Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, along with his cabinet colleagues, state Congress chief Sunil Jakhar, party MPs and MlAs, on Monday visited the Golden Temple, Durgiana Temple and Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal (Ram Tirath) to pay his obeisance and seek blessings for the people of Punjab.
“It is a gratifying experience for me to visit the holy shrines, which are a fountainhead of peace for millions of people from around the world,” said Capt Amarinder, adding that he and his colleagues wished to express their gratitude to the Almighty for their resounding victory in the recent Punjab assembly elections.
He said that they had come to these temples to pray for the State, and its peace and development, for which his Government was fully committed.
They also visited the Jallianwala Bagh to pay tributes to the martyrs who sacrificed their lives at the altar of the nation's freedom struggle.
An emotional Capt Amarinder said that the memories of those martyrs will always remain a source of inspiration for the people of India.
Among those who accompanied the Chief Minister were Amritsar MP Gurjit Singh Aujla, cabinet ministers Manpreet Singh Badal, Rana Gurjit Singh, Navjot Singh Sidhu and Sadhu Singh Dharmsot, besides his media advisor Raveen Thukral.
Capt Amarinder, who reached Sri Harmandar Sahib (Golden Temple) early in the morning, did a ‘parikrama’ of the holy shrine before offering prayers at Darbar Sahib.
He was honoured by the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) management, who presented him a siropa (robe of honour) on the occasion.
From the Golden Temple, he went to Jallianwala Bagh and then the historic Durgiana Mandir, the abode of Goddess Durga.
Chief Minister and his colleagues later visited Sri Ram Tirath Sthal to offer prayers, before leaving for Hoshiarpur, where he was scheduled to visit a Citrus Estate and inaugurate a new tractor manufacturing facility.
This was Capt Amarinder’s first visit to the Golden temple after he assumed the charge of Chief Minister following his party's victory in recent Assembly polls.