Britain’s prime ministerial candidate, Rishi Sunak, took a while out of a busy marketing campaign schedule to go to the Hare Krishna temple on the outskirts of London to rejoice Janmashtami.
42-year-old Sunak, who took the oath of allegiance on the ‘Bhagavad Gita’ when he was elected Member of Parliament within the House of Commons, has usually spoken about his Hindu faith giving him energy.
On Thursday, he was accompanied by Akshata Murthy, daughter of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy and writer-philanthropist Sudha Murthy, at Bhaktivedanta Manor in Watford, Hertfordshire.
“Today I went to Bhaktivedanta Manor temple with my wife Akshata to celebrate Janmashtami, the popular Hindu festival ahead of Lord Krishna’s birthday,” Sunak tweeted together with an image of the couple praying.
Today I went to Bhaktivedanta Manor temple with my spouse Akshata to rejoice Janmashtami, forward of the favored Hindu competition celebrating the birthday of Lord Krishna. pic.twitter.com/WL3FQVk0oU
— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) 18 August 2022
Bhaktivedanta Manor is likely one of the UK’s main International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) hubs, famously donated by Beatles musician George Harrison. The manor is claimed to be a “spiritual sanctuary” unfold over 78 acres of land, with sprawling gardens, an natural farm, a protected herd of cows in addition to a temple.
“It is our pleasure to welcome Rishi Sanak to Bhaktivedanta Manor Temple in Hartsmere today to celebrate Janmashtami, the Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna. Happy Janmashtami to everyone in Hartsmere,” mentioned Oliver Dowden, the Conservative Party MP for Hartsmere, who’s backing Sunak within the Tory management race.
The UK-born son of NHS physician Yashveer and pharmacist Usha Sunak, a religious Hindu, celebrates as Britain’s first Indian-origin chancellor the UK’s first Indian-origin Chancellor to gentle Diwali lamps exterior No. “One of the
The former finance minister is on a busy marketing campaign path throughout the UK in an effort to win the votes of Tory members who’re within the technique of casting their postal and on-line ballots within the election.
Sunak’s rival, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, presently holds a robust lead in latest polls of occasion membership. However, he has insisted that he “definitely” nonetheless has a shot at profitable and is worked up to maneuver ahead as he feels his “ideas are right for the country”.
The election is ready to shut on the night of two September, with the brand new Tory chief and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed on 5 September.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
