press release
HOUSTON, TX, USA, August 12, 2008 (Press release): The group Hindus of Greater Houston will honor Raj Bhavsar during their Janmashtami celebration, on August 30. Raj Bhavsar, a 27-year-old artistic gymnast, earned a bronze medal as a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, becoming the third Indian-American ever to medal at the Olympics, after Mohini Bhardwaj and Alexi Grewal.
“Hindus of Greater Houston would like to congratulate our own Raj Bhavsar of Houston on his accomplishment at the Olympics. Hindus are great leaders in many fields in the US, but were lacking in sports. Today Bhavsar has filled the void. He is someone our youth can look up to,” Girish Naik, president of Hindus of Greater Houston, said.