Amritsar
Enjoying the camera
Haveli on a tiny backstreet
Bananas
Rickshaw wallahs
Milkman
Jallianwala Bagh, site of a massacre by the British army in 1919
Women at work, Jallianwala
Wall with bullet holes, Jallianwala
Durgiana Temple, a Hindu temple built in the style of the Golden Temple, and also known as the Silver Temple
Silver door
Hindu and Sikh cremations
Our cycle rickshaw man of wisdom (and fan of the British after a Geordie woman gave him a bike)
Flower power
Mata temple, commemorating Lal Devi, a bespectacled 20th century female saint
Glitz
No messing
Under the fan
Through the cow
India-Pakistan border at Wagah
Two-step
Waiting for the action
To shouts of "Hindustan Zindabad" (long live Hindustan)
Lowering the flag in Pakistan
Catching a glimpse over the border
The Golden Temple
Before the Hari Mandir Sahib, where the original copy of the Sikh holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib, is kept under a pink shroud during the day before 'being put to bed' in a temple at the other end of the causeway each night
Bathing in the Amrit Sarovar (Pool of Nectar), the sacred pool which gives the town its name
Guru-Ka-Langar, the free community dining room feeding dhal, rice and chapatis to up to 40,000 pilgrims a day
Continuous washing up
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