Rishi Sunak, Akshata Murty sing ‘bhajan’ during Diwali puja at Southampton temple. Watch

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak celebrated Diwali in his home city of Southampton along with wife Akshata Murty and their two daughters, Krishna and Anoushka. A video circulating online shows the family sitting cross-legged at a temple, singing a bhajan along with the rest of the congregation.

According to BBC, Rishi Sunak visited the Vedic Society Hindu Temple on Radcliffe Road in Southampton on the Hindu festival of Diwali, Sunday night.

Footage shows Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty singing Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram at the Southampton Temple. They were joined by Sunak’s parents, Yashvir and Usha Sunak.
Sunak was born and raised in Southampton. His father Yashvir Sunak was a general practitioner while his mother ran her own pharmacy in the city.

At the Diwali event on Sunday night, the UK prime minister said it was “wonderful to be back home in Southampton.”

“I have so many happy memories of my time here as a kid,” he told the crowd. “This was the place the values my parents raised me with were reinforced - the importance of family, faith and service, education and hard work.”