G 20 Summit: UK PM Rishi Sunak, First Lady Akshata Murty pay obeisance at Delhi’s Akshardham Temple

Sep 10, 2023

New Delhi, September 10 (ANI): Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK) Rishi Sunak who is in India to attend the two-day G20 Summit, visited Akshardham Temple in New Delhi on Sunday morning along with his wife Akshata Narayana Murty to offer prayers and paid their obeisance. Earlier, while talking to ANI, Sunak opened up on his connection with Hinduism and said, “I’m a ‘proud Hindu’. That’s how I was raised, that's how I’m…Faith is something very important as it gives strength and resilience during stress.”He added that he has enormous respect for PM Narendra Modi and that he is keen to support him in making the G20 an enormous success.This is Rishi Sunak's first visit to India as Prime Minister since he assumed the office of Prime Minister of the UK in October last year. The global event started on September 09 and will culminate on September 10.India and the UK are bound by strong ties of history and culture, according to the Ministry of External Affairs. India’s multifaceted bilateral relationship with the UK intensified with its upgradation to a Strategic Partnership in 2004.