United Indian diaspora warmly welcomed PM Modi in Canada

Toronto/Vancouver: Historic Canada visit of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi just concluded with state dinner hosted by Canadian Prime Minister in downtown Vancouver. During this 3 day visit Modi was in three different cities, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver. Local organizations and individuals worked very enthusiastically to make it a grand Success. The events at KDS Gurdawra in Vancouver and Laxmi Narayan Mandir in Surrey were planned and made possible by community volunteers. This was a great moment of Hindu and Sikh unity as in both locations it was a mixed team of Hindus and Sikhs working together.
President of Overseas Friends Of Bhartiya Janta Party‘s BC unit Aditya Tawatia visited Toronto couple of times, and described the Toronto event as amazing and once in a life time opportunity. Mr. Tawatia further added, “More than 10 thousand people at the Toronto’s Ricoh Coliseum were mesmerized and energized by the message of love, economic development and cultural exchange that Modi ji has brought and shared with everyone.”

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with OFBJP – BC President Aditya Tawatia, Daljit Thind, Paul Arora, and Aashritha Royyuru, past title holder for Miss Teenage Southern British Columbia with her mother.

Aashritha Royyuru, past title holder for Miss Teenage Southern British Columbia said:” I am ever so grateful to Mr.Aditya Tawatia ji, president for Overseas Friends of BJP Party, BC Canada and High commissioner of Indian Embassy Mr.Vishnu Prakash ji and Mr.Ravishankar Aisola ji for giving me this opportunity to be here this evening and meeting the Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi ji.”

Khalsa Diwan Society and OFBJP Team members with Honorable Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Right Honorable Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper

Vice President of OFBJP-BC Parveen Goel said, “ April 16^th will be considered a watershed moment in the history of Indo Canadian relationship, this will be the start of a very ,mature and productive relationship between two countries that has so much to offer to each other.”

Indian PM Modi projects confident India during Canada trip

Visited KDS Gurudwara and Laxmi Narayan Temple in Vancouver

Vancouver: Prime Minister Narendra Modi headed home after ending his three-nation tour, with the final day spent here in Vancouver. He visited Khalsa Diwan Society (KDS) Gurudwara, Laxmi Narayan Mandir and attended an official dinner hosted by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

In his final tweets before emplaning for India, Modi said: “I leave Canada with immense satisfaction. This visit will further enhance India-Canada ties. A big thanks to the people of Canada.”

“A special thanks to @pmharper- a fine host, a wonderful human being and a very dear friend,” he wrote on his twitter handle @narendramodi.

Besides visiting the two religious institutions connected with the diaspora, Modi also met British Colombia Premier Christy Clark.

The Canadian prime minister, who has been a constant companion of Modi throughout his Canadian tour, received him at Vancouver International Airport, and accompanied him to the Gurudwara Khalsa Diwan at Ross Street and the Laxmi Narayan temple in Vancouver.

Harper hosted an official dinner for Modi at the Pinnacle Vancouver Harbour front Hotel.

Both were presented a yellow Siropa (a robe of honour), and a sword each by the Gurudwara authorities. Both the leaders stood with hands folded in prayer.

Modi, in his address to the gathering at the Gurudwara, spoke about the reconstruction of the Gurudwara at Lakhpat in Gujarat during his tenure as chief minister.

He said the Gurudwara at Lakhpat, where Guru Nanak had stayed for 15 days, had been damaged in the 2001 earthquake and had been reconstructed successfully.

Modi said: “We should fill life with colours of humanity and serve mankind.”

Modi and Harper also visited the Komagata Maru Museum. The museum is in memory of the steamship of the name that reached Vancouver in 1914, carrying 376 passengers from Punjab, British India.

At the Laxmi Narayan temple in Vancouver, Modi and Harper were presented with shawls and the priest put vermillion marks on their foreheads.

In his remarks at the temple, Modi thanked the Canadian prime minister and the people of Canada for the warm welcome and hospitality they had accorded him.

He said the Supreme Court of India had described Hinduism as a way of life.

He exhorted the gathering to live life scientifically, in balance with nature, and with compassion.

The leader of the world’s largest democracy earned effusive praise from supporters, who turned out in droves for his speech at a Toronto venue famous for rock shows, as well as Sikh and Hindu temples in Metro Vancouver. But protesters raised their voices and placards outside both public events he attended in Vancouver.

Modi visited France, Germany and Canada during his April 9-17 three-nation tour.

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