If you are travelling to Wagah Border for the Flag Down ceremony ,then first of all do check the timings with the hotel staffs.Since the timings tend to change,therefore it would be best on your part to go prepared.Would recommend that you should hire a rental car.It is around Rs 500 for the day.Since the border is quite far from Amritsar Golden temple area so it will take about 40 mins to an hour to reach that place from Golden Temple Area.As you reach there you will see a huge serpentine line to the gate.As and when the gate is opened all the people rushes to the security check area.So you better run to get to the front of the line.There would be two lines for checking.One for men and another for women.After the metal detector checking there would be a manual frisking. Food and beverages are not allowed.Try and get a seat as front as possible.Since there would a large number of people so being in the last row wont help you ! There would be flag down ceremony on the both sides and you can really witness the competition among both the sides to outperform each other.The soldiers picked for the job are quite tall,seems like the tallest ones were chosen for the job on both the sides !! The march past and the ceremony is quite unique and you wont witness the normal marching by the guards.It is quite a ceremony to watch with the crowd cheering on top of their voice.One can imagine the atmosphere when around 4 to 5 thousand people are cheering and rooting for the soldiers and the nation.A unique flag down ceremony to witness.The ceremony lasts for about 45 mins.There would be music and you would see that people are dancing to the music after the ceremony is over.
No comments:
Post a Comment