Britain’s prime ministerial candidate, Rishi Sunak, took a while out of a busy marketing campaign schedule to make a go to to a Hare Krishna temple on the outskirts of London to have a good time Janmashtami.
Sunak, 42, who swore his oath of allegiance on being elected member of Parliament within the House of Commons on the ‘Bhagavad Gita’, has usually spoken about his Hindu religion giving him energy.
On Thursday, he was accompanied by spouse Akshata Murty, daughter of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy and author-philanthropist Sudha Murty, for darshan at Bhaktivedanta Manor in Watford, Hertfordshire.
“Today I visited the Bhaktivedanta Manor temple with my wife Akshata to celebrate Janmashtami, in advance of the popular Hindu festival celebrating Lord Krishna’s birthday,” Sunak tweeted with a picture of the couple providing prayers.
Today I visited the Bhaktivedanta Manor temple with my spouse Akshata to have a good time Janmashtami, upfront of the favored Hindu competition celebrating Lord Krishna’s birthday. pic.twitter.com/WL3FQVk0oU
— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) August 18, 2022
Bhaktivedanta Manor is likely one of the UK’s main International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) hubs, which was famously donated by Beatles musician George Harrison. The manor is dubbed 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.
“Delighted to welcome today Rishi Sunak to Bhaktivedanta Manor temple in Hertsmere to celebrate Janmashtami, the Hindu Festival celebrating the birth of Lord Krishna. Wishing everyone in Hertsmere a very Happy Janmashtami,” mentioned Oliver Dowden, Conservative Party MP for Hertsmere who’s backing Sunak within the Tory management race.
Sunak, the UK-born son of NHS physician Yashveer and pharmacist Usha Sunak, is a religious Hindu who counts lighting Diwali diyaas outdoors No. 11 Downing Street as Britain’s first Indian-origin Chancellor amongst considered one of his “proudest moments” in life.
The former finance minister is on a busy marketing campaign path throughout the UK in an effort to win over the votes of Tory members, who’re within the means of casting their postal and on-line ballots within the election.
Sunak’s rival, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, is at the moment holding a agency lead in most up-to-date surveys of the get together membership. However, he has insisted that he “definitely” nonetheless has a shot at victory and is happy to maintain going as he thinks his “ideas are the right ones” for the nation.
The election is ready to shut on the night of September 2, with the brand new Tory chief and British Prime Minister to succeed Boris Johnson confirmed on September 5.
