Obama Golden Temple

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  Over 20,000 People Sign White House Petition for Jagtar Hawara's Release

  Over 20,000 people have signed an online petition on the White House website seeking help of US President Barack Obama for the release of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's assassin Jagtar Singh Hawara. Sikh hardliners claim to have parallely declared him as head priest or Jathedar of the Akal Takht, the supreme temporal seat of Sikhism in ...

• Barack Obama gets taste of Thailand at Buddhist temple

  Leaving behind chants of "Obama, Obama" by adoring crowds on the streets, the president of the United States stepped into the serenity of Thailand's most famous temple compound to marvel at its centerpiece -- a gigantic, golden statue of a reclining Buddha propped up on one elbow before passing into nirvana.

• Obama lauds Sikh Americans' many contributions

  US President Barack Obama has lauded the "many contributions that Sikh Americans have made" in a message of "best wishes" to Sikhs on the birth anniversary Guru Nanak, the founder of the religion.It is "an opportunity to recognize the many contributions that Sikh Americans have made to our nation, and to reflect on the pluralism that is a hallmark ...

• White House clarification on Golden Temple visit

  President Barack Obama's tight schedule in Mumbai and New Delhi has prevented him to put Golden Temple and other places in India out of his itinerary when he visits the country later this week, the White House has said."We had a very full schedule in three days that frankly, unfortunately prevented us from being able to go to all the places that yo...

• Obama has no time for Golden Temple, Taj Mahal

  The White House has clarified that US President Barack Obama will not be visiting the Golden Temple in Amritsar and the Taj Mahal at Agra because of paucity of time."Anybody who would go to (India), would love to... spend a lot more time there," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters on Monday when asked why Obama is not visiting t...

• Campaign through Facebook for Obama's visit to Golden Temple

  Upset over reports that US President Barack Obama may skip Golden Temple during his India visit, a Sikh group in Washington on Thursday asked the community members to campaign through Twitter and Facebook accounts of the White House for his visit to Sikhism's holiest.United Sikhs also urged Obama not to cancel his visit to Golden Temple. "The Presi...

• Why Obama won't visit Amritsar

  It's all about the optics. Last year, a photograph of US President Barack Obama bowing to Japan's emperor on a visit to Japan incensed critics.Some went as far as accusing Obama of weak foreign policy by not standing tall when representing America overseas.In 2006, pictures of Obama dressed as a Somali elder on a visit to Africa were plastered on c...

• Obama to visit Golden Temple, college in Amritsar

  When US President Barack Obama lands in India next month, his itinerary will include a visit to the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Obama will arrive in the Sikh holy city from Mumbai on November 7and visit the Golden Temple and offer prayers at Harmandar Sahib, the sanctum sanctorum."Obama will visit the Golden Temple. US embassy officials and security...

• US Sikhs urge Obama to visit Golden Temple

  The small but influential Sikh community in the US has expressed joy at reports that President Barack Obama may visit their holiest shrine, the Golden Temple, during his visit to India in November."We are confident 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," said R...