Scriptures from Vedas and Mahabharat recited in Democratic National Convention of the US

How many people’s representatives in India start their meetings with the recital of Veda mantra or stotras ?

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Washington (USA) – Scriptures from Vedas and Mahabharat rendered by a woman from Chinmaya Mission in Texas and prayer by a Sikh community leader from Wisconsin Gurdwara echoed at an interfaith service held virtually to kick off the historic Democratic National Convention. A board member of Chinmaya Mission Dallas Fort Worth, one of the largest Hindu organisations in the US, Gonuguntala recited the ”Shanti (peace) mantra” from the Vedas. She offered a concept from Mahabharata, “Yato Krishna Tato Dharma, Yato Dharma Tato Jaya (Where there is God, there is dharma, and where there is dharma, there is a victory)”.

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The four-day convention beginning on August 17 local time will formally nominate former vice president Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential candidate for the November 3 elections and Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate.