The Golden Temple in Punjab, India, hosts 100,000 Sikhs for a meal they don’t have to pay for.
Utensils clatter. Sweltering heat engulfs the room. Hundreds of volunteers busily go about their work. These are all familiar to anyone setting foot in the kitchen of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab.
The Golden Temple is the holiest gurdwara, a “door to the guru”. Located in northern India, this place of worship and assembly is the spiritual centre for Sikhs all over the world and sees large numbers every day.
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The Golden Temple, or Harmindir Sahib, runs the , the largest community-driven free kitchen and dining hall in the world. Food is available around the clock; pilgrims can show up at the oddest of times to feast
