June 20, 2014 11:39 pm | Updated 11:39 pm IST - RENO (Nevada):
WASHINGTON : 19/10/2007 : Rajan Zed (left) with United States Senator and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at Reid's Washington DC office. Photo : Handout_E_Mail The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards are the highest honor for Indians settled abroad and shall be presented on January nine next by President of India in New Delhi at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the annual conclave of the Indian diaspora.
A Hindu statesman from Nevada has now led members of Congress in prayer on both ends of the U.S. Capitol.
Rajan Zed of Reno delivered the prayer in Washington D.C. as the guest chaplain opening Thursday’s session of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Zed was the first to give a Hindu prayer to open the U.S. Senate on July 12, 2007.
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