AMRITSAR:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid obeisance at Sri Harmandir Sahib here.
Modi reached here straight from Hussainiwala in Ferozepur district and spent around 40 minutes at Harmandir Sahib, popularly known as Golden Temple.
Modi, who was on a first visit to the Golden Temple after becoming Prime Minister last year, undertook Parikrama of the complex and paid obeisance inside the sanctum sanctorum, where he was offered a ‘Siropa’, robe of honour by the priest.
Inside the sanctum sanctorum, he spent around two minutes. He kneeled down and bowed before the holy Guru Granth Sahib.
Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur was the first to enter the sanctom sanctorum followed by the PM, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and others.
The Prime Minister, who was wearing a scarf to cover his head and clad in a Kurta Pyjama, visited Golden Temple like a common devout, mingling and interacting with other devotees when he was inside.
As he took the first step inside the Golden Temple, he bowed with folded hands and then undertook Parikrama around the complex.
After coming out of the Golden Temple, he also drank the holy water from the Sarovar, even as he was accompanied by Punjab Governor, Kaptan Singh Solanki, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur besides the SGPC Task Force personnel forming a security cordon. (AGENCIES)
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