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Iāve been living in Delhi NCR for a week now, and itās been a good journey so far. Iāve discovered a lot of places and soon Iāll be getting back to my hometown in Himalayas. The place Iām gonna write about today is a Gurudwara in Delhi.
Bangla Sahib Gurudwara is one of the biggest and most important places of worship for people in India. This is the biggest Gurudwara in Delhi NCR region and is quite old. It was built around 17th century and is great associated with eighth Sikh guru.
We were travelling in an auto rickshaw, and it dropped us just outside the Bangla Sahib Gurudwara. There is a peeple tree just outside the Gurudwara and the entrance of the Gurudwara is right next to it.
There were a lot of people there at the time when we arrived there, we entered that gate and it was short way to the Gurudwara. The thing I really like about the sick people and the Gurudwara is that they are really into Seva Seva is doing something for someone without expecting anything in return, and Sikhism is greatly based on that.
Gurudwara are the only institutes in the world where everyone gets Port for free in Bhandara. Everyone can stay there without any charge. In short, itās really good for the society and the people working there. They do it from the heart. Itās not like they are employed there, itās like they are doing it from their heart. Some people were there during their lunch breaks doing Seva from the office nearby.
The first glimpse of Siva that we saw was keeping the shoes inside of the shoe rack. There are some basic rules that need to be followed during your visit to Gurudwara. That are you cannot wear shoes or socks. You cannot wear inappropriate clothes. You need to cover your head with a cloth they provide you.
In the photograph above, you can see the place where shoes are kept. Itās really well maintained and everything is so clean. It didnāt took any time to deposit our shoes and there are all the facilities nearby like for your hand washing for wearing the shoes again there were benches and many other things like that.
After depositing our shoes and washing our hands, it was not time to enter the Gurudwara campus. It was a little walk to the Gurudwara from the deposit station and there were a lot of people walking there.
This was the place from where we entered the Gurudwara and we couldnāt take photos inside of the Gurudwara, so there are no photos of that in the blog, but let me tell you. It was just amazing. Everything was covered with gold inside and there were many people who were sitting there and experiencing the divine.
After visiting inside, you come from the other side of the Gurudwara, as there are different gates for entry and exit so that the crowds can be managed and when you enter from the other side, you see the real beauty of the Gurudwara
Itās an old 16th century building that still stand tall to the date. Thanks to regular maintenance and care. This building was just amazing. On the other side of the Gurudwara. There was a small pond which is called Sarovar.
Before getting near to the Sarovar or pond, we wanted to do a Parikrama of the place and we did that it was a good sunny day, and the weather was really pleasant with occasional breeze of cold air on our faces.
When we entered the pond area, it was a completely different vibe. I just felt so peaceful from inside. It was just beautiful.
There were a lot of fishes in the pond too and that to a lot of varieties of fishes, we went near to the pond and there I saw a girl playing with the fishes. It was really a good sight to see.
You also need to do the Parikrama of the pond and we just did that it looks small, but it was quite large, considering it was artificially made. There were places of taking bath in the pond and its consider sacred. There was a closed structure of taking bath for the woman too.
The Gurudwara also looked really amazing from near the pond as you can see in the photographs. We were having a good time there, so we decided to do another couple of rounds of the pond.
Some photographs really came out to be amazing as you can see the photograph below is my favourite. We can see the reflection of the Gurudwara in the pond, and it was just amazing.
Another surprising thing that I saw there were little turtles who were resting on the sprinklers in the pond. They were really surprising for me to see turtles. There. I was not expecting turtles at all.
I wish done to see how many people were entering their, and I was amazed to see that all these people were getting food from the Bhandara in the Gurudwara. I thought to myself that this is the biggest form of saver that you can do for mankind. Feeding someone who is hungry is a really special feeling that cannot be expressed in the words.
After doing three rounds of the pond, we came back to the Gurudwara and Rome around there. We were feeling so peaceful that we didnāt wanna go back.
But because we had time foundation and we also need to visit another places, we decided to go back. We just had lunch so we didnāt go for Bhandara thatās being served there. While you are getting out of the Gurudwara, youāll be given the Prasad. The Prasad usually is Halwa thatās made with Desi Ghee.
We had the Prasad and it was delicious. This trip was really peaceful, and I was considering myself lucky to witness such a historical and peaceful place. Whenever youāre in Delhi. This place is highly suggested. There were a lot of tourists there too, in the photograph below, you can see some foreigners standing outside the Gurudwara.
Thatās all for today.
Peace ā®ļø
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