where Gandhi started his passive resistance campaign.
We also made a trip to the Pakistani border where every late afternoon the two nuclear powers have a ceremony to close the gates. Several thousand spectators come here every day to cheer "Hindustan" or "Pakistan" at the other side. The military wears very fancy uniforms and hit the legs higher up while walking than many cheerleaders.