Mystic India
Experience India's Spirituality with Pratichi Mathur

Beginning early in the morning and lasting until long past sunset, hymns arechanted to the exquisite accompaniment of flutes, drums, and stringed instruments.

Echoing across the serene lake, this enchantingly beautiful music induces a delicate yet powerful state of trance in the pilgrims strolling leisurely around the marble concourse encircling the pool and temple.

Next to the temple complex are enormous pilgrims' dormitories and dining halls where all persons, irrespective of race, religion, or gender, are lodged and fed for free.

The temple's architecture draws on both Hindu and Moslem artistic styles yet represents a unique convolution of the two.

An underground spring feeds the sacred lake, and throughout the day and night, pilgrims immerse themselves in the water, a symbolic cleansing of the soul rather than an actual bathing of the body.

Amritsar, the original name of first the ancient lake, then the temple complex, and still later the surrounding city, means "pool of ambrosial nectar."

Seeking the Nectar of Self.....Alas,
we are here my friends.
....Pratichi