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| June 10, 2010 | Boise City Council had its first Hindu invocation | |
Nevada (US): City Council of Boise, one of America's top places to live, opened its official meeting with Hindu mantras on June eight, reportedly for the first time since its incorporation in 1866. Hindu statesman
Rajan Zed delivered this opening prayer from ancient Sanskrit scriptures. 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. 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 Boise ." Zed sprinkled few drops of sacred water
from river Ganga in India around the podium before the prayer. Mayor David H.
Bieter thanked Zed. Rajan 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
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