My First Encounter with a Religion

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My very first encounter with a religion apart from my own which is Hinduism was during an organized school trip to different shrines. First we visited the Guru Nanak Sikh temple near pangani. I was overwhelmed by the fact that the Gurus of the temple warmly welcomed us. They briefly told us what we would see inside the temple. It sounded very familiar to that of a Hindu temple. We were then kindly instructed to remove our shoes and to cover our heads with a piece of cloth to symbolize a turban which is a must wear for the men once inside the house of God. I did admire this, as Hindus must remove their shoes too as a sign of respect to the Gods. We entered a huge hall and the men were told to sit, with our legs crossed, on the right while the women on the left. This I did not understand because I was told that in the Sikh religion all men and w

omen are regarded to be equal as they are children of the Gods. I asked one of my Sikh friends but he too did not understand the concept behind that but guessed it would help the gurus address either to the men or women while giving holy lectures. I was left hanging with that thought.

After the lecture, we were escorted to a small room where the copy of the "Guru Granth Saheb" was kept. The holy book, regarding all the beliefs and myths. Then we were given a teaspoon of sweet milk to drink and wave it over our heads as a blessing from God. I was comfortable doing so as I do that whenever I visit a Hindu temple.

One of the leading Gurus of the temple briefly lectured us on their beliefs. He said that there were ten chief Gurus that were the medium of God and that each one of them was gifted with special abilities such as the eighth guru t

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