After Missing Ayodhya's Pran Pratishtha, Akshay Kumar Attends Opening Of UAE's First Hindu Temple
Akshay Kumar missed Ayodhya Ram Mandir's Pran Pratishtha ceremony. He attended the opening of the UAE's first Hindu temple. Akshay was shooting in Jordan along with Tiger Shroff.
Akshay Kumar who missed Ayodhya Ram Mandir's Pran Pratishtha ceremony recently attended the opening of UAE's first Hindu temple. "Blessed to be a part of the inauguration of the BAPS Swaminarayan temple at Abu Dhabi. What a historic moment!" he wrote on social media. The temple's inauguration, for the unversed, was graced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Not just Akshay, Shankar Mahadevan was also present at the inauguration ceremony of BAPS Swaminarayan temple. While speaking to ANI, the ace singer-composer said, "This is an extremely happy moment for India and all Indians all over the world. This is a historic moment in our lives where we are going to witness a Mandir which is so magnificent and spiritual coming on a land like Abu Dhabi. Only our PM Narendra Modi can execute this."
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Why did Akshay Kumar miss Ayodhya Ram Mandir's Pran Pratishtha ceremony?
Akshay Kumar was shooting for Bade Miyan Chote Miyan in Jordan along with Tiger Shroff. Both the actors along with the team of the film paid homage to Lord Ram from the sets in Jordan.
Meanwhile, speaking at the inauguration of the temple built by the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), the Prime Minister profusely thanked the President of UAE, Sheikh Mohammad Zayed Al Nahyan, for making the grand temple in Abu Dhabi a reality and said he has not only won the hearts of Indians living in the Gulf nation but also of 140 crore Indians. "I hope that the BAPS Mandir will become a symbol of communal harmony and global unity for the whole world," he said.
He then recalled Ayodhya Ram Mandir's Pran Pratishtha ceremony and said, "Our immense pleasure in Ayodhya has been further enhanced by the wave of happiness received in Abu Dhabi today. It is my good fortune that I have been a witness to the grand Shri Ram temple first in Ayodhya, and then to this temple in Abu Dhabi. Just last month, the age-old dream of a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya was fulfilled. Ram Lalla is seated in his Bhavan! The whole of India and every Indian is still immersed in that feeling of love."
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