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Obama's upcoming visit to Golden Temple will boost Sikhs' image: Diaspora | | Hailing the scheduled visit of United States President Barack Obama to the holy Golden Temple in Amritsar
city of Punjab, the Sikh Diaspora has said that his visit to Sikhs' holiest temple would further strengthen the Sikhs' image in the US and other countries. Ahead
of Obama's scheduled to visit Amritsar in November, a team of US officials visited
the Golden Temple today and met with the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak
Committee
officials to facilitate the upcoming visit of the President Obama. The Golden
Temple is the most revered shrine for Sikhs and the center of Sikhism in Amritsar.
Dr. Pritpal Singh, Convener, American Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (AGPC)
while
welcoming the President Obama's forthcoming visit to Golden Temple, said there
are sizable number of Sikhs living in US and Canada and they are delighted upon
the U.S. President's visit to their holiest shrine. Dr. Rajwant Singh, Chairman
of Sikh Council on Religion and Education, has expressed joy at the news of
Obama's
visit. Talking to ANI from Washington, he expressed hope that after Obama's visit
to the Golden Temple, the US residents would come to know about the Sikhs and
Sikhism in a better way. "President Obama's visit will hopefully begin an era
of peace and harmony. It will show that President Obama has deep respect for
Eastern
faith traditions and their role in bringing people together. This shows America's
respect for all faiths and traditions," Dr. Singh added. It is pertinent to mention
that after terror attack on the twin tower on September 11 the Sikhs living in
US has been the victim of mistaken identity. They were mistakenly identified as
an Arab. Besides that after US homeland security has ordered to check all the
headgears at the US airports, Sikhs have been facing problems since their wear
turbans. Avtar Singh Makkar, Chief, Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee
(SGPC)
said that it is matter of delight the President Obama would be visiting Harmandar
Sahib (the Golden Temple). Makkar said he would certainly take up some issues
related to the Sikhs living in US. Parmjeet Singh Sarna, President Delhi Sikh
Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) said that he is our respected guest
and he would like to congratulate those who persuaded President Obama to visits
the holiest Sikh Shine.
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