错误：XML声明必须是文档中的第一个节点

I am getting "Unexpected XML declaration. The XML declaration must be the first node in the document, and no white space characters are allowed to appear before it" error while trying to load xml. Both my C# code and contents of XML file are given below. XML definition exists in Line 6 of the xml file and hence the error. I am getting "Unexpected XML declaration. The X