Why you can't take photos inside India’s Golden Temple anymore

Signboards in three languages have been put up around the Golden Temple in Amritsar to let people know about the photography and videography ban. Photo: AFP

India has banned tourists from snapping photographs inside the Golden Temple, one of its most popular attractions located in the city of Amritsar, to preserve the sanctity of Sikhism’s holiest shrine.

The governing body for the dazzling temple in northern Punjab state said visitors crowding for selfies and shooting videos within the centuries-old complex disrespected those making pilgrimages from all over the world.