The Britain PM’s visiting Hindu faith shows “Britain is a multi-faith democracy

RELIGIONS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – According to some expert the Britain`s prime minister`s visiting a Hindu temple took place in his recent trip to India show a new generation of political leaders in England.

Fraser Nelson writing in The Spectator said Sunak’s example, alongside Kate Forbes and Tim Farron, showed that a new generation of British political leaders were normalising faith in the public sphere and these were “important milestones in establishing Britain not as an anti-religious secular state but a multi-faith democracy”.

The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife, Akshata Murty, visited the Hindu Temple Swaminarayan Akshardham, in New Delhi, on Sunday.

A film of their visit on the BAPS TV channel shows them being led round its ornate interior, where they knelt in reverence at shrines and gave gratitude to their hosts.

The Temple is associated with the Neasden BAPS Temple in north London. This is the third time in a month that Sunak has made a public display of his Hindu faith. Just before the trip he gave an interview to the Press Trust of India saying he was a proud Hindu and remembered a Diwali reception in Number Ten as  “an incredibly proud and emotional moment for me”.

On 16 August, he visited the “Ram Katha”, a recital of the story of Lord Rama, led by the Indian spiritual leader Morari Bapu at Jesus College, Cambridge, and said his Hindu faith influenced every aspect of his life and gave him the courage to do his best as Prime Minister.