Vedic chants fill White House hall on National Day of Prayer

WASHINGTON: (May 9) Chants of a Vedic prayer for peace filled a hall in the White House as a volunteer from a temple in the US participated in an event on the National Day of Prayer.

The volunteer from the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) temple at Robbinsville in New Jersey participated in the event at the White House on Thursday.

The volunteer urged all present at the National Prayer Day event to close their eyes and fold their hands as he recited the verses of Shanti Paath from the Yajur Veda, invoking universal peace.