Since last week I wrote about an architectural marvel, this
week I would like to talk about the golden temple of India. There is one temple
located at Amritsar and, the other at Sripuram. In India gold is a fascination
for everyone. Most people spend their entire life savings in their daughter’s
marriage, where the major purchases are jewels.
In India I would say the general population is
mad about gold. Sometimes one could see the markets are empty but, the jewelry
shops are never empty.
So, let me move into this golden temple at sripuram. No one
knows the exact cost for this construction of this place. But it was estimated
to be around $ 250,000,000. All the money for this construction was donated by
people.
Here is a picture of the temple.
The outer pathway is star shaped, which signifies that
anyone who walks that path would be successful and happy. This structure was
constructed in 2006. This is an interior picture of the temple.
Every single design has gold. The most surprising thing is
in India 25% of the population lives on less than a dollar a day. But we import
gold worth more than a billion dollars every month. One thing which I don’t
like about this temple is that it is controlled by one single man. I am not
sure whether you liked it, but I just didn’t get any other topic.
I think that the money would be better spent on creating jobs. However, people do need a place to worship their god or gods. I do not think that a place of worship needs to look good, it just needs to serve its purpose.
ReplyDeleteO.O....that's a lot of gold, Vishvesh.
ReplyDeleteit's crazy how important gold is to people.
To me it's just a pretty necklace or ring that i'm probably gonna break anyways X).
Also, what you said about a quarter of the people living off of less than $1....I can't even wrap my head around it.
Thank you for letting me more into your world.
Hi Vishvesh, I really like reading your blog, because I can get a lot of information about India in your blog. India is a excellent country and as big as China. After reading your blog that describes that in India 25% of the population lives on less than a dollar a day, I really hope that we can study hard and then come back to our countries and make contributions to our big families. I really like being friend with you, good luck!
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