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India-Pakistan Border Closing Ceremony
This evening we headed out to Wagah where the daily highly entertaining border closing ceremony takes place each evening. It was a 30-min drive from Amritsar all the way to the India-Pakistan border which happens to be the only land crossing between both these countries.
The closing of the gates and the lowering of the flags ceremony at the India Pakistan border is well worth seeing. Wagah, the town where the Atari border crossing is located, hosts a highly entertaining ceremony each evening. Border security forces from both nations, dressed in uniforms fit for any Monty Python movie, mimic a standoff of cockerels as thousands in stadium seating rally their teams on. This delightful event, with marches approved by the Ministry of Silly Walks, lasts about an hour. Eat your heart out, John Cleese!
The below video is from a previous visit but gives you an idea of what we experienced today. Special thank you to Arunachala and Kanchana of Monkbrother for the use of the music track “Busk” from their album “Colours of Skin”.
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Indian Miniature Painting
A stunning new show of Indian painting at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, shows 220 miniature paintings from the 16th to the 19th century. These miniature images show scenes of everyday life, stories of the gods and activities of the ruling Mughals. This delicate portrait of Krishna’s ...
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Diwali Morning at the Golden Temple
Wow! What an amazing morning we had at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Truly a sacred place made even more special by the tens of thousands of Sikhs that are so welcoming with smiles and wishes of “Happy Diwali”.
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Sunrise Amritsar, India
Good morning from Amritsar in Punjab state in northwestern India.
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Delhi and the journey to Amritsar
Today we began our excursions. We visited the spectacular Akshardham which was built by the Swami Narayan group to honor their founder Swami Narayan. Unfortunately no cameras are permitted on the premises so we are unable to share photos with you. To see images of this place visit Akshardham.com....
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Enjoying a little time in Delhi
We’ll only be in Delhi for a night as we head off to Amritsar tomorrow to celebrate Diwali at the Golden temple. Here are a couple more photos from today.
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Our spiritual adventure begins!
Our spiritual adventure has begun. Our group gathered today at the Maidens hotel in New Delhi having flown in over the last couple of days from the US. It was a relaxing day today as there are many travel days ahead of us. On the agenda today was our orientation meeting where we got to…
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