SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, December 18, 2007: The senate of New Mexico, a southern US state, will open with the chanting of Hindu prayers on January 28.
Rajan Zed, a Hindu chaplain who made history by reading Hindu prayers in the US senate in July, will read Sanskrit mantras from ancient Hindu scriptures before the senate in Santa Fe.
Zed, a resident of Reno, Nevada, is also scheduled to recite Vedic prayers in the Colorado senate in Denver on January 29.