India - Amritsar - A Sikh cook prepares lunch for pilgrims visiting the Golden Temple

Cooks preparing the midday meal in the Golden Temple's Langer (Kitchen) which serves up to 40.000 free meals a day. During the key Sikh religious festivities up to 500.000 meals can be served every day in Sikhisms holiest of places. Seen here stirring a vast vat of lentil soup. The Langar is manned by volunteers, given that according to their teachings "charity" is central to their way of life and therefore offering your time, energy or funds is a way of saying thanks to God through good deeds. Amritsar, Punjab, India. (Photo by In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images)