Amritsar, India

Photo of the Day • World Hum • 01.06.09 | 11:51 AM ET

REUTERS/Munish Sharma

A devotee lights candles yesterday at the holy Sikh shrine of Golden Temple on the 343rd birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh.

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