This is the Bangla Sahib Gurudwara Sikh Temple. But first…
We started the temple tour with a mosque. The mosque is the Jama Masjid, it is the largest mosque in India. It was built between 1644 and 1658 during the reign of Shah Jahan. It is in old Delhi. This is a predominantly Muslim area. In Delhi all the religions live peacefully together. There is a cupboard at the mosque which houses a red beard hair of Muhammad’s, his footprints, and his sandals.
The approach to the mosque is through Old Delhi. This must be where people come to get old car parts.
This is from the steps of the mosque looking back down into Old Delhi.
We have to take our shoes off to go into the mosque.
The photos below are from the courtyard at the mosque.
Check out my shirt. I was taking a nap and was woken up and told I was late to leave for the temple tour. The women had to wear our salwar kameezs, so before napping I took my top off so it wouldn’t wrinkle. On the way in to the mosque Wendy noticed that my shirt was inside out. Vicky looked at me and told me to leave it that way until we reached the Hindi Temple.
These are Korans.
Blue lines are painted at the mosque when someone dies.
The actual mosque, Muhammad’s beard hair is in there somewhere. The call to worship from this mosque sounded quite different from the one we heard at the mosque in Dubai.
This is Lalit who works for CCS. He is showing us how this sundial works. This is in the mosque.
Everywhere we go, people want a photo with Alecia.
Now we are on our way to a Hindi Temple.
The Hindi temple was so large it was impossible to get it all in one photo. It was beautiful inside, but we were not allowed to take pictures.
Hathi at the temple. Hathi means elephant.
The swastika has been used by people of the Hindi faith for millennia. When it is on a location it draws the attention of the Gods to the location.
The Hindu temple we went to is called the Lakshmi Narayan Temple. The temple has shrines to many of the Hindi deities.
The Hindi temple has a shrine to The Lord Buddha.
A photo as we left the Hindi Temple. Next we went to Bangla Sahib Gurudwara, the Sikh Temple.
The Sikh religion was founded in 1469 A.D. in a village near Lahore, Pakistan. Sikhism is another religion whose basic tenet is tolerance to all people. There is no discrimination between the sexes and there is no caste system.
Sean and Jim had to put on head-gear at the Sikh Temple. How is that for equality! It’s about time.
Vicky is Sikh. His head-gear is way cooler than ours.
I am washing my feet to go into the Sikh Temple.
Going into the Sikh Temple.
We finished the tour with a trip to the food kitchen in the Sikh Temple. Both the Sikh Temple and the Hindi Temple had huge areas set aside for pilgrims to sleep and hang out. This is where the Sikhs feed pilgrims and anyone else who needs food. Anyone of any faith can volunteer at the food kitchen. Check out how huge the pots and pans are.
I want one. Before leaving I bought yet again another cooking dish. When Jim saw what I had bought he said, “Blair, you are a woman with a lot of pots.” LOL.
I want to volunteer here just so I can play with these big pots, seriously. 
A vat of dal
A vat of roti
This is the food hall where the people from the food kitchen eat.
We got back and the CCS cooks were making naan in this. Okay, forget the pot, I want one of these.
Those are the little naan balls. He is about to throw the one in his hand into the naan cooker.
Then the naan is thrown into the hot naan maker and it sticks to the side. It is peeled off when it is done.
YUM!
