Gurudev Chitrabhanuji offers opening prayer in U.S. House of Representatives, May 22, 2001
For the first time in the history of the United States of America, Jainism and Jains of North America received the unprecedented recognition and honor of having a prayer in the U.S. House of Representatives when on May 22, 2001, in celebration of the 2600th birth anniversary of Mahavira, the twenty-fourth Tirthankara, the Jain Master Gurudev Shree Chitrabhanuji delivered the opening prayer. After the prayer, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. of New Jersey, the sponsor of the event, paid tribute [Read more...]