|
|
| June 27, 2010 | Historic Hindu prayer opened Boulder City Council in Nevada for first time | |
Nevada (US): City Council of Boulder City (Nevada, USA), known as Home of Hoover Dam, opened with Hindu prayers reportedly for the first time on June 22 evening. Hindu leader Rajan Zed delivered invocation from Sanskrit scriptures
before Boulder City Council on this day. After Sanskrit delivery, he then read
the English translation of the prayer. Sanskrit is considered a sacred language
in Hinduism and root language of Indo-European languages. Zed, who is the president
of Universal Society of Hinduism, recited from Rig-Veda, the oldest scripture
of the world still in common use, besides lines from Upanishads and Bhagavad-Gita
(Song of the Lord), both ancient Hindu scriptures. He started and ended the prayer
with " Om ", the mystical syllable containing the universe, which in Hinduism
is used to introduce and conclude religious work. Council members, city employees
and public stood quietly in prayer mode with heads bowed down during the prayer.
Wearing saffron colored attire, a ruddraksh mala (rosary), and traditional sandalpaste
tilak (religious mark) on the forehead, Zed said before the actual prayer: "This
is a day of honor for us when wisdom from ancient Sanskrit scriptures is being
read in this great hall of democracy of great city of Boulder City." Zed sprinkled
few drops of sacred water from river Ganga in India around the podium before the
prayer. He presented a copy of Bhagavad-Gita to Councilmember Duncan R. McCoy,
who was presiding over the meeting. |
|
|
|
Visit Indian Travel Sites
Goa,
Kerala,
Tamil Nadu,
Andhra Pradesh,
Delhi,
Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh,
Himachal Pradesh,
Assam,
Sikkim,
Karnataka,
Madhya Pradesh,
Jammu & Kashmir
Gujarat
Puducherry
|
