PM begins his New Year by praying at the Golden Temple (India)
AMRITSAR:
The incident took place when Hazare supporters numbering around 40, including some women, raised slogans against the government as well as corruption.
According to news report of Times of India, on a personal visit to the holy city, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh began his new year by paying obeisance at the Golden Temple this morning.
Singh along with his wife Gursharan Kaur reached the Golden Temple at 6.30 am and went to the sanctum sanctorum where they spent half an hour.
They listened to the Shabd Kirtan (religious hymns) and Ardas (prayer) while sitting cross-legged with folded hands in the VIP corridor of the sanctum sanctorum of the Harmandar Sahab,
Singh along with his wife Gursharan Kaur reached the Golden Temple at 6.30 am and went to the sanctum sanctorum where they spent half an hour.
They listened to the Shabd Kirtan (religious hymns) and Ardas (prayer) while sitting cross-legged with folded hands in the VIP corridor of the sanctum sanctorum of the Harmandar Sahab,
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popularly known as Golden Temple.
The Prime Minister was attired in a white Kurta-Pyjama and a dark grey jacket while Gursharan Kaur wore a maroon-colored shawl and cream-colored 'salweer kameez'.
The couple, who arrived here last evening, took full round of the marbled periphery around the water pool of Golden Temple to reach the sanctum sanctorum.
They listened to the religious hymns for half and hour with rapt attention and closed eyes.
Afterwards they went to Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs, to pay obeisance where they listened to the Ardas for five minutes.
The PM was escorted in the periphery of the Golden Temple in three different human chains created by the NSG from Delhi, troops of Punjab Police and then Task force of the the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, the apex religious body of the Sikhs.
Meanwhile, after paying obeisance at the Golden Temple in the morning, the couple while coming out had to face the protest of supporters of Anna Hazare.
The Prime Minister was attired in a white Kurta-Pyjama and a dark grey jacket while Gursharan Kaur wore a maroon-colored shawl and cream-colored 'salweer kameez'.
The couple, who arrived here last evening, took full round of the marbled periphery around the water pool of Golden Temple to reach the sanctum sanctorum.
They listened to the religious hymns for half and hour with rapt attention and closed eyes.
Afterwards they went to Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs, to pay obeisance where they listened to the Ardas for five minutes.
The PM was escorted in the periphery of the Golden Temple in three different human chains created by the NSG from Delhi, troops of Punjab Police and then Task force of the the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, the apex religious body of the Sikhs.
Meanwhile, after paying obeisance at the Golden Temple in the morning, the couple while coming out had to face the protest of supporters of Anna Hazare.
The incident took place when Hazare supporters numbering around 40, including some women, raised slogans against the government as well as corruption.
source: Times of India
