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The Golden Temple is the holiest shrine for millions of Sikhs in India and around the world

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On a typical Sunday, some 100,000 pilgrims visit the complex

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Bathing in the waters that surround the the temple is a sacred rite

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US-based Sikhs are funding a new cleaning system for the waters

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Satpal Singh Bhatti (right) from the UK, with his father, here making his fifth visit to the Golden Temple

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There is an atmosphere of celebration in the complex

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These Hindu boys say they have come to worship 'all the gods'

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A huge community kitchen feeds the visitors...

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... with a simple meal of chapattis, lentils and water

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Carved stones record donations given by Sikhs from India...

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... and from the UK and other parts of the world

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In the afternoon worshippers join together to wash the marble floors

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A number of shops sell Sikh books and posters

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The decision-taking centre for Sikhism, the Akal Takhat, was totally rebuilt after the violence of the 1980s