Golden Temple.

Yes, a wonderful question asked by Gadhisunu. Spirituality is more important than the temple itself and I must say that of all the temples I have visited, I have not felt any spiritual connect in any of them, including the famous Kalighat Temple in Calcutta. All the temples are so crowded and dirty and full of pandas that you don’t even have time to have a proper darshan, forget thinking of God. You should think more of your purse The only exception was the temple at Kedarnath…it is such an amazing place. In the evening when the aarti takes place with a thousand lamps and bells reverberating throughout the surrounding mountains and you just sit quietly in the courtyard, taking in the wilderness, the mountains, the darkness, the starlit sky…you can actually feel Shiva around you.

Thanks for the response Gadhisunu, you have asked me a wonderful question, regarding spirutualy attractive, No, it was not spirutually attractive to me,but at the same time as a Hindu I worshipped the god and asked for a boon, and of course godess Sakthi is always kind to me and boon came true. Regarding the other question if I felt like entering into the very presence of God,no it did not happen here but I can honestly say, that it happens to me only in Adhi ParaSakthi Amman Temple in Melmaruvathoor, a small village, about 200kms from Chennai.

Yes sudipta, I also would love to visit Kedarnath temple, and of course being a devotee of Sakthi, I would also love to visit Kali Temple is Kalighat.

Thanks for the response munna007, I am an Indian, and every Indian knows about the Golden temple in Punjab. I have seen the golden temple in Punjab, but believe me, this temple in Vellore is much grander. You have to see this to believe this.

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Thanks for the response sudipta, this golden temple is in Vellore, which is 140 kms from Chennai. The famous Christian Medical College is also there in Vellore. Regarding this temple this was started by one "Narayaniamma", who claims is a reincarnation of godess Sakthi, and it is called Narayani amma temple. In Amritsar and tirupatthi,only the dome is gold plated, here the claim is, it is entirely made up of gold and not gold plated. I do not know from where he got the money to build such a beautiful temple and the gardens which are all beautifully landscapped. I saw it about a year back, when it was just opened, and from what I heard from others who have visited it recently,is, that it is still more beautiful. There are lot of Westerners who are staying there and doing social work. Everyday they have this "Anna Dhanam", which means free food for all the devotees. Basically in south, the Sakthi temples are started in places where the "suyambu"(meaning a natural stone formation coming out of the earth) comes out, and this how this temple was also formed. This has become more of a tourist spot and most of the people who visit Tirupathi Balaji temple, also come to Vellore since it is only about 3 hours journey from there.Even our President is supposed to come to this temple in January09. Priyanka Gandhi visited it sometime during this year. I will try to get some pictures of the temple from my friend, because photography is strictly prohibited, and when you are entering the temple, you have to deposit your cameras and mobile phones with the security and take it back while returning.

If you tried to take away the gold from a temple, you what we Hindus are taught, "You, see if you take God's property he will, strike you in the eye- make you go blind". Whether that is true or not is left to your imagination, but Hindus would lovingly call you Mohammad of Ghazani.

Thanks for the response zackyo7, I forgot to mention, that it is heavily guarded and you cannot carry your cell phone or camera inside the temple premises.