Alykhan Tejani

Alykhan Tejani

Hi! My name is Aly. I am currently a Research Engineer at Twitter. Previously at Blippar and Goldman Sachs. Imperial College alumnus. Check out the about page for more information.

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This summer I have a few months before I begin my computer vision research at Imperial College, so I proclaim this The Summer of George Aly!

I’ve decided to go traveling in India and am actually writing this post from a hotel in Manali overlooking the Himalayan mountains.

The view from my hotel balcony

The view from my hotel balcony



The first stop was Amritsar, Punjab. Here I visited the Golden Temple, which is one of Sikhism’s most holy places as it houses the Adi Granth, which is the Sikh holy book. It is called Golden as the temple itself is covered in gold, which was done for protection rather than beauty both of which have been achieved.

The Golden Temple in the day

The Golden Temple in the day



The Golden Temple at night

The Golden Temple at night



I visited in the day and at night as the views are very different. At both times there were many pilgrims taking dips in the holy lake, however at night the temperature is more bearable and I queued to go inside the temple (no photography allowed).

A pilgrim taking a dip in the holy lake

A pilgrim taking a dip in the holy lake