PAKISTAN premier Raja Pervez Ashraf has prayed at a 13th-century Muslim shrine in northern India during a one-day visit in which politics was kept off the agenda.
Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid earlier hosted a lunch for Ashraf at a luxury hotel in the tourist city of Jaipur.
He said he was welcoming the Pakistani leader with "open arms", despite strained relations between the nuclear-armed rivals over recent border clashes.
"It's in our culture to welcome our guests with open arms," said Khurshid.
"Today it was a private visit. There were no official talks. We will do it at the appropriate time," Khurshid said.
On Friday, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told parliament ties between the neighbours could improve only if Pakistan shunned its alleged support to "the terror machine" of cross-border militancy.
Pakistan, which has fought three wars with India since independence from Britain in 1947, rejects New Delhi's charges it supports militant attacks.
After the luncheon meeting, Ashraf, whose government's term ends on March 16, flew to the shrine in Ajmer.
Ashraf and his family prayed at the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Khwaja Gharib Nawaz and was slated to return to Islamabad later on Saturday.
Ashraf is the most senior Pakistani to visit India since last April, when President Asif Ali Zardari made a similar pilgrimage and had lunch with Prime Minister Singh.
Some Indians, including the symbolic spiritual head of the Ajmer shrine, Zainul Abedin Ali Khan, objected to Ashraf's pilgrimage.
Khan had said he would refuse to assist Ashraf during the prayers.
His decision did not affect the visit because other shrine members assisted Ashraf, officials at the religious site said.
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