Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, delivered the first Hindu prayer before a Lodi City Council meeting Wednesday evening.

Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, just delivered a prayer before the Lodi City Council meeting. Zed came from Reno to give the invocation. 

Ajitpal Kahlon was a professional basketball player for his local police department for five years in his native India when he joined his aunt and mother in the Lodi area in 1985.

Thank you for your recent articles on the new imam at the Lodi mosque and the official opening of the Sikh temple.

After a year's delay in getting final approval by San Joaquin County officials, the Lodi Sikh Temple will mark the grand opening of its new hall on Sunday with a parade and service.

"Music is the universal language of the world."

In all the theological discussions that abound, there is one question that begs to be answered. And that question is: "Who is Jesus Christ?"

After graduating from college, Nicole Mathis, co-owner of Om Shanti Yoga Center, was studying for a medical school entrance exam when her mother had a stroke.

The Sikh religion is comparatively modern religion. It came into existence about 500 years ago in the region of India known as Punjab. There are millions of Sikhs worldwide. Sikh religion believes in one and only one God and respects every other religion. Every human being in this universe is created by one God is one of the fundamental principles of Sikhism.

As the new year approaches, Lodi's Sikh temple is scheduled to open soon, so local residents won't have to travel to south Stockton for services and special events.

We feel a certainty about correctness and exclusivity of our religious beliefs or non-beliefs.

A frequent question asked of me by many of my friends is, "How do immigrant communities raise their children in the U.S.?"

A frequent question asked of me by many of my friends is, "How do immigrant communities raise their children in the U.S.?"

Congratulations and thanks to the News-Sentinel's religion page editor, Ross Farrow, for this diverse and fair-minded forum of ideas.

Mohandas Gandhi, a Hindu, and Mohammed Ali Jinnah, a Muslim, were both born in Gujrati-speaking families.

Mohandas Gandhi, a Hindu, and Mohammed Ali Jinnah, a Muslim, were both born in Gujrati-speaking families.

Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism to be studied

Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism to be studied

An Indian couple from Stockton came to Lodi on Wednesday night to give a brief explanation of India to anyone interested in listening.

An Indian couple from Stockton came to Lodi on Wednesday night to give a brief explanation of India to anyone interested in listening.

I would like to take this opportunity to use my column to make a public confession: