India Post News Service
NEVADA: Washoe County Board of County Commissioners in Nevada (USA) will start its day on February 20 with Hindu prayers, containing hymns from world’s oldest extant scripture.
Rajan Zed, who has opened the United States Senate and US House of Representatives in Washington, will deliver the invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before Washoe County Board of County Commissioners. After Sanskrit delivery, he then will read the English interpretation of the prayers. Sanskrit is considered a sacred language in Hinduism and the root language of Indo-European languages.
Zed is the President of Universal Society of Hinduism, and he will recite 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 plans to start and end the prayer with “Om”, the mystical syllable containing the universe, which in Hinduism is used to introduce and conclude religious work.
Hinduism, oldest and third largest religion of the world, has about 1.2 billion adherents and moksh (liberation) is its ultimate goal. There are about three million Hindus in the USA.
Created in 1861, Washoe County, spread in 6,542 square miles, is Nevada’s second-most populous county. Its Mission is: Working together regionally to provide and sustain a safe, secure and healthy community. Alexis Hill is Chair of Washoe County Board, while Eric Brown is the County Manager.
