Amritia & Pakistan Border
Mal wieder ein größerer Trip. Diesmal nach Amritia, ne Stadt 10km von der Pakistanischen Grenze entfernt.
Früh morgens ging es also mit nem günstigen Bus los. Mittags sind wir dann angekommen und gleich in Jallianwala Bagh ein Gedenkort, an dem über 1000 Menschen erschossen worden als sie gewaltfrei und unbewaffnet gegen die englischen Kolonialherren demonstriert haben und ein angeschlossenes Museum. Hier trafen wir ganz unverhofft 2 weitere German Interns from Chandigarh. What a small world it is sometimes.
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| shot wall on which people were the bullet holes are still partly visible |
After a sumptuous lunch and a necessary stop was Pakistani border: Wagna Border. This should be a ceremony to obtain the boundary flags.
When we got there we surprised how many People were there. According to Indians around your 20,000, and the daily. We got the tip that there is a VIP entrance and a foreign passport, a VIP card. So we got some pretty close to the border gate.
And then it went off. On both sides of the border guards marched on and made a kind of parade-show, while waving the flags and Indians and Pakistanis Hindustan Hindustan or Pakistan Pakistan roared. The highlight was when the flags were then obtained simultaneously.
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| Indian side |
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| left is ne other stands, so many people ... |
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| border gate, trooper inside |
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| Guards |
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| Parade / Show |
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mitder | Parade / Show Pakistani side in the background |
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| highlight: Get the flags |
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| And farewell parade |
Then it was back to Amritia, the Golden Temple. As it was already dark and the Temple lit up and overpowered us radiate the atmosphere in the temple complex. slept in the temple complex, the People, others meditating, still others walked around or stood in at the entrance of the temple. But everything was so peaceful and euphoric, just a very unique atmosphere!
night we ate in the temple dining hall, which was a waste, as well as accommodation for the night (of course you always wanted ne donation).
The next morning we went back to the Golden Temple, in daylight. It was still nice, but not nearly as impressive as in the night. The temple was then also a museum (located in the State of Amritia) about the history of the Sikhs and Punjab, but what was a very warlike past of this region.
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| Golden Temple center as a huge temple complex |
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| A Sikh in traditional clothing and weapon |
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| Golden Temple, left behind their own water tower temple, temple dining hall and sleeping accommodation |
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| live music in the temple complex |
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| image and weapon in the museum about the Sikhs and Punjab |
Well we wanted the second, smaller golden temple to see the built the Hindus in here. It was far less beautiful, dirty, under construction ...
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| replica of the Hindus ... |
Before we opened ourselves to the return journey by bus, we do not have just passed the time in nem Park and lunch eaten.
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