A Temple Where They Don't Ask Who You Believe in. And feed 100,000 people (7 photos)

Such temples and places restore faith in India after various wild news and traditions. And in the Golden Temple in India (or Sri Harmandir Sahib) every day they prepare food for more than 100 thousand visitors.





And there is also a car wash for everyone, just shocking content for India!

It is located in the city of Amritsar, the Temple was built for 20 years and finished in 1601. Its special feature is the doors on all sides of the world - south, west, east, north. That is, the architecture itself reminds that anyone can come here.

The dome is made of pure gold, but inside they feed the poor. Quite a beautiful metaphor for any religion.



At least they don't put it on banana leaves, but on clean, beautiful trays

And the temple itself is very bizarre, because it combines the traditions of building Muslim and Hindu temples. Some architect could write a dissertation here.

What is langar





Sikhs came up with langar, and they also wear turbans and carry weapons

This is a special term from the Sikh religion. Langar is a communal kitchen where everyone can eat and they won't be asked about their faith. Not only in the Golden Temple, this is one of the fundamental features of the Sikh religion, so langars are opened in all their temples, it's just that this one has the most people. This place is considered the largest communal kitchen in the world!

Records like these are what make India so respectable.



Well, this is Indian food, it looks like it is

Most of the kitchen cooking is done by volunteers, and only a tenth is done by employees who tell everyone what to do and how to cook. Otherwise, there would be chaos.



One level of the temple is even located below, under the water level

Everyone can want to eat

But only vegetarians, so that there are no arguments "this is according to faith, I eat this, I don't eat this". And there is not enough meat for a hundred thousand people. On days of low inflow, at least 40 thousand hungry people are fed here, and during high inflow - 100 thousand.

There is one condition - to show respect to the temple and the guru: cover your head with a scarf (which they can give you here) and take off your shoes when entering the temple. There, on the floor in a large marble hall, volunteers serve food.



Note that everyone covered their heads, and someone was given a temporary turban

An incredible amount of food is consumed every day: 7 thousand kilos of flour, 1.2 thousand of rice and the same amount of lentils. And a huge amount of ghee, without which half of the Hindu dishes would be impossible.



The Golden Temple looks simply luxurious, but everyone is welcome inside

Sikhs are those who always wear a turban (not everyone in India wears one), and also believe that all people are equal. In general, Sikhs give the impression that they are the most adequate people in all of India. And the fact that they manage such a temple only confirms this.