PNN – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the largest traditional Hindu stone temple in the Middle East in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday evening during his two-day visit to the UAE, which began last Tuesday.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the largest traditional Hindu stone temple in the Middle East in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday evening during his two-day visit to the UAE, which began last Tuesday.
This was Modi’s third visit to the UAE in eight months, he tweeted: “I feel happy to be a part of this holy moment.”
Indian media broadcast Modi’s video speech at the opening of the temple, in which he said: Today, the UAE has written a golden chapter in the history of mankind. This temple will inject new capacity and energy into the relations between India and the UAE.
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This temple is located in the Abu Marikhe area near the highway that connects Abu Dhabi to Dubai. According to Indian media, the area of ​​this temple is 55,000 square meters and it is the largest Hindu temple built with traditional stone in the Middle East.
Indian immigrants in the UAE constitute the largest foreign minority in this Persian Gulf country. Relations between the two countries have been strengthened since Modi’s visit to the UAE in 2015, the first by an Indian prime minister in more than 30 years.
Tens of thousands of Indians flocked to a football stadium in Abu Dhabi yesterday to cheer on Modi, who is seeking a third term as prime minister, Reuters reported, adding that the number of Indians in the UAE is about 3.5 million. And the UAE is one of India’s biggest trading partners.
According to Reuters, citing India’s opposition, religious extremism has increased since Modi took over as prime minister in 2014, marginalizing India’s Muslims, who make up 14 percent of its 1.42 billion population.
The news agency noted that India and the UAE signed a series of agreements during the visit, including a framework agreement to develop a maritime and rail trade corridor from India through the Arabian Sea to the UAE and through Middle Eastern countries, including the Israeli regime.
After the UAE, the Indian Prime Minister arrived in Doha during his visit to Qatar, which was the first of its kind in the last 8 years, and met with the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. It was especially investigated in the field of energy, trade and investment.