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Video of Historic American Hindu Welcoming Ceremony


June 19, 2008
Omaha, Nebraska, உச

In a historic religious event that occurred on Saturday, May 31, 2008,
eight Americans were formally welcomed into the ancient tradition of
Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism) in a sacred initiation (diksha) ceremony at
the Hindu Temple of Nebraska.

In a related historical development, Ms. Heather "Tulasi" Mortensen
was awarded brahmana initiation during the same ceremony, and invested
with a sacred thread. This thread-giving ceremony (known as
upavita-samskara in Sanskrit) represents the very first time in world
history that a non-Indian woman has been awarded such a sacred thread.

Now you can now see the video of this event on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otcGhbjSpp4

The 35 minute edited video of the two hour ceremony is in four parts.

To see all four videos of this historic ceremony, please visit Dharma
Nation at:

http://www.youtube.com/user/DharmaNation

The ceremony was overseen by Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya (Dr. Frank
Morales, Ph.D.), the Resident Acharya (Spiritual Preceptor) of the
temple, and Professor Alekha Dash, who conducted the traditional fire
ceremony (yagya) central to any authentic Hindu initiation rite. Sri
Acharyaji has commented that "this is the first of many hundreds of
welcoming ceremonies that we expect to be doing in the near future, as
we know that there are multiple millions of Americans who will be
eager to adopt the Hindu tradition as their own."

For further information, interviews, or press statements about these
history-making developments, please contact us at
info@dharmacentral.com, (402) 896-4294.

Sanatana Dharma Jayate,

http://www.dharmacentral.com