Travel to Serve
Khalsa Jatha British Isles Gurdwara, London
Come and learn about Sikhism and the concept of “Langar” – Community Kitchen at the Khalsa Jatha British Isles Est. 1908 Gurdwara in Central London. This is the oldest established Sikh place of worship in Europe. We will help prepare and serve food with other volunteers at the Gurdwara as well as serve the homeless together with the Sikh community.
This journey will open your heart to service and open all your senses as you cut, chop, roll, and stir the delicious Indian curries with joy, love and laughter. You will feel in each cell of your body that when food is prepared with so much love, compassion and selfless service it tastes “out of this world”!
We will spend three days in Shepherds Bush, England and visit the oldest Sikh Temple in Europe as well visit the historic sites of Maharaja Dalip Singh and his mother Rani Jind Kaur around Holland Park!
The Golden Temple, Amritsar Itinerary
Another trip we have planed is, The Golden Temple in Amritsar, India
Day One
Fly from Mumbai to Amritsar int the morning approx. at 11:15 and land in Amritsar at 14:30. Check-in at the hotel; have tea & snacks. The afternoon is free for you to spend at your leisure. In the evening, we will visit the Golden Temple to do some Seva (community service) and stay until sunset. Around 20:30 we will proceeded to go to the market to have dinner at the Dhaba (small roadside restaurant) and experience the local food before going back to the hotel.
Day Two
Wake up early at sunrise, have a shower and go to the temple to do the Prabhat Feri (walking around the temple grounds singing and chanting hymns) around 5:00am. We will go around the temple surroundings and meditate together at sunrise. Come back to the hotel around 8:30 to have breakfast and rest for a while. Whilst we are in the temple we will meditate in the morning to awaken the Guru, connecting to the energy is of the Guru Granth Sahib (the holy book of the Sikhs).
Around midday, we will visit Jallianwala Bagh, the Durgani Temple, another local temple. Lunch will be at the local Dhaba outside in the City. We will to the hotel in the evening around 18:30 to rest. Dinner will be served at the hotel around 20:00 There will be an opportunity to go to the temple for the Prabhat Feri. This is where the priests put the Guru Granth Sahib to rest (Sudhakar). After that we make our way back to the hotel to sleep.
Day Three
Get up in the morning, have breakfast. We will visit the Golden Temple on the third day around 10 o'clock. We will be in the temple at 10:30am onwards, understanding the meaning and significance of the Golden Temple. We will do a Mandala meditation, starting the sacred geometry and the geometry that is within, followed with a meditation which will help your heart chakra center and align. We will do Sewa (selfless service) in the langar hall (community kitchen). We will have lunch at the Temple. We will head back to the hotel to rest. At 15:30, we will go to the Wagah border, the Pakistan-India border. Here, we will watch the salutation/Parade. After this magnificent Parade, we will head back to the hotel around 20:00. Dinner will be served at the hotel.
Day Four
After breakfast, head for the Golden Temple to Serve. We will meditate on the grounds of the temple (a relaxation meditation). After the meditation, we will have lunch in the Langar Hall. After lunch, we go back to the hotel to freshen up and go sightseeing and shopping in Amritsar. A gift for the evening will be an exercise where we will journal all that we need to let go of. We will set the seed of intention for manifestation and align it with the energy of the Heart Centre, to get grounded and balanced.
Day Five
After breakfast, check out and take a flight back to Mumbai.
The Langar
In Sikhism, a langar is the community kitchen of a gurdwara, which serves meals to all free of charge, regardless of religion, caste, gender, economic status, or ethnicity. People sit on the floor and eat together, and the kitchen is maintained and serviced by Sikh community volunteers
The concept of Langar was founded by Guru Nanak Dev Ji – The founder of the Sikh religion.
