There is first time for everything. Thanks to Narendra Modi’s tour in UAE, the gulf nation will soon witness the first ever hindu temple in its capital.
Going into the details, UAE government decided to allocate land for temple construction for the first time in the Emirati capital as Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his two-day visit to the strategic Gulf nation.Modi thanked the UAE leadership for this “landmark” decision.
Previously there are two temples in Dubai, one of Lord Shiva and another of Krishna but there is none in Abu Dhabi.
“A long wait for the Indian community ends. On the occasion of PM’s visit, UAE Govt decides to allot land for building a temple in Abu Dhabi,” tweeted external affairs ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup.
Modi later reached out to Indian workers in the UAE to know their problems and discussed ways how the Indian government can help them.
Modi, the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the country in 34 years, interacted with Indian workers at their camps I-CAD Residential Labour Camp that houses thousands of migrant laborers from the Indian subcontinent in an area spread over one square kilometer. As far as the stats go, there are nearly 2.6 million Indians in UAE, which constitutes 30 per cent of the total population.
