LIHUE — The head of Kauai’s Hindu Monastery will be guest chaplain for the U.S. House of Representatives and give the opening prayer on Tuesday. As guest chaplain, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami will offer a short prayer just after noon as
LIHUE — The head of Kauai’s Hindu Monastery will be guest chaplain for the U.S. House of Representatives and give the opening prayer on Tuesday.
As guest chaplain, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami will offer a short prayer just after noon as the House begins its session.
The invitation came through Rep. Ed Royce of California’s 39th District., inspired by the work of the Hindu American Foundation and timed to be part of their 10th annual Advocacy Day.
HAF will host a Congressional reception for senators and representatives that same evening with Bodhinatha as guest of honor.
Bodhinatha will be the third Hindu guest chaplain to give a prayer before Congress.
The first was Venkatachalapathi Samuldrala of the Siva-Vishnu Temple of Parma, Ohio, on Sept. 14, 2000, to open the House of Representatives.
The second guest chaplain was Rajan Zed of Reno, Nevada, who opened the Senate on July 12, 2007.
The prayer can be seen live on C-Span, www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN/, or at http://www.houselive.gov.
