Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on a 7-day visit to India from Sunday Feb 18,2018

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday Feb 18,2018 arrived in India for a week-long visit, during which he will hold talks with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on wide-ranging issues, including defence, and counter-terror cooperations.

Trudeau, accompanied by his wife and three children, will also visit Agra, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Amritsar

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who will be accompanied by his wife and three children, is visited Taj Mahal on Sunday February 18

and next day he will travel to Ahmedabad where he will visit Sabarmati Ashram. He will visit Akshardham temple in Gandhi Nagar and participate at an event at IIM-Ahmedabad.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau along with his family spins cotton on a traditional 'charkha' in Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau along with his family garland a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.

 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signs the visitor's book as his family looks on during their visit to Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau along with his family members visit Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple in Gandhinagar.

 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau along with his family members performs a ritual during his visit to Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple in Gandhinagar

On February 20, he will visit Mumbai where he will hold meetings with top business leaders and meet representatives of Indian Film industry to explore various opportunities in the field of cinema.

On February 21, the Canadian PM will travel to Amritsar where he will visit the Golden Temple. He will return to Delhi the same day.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau poses along with his family at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on February 21, 2018

Trudeau and his family members first went to to the "Langar Hall", where thousands of devotees partake langar (community food) and also do "sewa" (voluntary service). The Golden Temple's Langar Hall is the biggest community kitchen in the world.

Trudeau is scheduled to visit Jama Masjid and a cricket ground here on February 22 besides delivering a lecture at a gathering of Canadian and Indian business leaders


He will hold wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Modi on February 23.

The next day, he is scheduled to address a conference of young change-makers before wrapping up his visit.

The ties between India and Canada have been on an upswing. Approximately 1.4 million Canadians are of Indian heritage and India is Canada's second largest source of immigrants.

Canada is also a leading education destination for Indian students, and India is the second largest source of international students, an estimated 124,000 in 2017, as per official figures.