Because temple is what you say in english, and so it wouldn't be golden gurudwara if a white person said it. read more
Even Jews had temples, remember Temple Mount. This word is used for a number of higher and revered places like you may call an esteemed university 'a temple of learning' OR you may call a high point of human anatomy, your forehead, your temple. Accordingly, a Gurudwara is a Sikh temple, A mosque is a Muslim Temple and so on. read more