Trudeau to join long list of dignitaries who have visited Punjab’s Golden Temple

British monarch, Queen Elizabeth, and her husband, Prince Phillip, have also visited the Golden Temple.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is set to visit Amritsar as part of a week-long visit to India, will join a long list of world dignitaries who have visited the Golden Temple.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (HT File)

2016: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani had visited the Golden Temple in 2016 along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The visit came on the sidelines of the 6th Heart Of Asia-Istanbul conference on Afghanistan. Modi became the first Prime Minister to serve devotees at the Golden Temple.

2016: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Khonsari also visited the Golden Temple, taking time off from the Heart of Asia conference.

2013: Prime Minister David Cameron became the first British PM to visit the Golden Temple in February 2013.

2009: The then Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper wrapped up a busy three days of meetings in India in 2009 with a visit to the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

1997: British monarch, Queen Elizabeth, and her husband, Prince Phillip, visited the Golden Temple in 1997. They also visited Jallianwala Bagh during their October visit.