US: Hindu Americans Organise Car Rally in Washington to Celebrate Ram Mandir Inauguration
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Last Updated: December 17, 2023, 09:35 IST
Washington D.C., United States of America (USA)
Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirath Kshetra Trust posted images showcasing the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya. (Credits: Twitter)
Hindu American community organises car rally near Washington DC to commemorate Ayodhya’s Ram Temple inauguration
Members of the Indian diaspora on Saturday organised a car rally in a suburb of Washington DC to commemorate the inauguration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
Several members of the Hindu American community gathered at the Shri Bhakta Anjaneya Temple in Ayodhya Way, near Frederick City Maryland. This rally, a video of which was shared by ANI, is part of the month-long celebrations of the Ram Mandir in India.
#WATCH | Hindu Americans in the Washington, DC area organized a mini car and bike rally at a local Hindu Temple, Shri Bhakta Anjaneya Temple in the street ‘Ayodhya Way’ to celebrate the upcoming Pran Pratishtha’ at the Ayodhya Ram Temple pic.twitter.com/6EQQ1yHHwp— ANI (@ANI) December 16, 2023
“After 500 years of struggle by Hindus, Bhagwan Shri Ram Mandir is being inaugurated and so we are organising a historic celebration of the same in the Washington, DC area on January 20 next year with about 1,000 American Hindu families. The celebration will include Ram Leela, stories of Shri Ram, Hindu prayers to Shri Ram, bhajans (devotional songs) to Bhagawan Shri Ram and his family,” said Mahendra Sapa, the president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America DC chapter. Sapa was quoted as saying by PTI.
“The celebration will feature the enactment on the life of God Shri Ram by kids of various ages for about 45 minutes in a manner understandable to kids born in America,” he said. Co-organiser and a local Tamil Hindu leader, Premkumar Swaminathan, sang a song praising Lord Shri Rama in Tamil language and gave invitations to all families for the January 20th celebration in the USA as well as the actual inauguration in Ayodhya on January 22 next year.
Some of organisers spoke in Kannada, Telugu, and other languages, describing the importance of Bhagawan Shri Ram, who is exemplary to Hindus living all over the world. Krishna Gudipati, who organised the car rally, invited all devotees of Shri Ram to celebrate the celebration of Ayodhya Mandir with a bigger car and motorbike rally. Hindu leader Ankur Mishra stressed the importance of remembering the historic inauguration of Ayodhya Mandir for many Hindu generations.
(With agency inputs)
