Hindu statesman Rajan Zed to open US Senate with Hindu prayer for second time on July 30

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, who read the invocation (opening-prayer) in the United States (US) Senate in Washington DC on July 12, 2007; has been scheduled to deliver the opening-prayer again in the Senate on July 30. Besides US Senate and US House of Representatives;...

Hindu statesman who has opened 116 legislative bodies in Utah with ancient Sanskrit mantras

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has read invocations (opening prayers) in 116 legislative bodies of Utah, containing Sanskrit hymns from world’s oldest extant scripture. Besides the Utah State Senate and Utah House of Representatives; Zed, who is President of Universal...

Hindus seek incorporation of Gita instruction along with Bible in Oklahoma schools

Hindus feel that it is fine to incorporate Bible lessons in Oklahoma public schools as long as lessons from ancient Sanskrit scripture Bhagavad-Gita are also included. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, who has read invocation in Oklahoma Senate in the past, in a statement in...

Hindus seek display of Gita verses along with Ten Commandments in Louisiana schools

Hindus feel that it is fine to display Ten Commandments in Louisiana public school classrooms, as long as posters carrying verses from ancient Sanskrit scripture Bhagavad-Gita ((Song of the Lord) are also displayed. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada...

Hindu mantras to start the day of California’s Corning City Council 1st time in 116 years

Hindu invocation (opening-prayer) is scheduled to be read on June 25 in Corning City Council meeting in California; containing verses from world’s oldest extant scripture. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed will deliver the invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures in...

Hindu mantras to start the day of Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 1st time

Hindu invocation is scheduled to be read for the first time in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in Yellowknife (Canada) on June five, containing verses from world’s oldest extant scripture. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed will deliver the invocation...

Upset Hindus seek relocation of Lord Brahma Shrine from the Las Vegas strip

Upset Hindus are seeking relocation of Lord Brahma Shrine, located outside iconic Caesars Palace casino on the Las Vegas strip, which they call sacrilegious. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that it was highly insensitive, disrespectful...

Hindu mantras to start the day of Bonneville County Commissioners Board 1st time in 113 years

Hindu invocation (opening-prayer) is scheduled to be read on May 14 in Bonneville County Commissioners Board in Idaho Falls; containing verses from world’s oldest extant scripture. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed will deliver the invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures...

In Idaho, after American Falls, now Jerome County nixes scheduled Hindu prayer citing “public outcry”

After the recent sudden cancellation of Hindu invocation (opening-prayer) by the City of American Falls in Idaho citing “community feedback”, now Jerome County Board of Commissioners has cancelled Hindu invocation citing “public outcry”. A. Ben Crouch, Chairman of...

Hindu mantras to start the day of Alabama House of Representatives 1st time on May 2

Hindu invocation (opening-prayer) is scheduled to be read on May two in the Alabama House of Representatives reportedly for the first time since the creation of Alabama legislature in 1818; containing verses from world’s oldest extant scripture. Another first: For the...