Includes FREE planning and background information. Welcome to Punjab, the land of the Sikhs. In this compact but luminous pocket of northwest India, Sat Sri Akal replaces Namaste as the preferred greeting, gurdwaras outnumber temples as places of worship, and turbans have a cheery attitude when it comes to colour: from candyfloss pink and fire-engine red to buttercup yellow and jellybean green. Less-visited Haryana split from Punjab in 1966 but shares its capital, Chandigarh. It’s best known for the Hindu holy site of Kurukshetra, where good triumphed over evil.