A sikh temple, our first refuge from the Delhi streets. This temple was amazing, and thus far I have found the Sikhs to be extremely friendly and respectful towards women, men and children all the same. Some may be surprised that even in a patriarchal society, dominating India, Sikhism stands against the treatment of women as a material possession. It actually says that .."woman as a material possession" somewhere in their religious text. They outlawed the transfer of dowries from the wife's side to the husbands and so have allowed women to become more economically self sufficient. This in no way explains or gives grand insight to the whole of this religion, but it is just an interesting aspect of it. The pool of water in the picture is used to bathe, hands, face and feet in. There are smaller pools of water, "Holy Water" as we were told, set inbetween staircases on the way up to the temple enterance.