Hindu American community in Washington DC organises historic car rally to celebrate Ram Temple inauguration
WASHINGTON: The Hindu American community in Washington DC came together on Saturday to commemorate the inauguration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya with a car rally in a suburb of the capital.
The rally, organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America DC chapter and held at the Shri Bhakta Anjaneya Temple in Ayodhya Way, near Fredrick City Maryland, marked the beginning of a month-long celebration of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
“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.
The celebration will also feature a 45-minute enactment of the life of God Shri Ram by kids of various ages in a manner understandable to kids born in America.
Co-organiser and local Tamil Hindu leader, Premkumar Swaminathan, sang a song praising Lord Shri Rama in Tamil and invited all families to the January 20th celebration in the USA as well as the actual inauguration in Ayodhya on January 22 next year.
Other 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.
The car rally organiser motivated all devotees of Shri Ram to celebrate the inauguration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya with a bigger car and motorbike rally, while local leaders explained the importance of the historic inauguration for many Hindu generations and families to become model citizens of American culture.