PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD, August 4, 2003: Three Hindu women have created a record when they read the holy Ramayana for five nights at a Ramayan Yagna hosted here. The all-women panel read from the Ramayana at the religious ceremony hosted by the Hindu Prachar Kendras Ninth Annual Tulsidas Jayanti Festival here. The triad included Mayaanti Maharaj, Gita Ramsingh and Shakuntala Jangabahadoor, all from Trinidad and Tobago. Jangabahadoor is a well-known singer and has studied classical Indian music at the Gandharva Mahavidyala, New Delhi on a Government of India scholarship. She is a secondary school teacher. Ramsingh already holds the honour of becoming the first woman to sing the Ramayana in 1990.
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