Punjab

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Day 73-101 Punjab – Amritsar / Anandpur Sahib / Methiana

Today we made our way home – very long journey. We left Thrivandrum early morning and arrived at Dehli around mid-day. We then had a 9 hour taxi ride to Jalandhar (Punjab). It was a killer journey – and our taxi driver was getting high – thinking that we didn't know as well as having the odd swig here and there – it was a scary drive home as there were a few times we nearly had an accident.

It's such a spiritual place for Sikhs

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Anyway, we surprised the folks as we showed up earlier than planned. They were soooooo happy to see us and it was great being home and having home made food after such a long time. Jag's mum and I did a lot of wedding shopping for Nindi's wedding (Jag's brother). Catching up with rellies and relaxing. We went to Amritsar or the Golden Temple as some people know it. It's such a spiritual place for Sikhs. It was 'Hola Mahala' at the beginning of March – a day when Indians throw coloured powder on each other – there's a meaning behind this which I will explain when I get back if you want to find out why. We went to Anandpur Sahib – the birth place of Khalsa – the Sikh religion – to celebrate. There was thousands and thousands of people here, a real buzz. We also went to Methiana Gurudwara which has statues displaying the Sikh history and the sacrifices and killings we faced to establish Sikhism.

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I also did a pit stop visit to the UK for around 6 days to see my cousin sister's wedding. Was great catching up with the family.