British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday attended a ‘Ram Katha’ by non secular preacher Morari Bapu organised on the Cambridge College campus. Sunak turned up as Murari Bapu’s katha was concluding. He mentioned he was there not as a chief minister however as a Hindu.
“It’s actually an honour and pleasure to be right here at this time at Morari Bapu’s Ram Katha on the College of Cambridge on Indian Independence Day,” he mentioned. “Bapu, I’m right here at this time not as a chief minister however as a Hindu!”
The Indian-origin British Prime Minister mentioned that for him, religion was very private, and it guides him in each side of his life. In a video of the occasion, Sunak can be seen making salutations of ‘Jai Siya Ram’.
The UK PM referred to a portrait of Lord Hanuman that featured within the background on the stage and mentioned: “Similar to Bapu has a Golden Hanuman in his background, I’m proud {that a} Golden Ganesha sits gleefully on my desk at 10 Downing Avenue.”
Sunak mentioned that he was proud to be British and Hindu earlier than calling his childhood in South Hampton the place he visited his neighbourhood temple along with his siblings.
In his concluding comment, Sunak mentioned Lord Ram would at all times be an inspirational determine for him. “I go away right here at this time remembering the Ramayana that Bapu speaks on, but additionally the Bhagavad Gita and the Hanuman Chalisa. And for me, Lord Ram will at all times be an inspirational determine to face life’s challenges with braveness, to control with humility, and to work selflessly.”
Ultimately, Sunak participated in an aarti on stage. Morari Bapu offered him with a consecrated Shivlinga from the Somnath temple as a sacred providing from the Jyotirlinga Ram Katha Yatra.
(With inputs from Gopi Maniar Ghanghar)
