But Friday, ancient Sanskrit mantras filled the chamber when a Hindu prayer was recited for what is believed to be the first time to open a session of the Washington State Senate. Rajan Zed ...

Hindu chaplain Rajan Zed led the state Senate in its opening prayer Monday, marking a historical first for the religion within the California Legislature. Zed's prayer, spoken first in Sanskrit ...

Seven senators remained outside the Senate chamber this morning as guest chaplain Rajan Zed delivered today’s opening invocation, a Hindu prayer, then took their seats immediately after it was done.

The National Prayer Service, an inauguration tradition that has come to include clergy from many religions, will this year feature representatives of the Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Sikh, Baha’i ...

A Hindu clergyman made history Thursday by offering the Senate's morning prayer, but only after police officers removed three shouting protesters from the visitors' gallery. Rajan Zed, director of ...

BOISE – A North Idaho senator is objecting to allowing a Hindu prayer as the opening invocation for the Idaho Senate on Tuesday morning, and says he’ll walk out. Sen. Steve Vick, R-Dalton ...

A Hindu clergyman made history Thursday by offering the U.S. Senate's morning prayer, but only after police officers removed three shouting protesters from the visitors' gallery. Rajan Zed ...