WASHINGTON, USA, February 20, 2015 (Indian Express): Tulsi Gabbard, the first ever Hindu lawmaker in the US Congress, will marry cinematographer Abraham Williams in April in a Vedic ceremony, a media report has said. The marriage will take place in Hawaii. The second term Democratic Congresswoman from Hawaii, Gabbard, 33, announced her engagement about a month ago. She disclosed the identity of her fiancee in an interview to the local Honolulu Star Advertiser published this week. Gabbard said she would keep her last name after the marriage, which she wants to keep as a low key affair.
Williams is a freelance cinematographer who has made some short films and worked on commercial and political advertising campaigns, the daily reported. The daily said this time she is planning a Vedic wedding ceremony in keeping with the couple’s Hindu faith. “For us it’s about having a shared sense of spiritual values and what we hold important. We try to live our lives in service to others and God in a way that has a positive impact on others around us. It was something I learned from a young age,” Gabbard said.