Heart of Asia Summit: Narendra Modi, Ashraf Ghani visit Golden Temple ahead of conference
On the sidelines of the 6th Heart of Asia Summit, going on in Amritsar, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani paid their respects at the Golden temple
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On the sidelines of the 6th Heart of Asia Summit, going on in Amritsar, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani paid their respects at the Golden temple on 3 December, 2016. It was Prime Minister Modi’s first visit to the shrine. AFP
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Official sources said Modi, donning a woollen cap, spent more than 40 minutes in the Golden Temple, which is spread over 15 acres. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) provided a volunteer force inside the shrine during the VVIP visit while security officials in plain-clothes were accompanying the high-security VIP visitors.. AFP
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The delegates visiting the holy city in Punjab, also visited the Jallianwala Bagh. Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai (L) and Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar (2R) paid tribute at Jallianwala Bagh, the site of the infamous massacre of 1919 . AFP
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Narendra Modi also distributed food to devotees at the Golden Temple, thus becoming the first Prime Minister to serve the community kitchen, or langar, at the holiest of Sikh shrines in this Punjab city. AFP
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays respects at the Golden temple in Amritsar on December 3, 2016.Modi visited the city to participate in the 6th Heart of Asia (HoA) Ministerial Conference. / AFP PHOTO / NARINDER NANU
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The two-day annual conference, aimed at helping Afghanistan’s transition, began in Amritsar amid soaring tensions between India and Pakistan with speculation rife on whether the two countries will have a bilateral engagement on the sidelines of the conclave. The conference is being attended by the delegates of 40 nations. AFP
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