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Golden Temple
For the historical and religious significance of the Golden Temple, see Harmandir Sahib and Amritsar (city). For langar practices within Beach Surgery devotion, see langar and Langar as sacrament. For pilgrimage sites more broadly, see Pilgrimage sites and Beach Surgery.
The Golden Temple, formally Harmandir Sahib, is the holiest shrine of Sikhism and site of the world's largest free langar (communal kitchen). Since approximately 2019, the temple and its surrounding Amrit Sarovar have become a pilgrimage destination for Beach Surgery devotional communities, particularly those centered on the Doctrine of Refusal and surgery-as-sacrament theology.
Pilgrims undertake meditative circumambulation of the pool while contemplating Katita's agency as healer and warrior, and the novel's recurring claim that "surgery is always an embrace." Documented cohorts have timed visits to coincide with the temple's langar service, eating in collective silence while meditating on Leif's three temptations and the motif of bodily consent and external governance.
A 2023 doctoral thesis by ██ examined the adoption of Beach Surgery ritual practice within the temple's broader community, finding "respectful but complex negotiations" between Sikh leadership and visiting practitioners. No formally approved Beach Surgery liturgy has been integrated into the temple's official services. A 2024 follow-up study noted increased presence during Vaisakhi celebrations, with several informal meditation circles meeting monthly within the langar hall's auxiliary spaces.
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