My first view of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

Alan Morris stood by the Holy Pool, which surrounds the Golden Temple.

The Golden Temple seen across the Holy Pool.

Alan Morris in front of the Golden Temple, seen across the Holy Pool.

Alan Morris in front of the Golden Temple, Amritsar.

The Darshani Deodi (Main Gate) to the Sri Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple).

People stood around the Holy Pool and the Golden Temple. The building in the background is the Langar.

Three ladies from my tour stood by the Holy Pool in the Gurdwara in front of the Darshani Deodi (Main Gate) to the Golden Temple.

People standing outside the Golden Temple on the Darbar Sahib Path.

Alan Morris stood on the Darbar Sahib Path, behind which is the Darshani Deodi (Main Gate).

People stood on the Darbar Sahib Path waiting for the Palki Sahib ceremony to start.

Alan Morris on the Darbar Sahib Path. Behind are people entering the Golden Temple for the Palki Sahib ceremony.

Hundreds of people were queuing to go into the Golden Temple for the Palki Sahib ceremony.

Indian family that stood behind us on the Darbar Sahib Path in front of the Golden Temple.

Alan Morris stood in front of an Indian family on the Darbar Sahib Path in front of the Golden Temple. They were all very friendly and enjoyed talking to us.

Sikhs stood waiting for the Palki Sahib ceremony to start outside the Golden Temple.

The Guru Granth Sahib (holy book) is taken from the Golden Temple and taken to Sri Akal Takht.

The Golden Temple across the Holy Pool in the Gurdwara in Amritsar.

Alan Morris in front of the Golden Temple, seen across the Holy Pool in the Gurdwara at Amritsar.

The Golden Temple, seen across the Holy Pool in the Gurdwara at Amritsar.

People being fed inside the Langar at the Amritsar Gurdwara.

People being fed inside the Langar at the Amritsar Gurdwara.

People being fed inside the Langar at the Gurdwara, Amritsar,

Man cleaning up in one of the kitchens in the Langar in the Gurdwara in Amritsar.

Flat bread being made in a kitchen in the Langar in the Amritsar Gurdwara.

Flat breads dropping out of the large grills into baskets to be taken to people waiting for food.

Man preparing flat bread dough to go on the production line in the Langar.

The Golden Temple seen across the Holy Pond from the kitchen in the Langar in the Amritsar Gurdwara.

The Golden Temple seen across the Holy Pond from the kitchen in the Langar in the Amritsar Gurdwara.

The Golden Temple seen across the Holy Pond.

Alan Morris next to the Holy Pond surrounding the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

Alan Morris outside the Golden Temple on the Darbar Sahib Path.

Alan Morris, outside the Golden Temple, stood with an Indian he was talking to about beards.