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Hindu Youth Camp Begins

Off to the Sri Venkateswara (SV) Hindu Youth camp in Slippery Rock in Pennsylvania. The week long camp will host 96 campers from the ages of 8 to 18. I've been invited to be one of two teachers at the camp.

A brief stop in Washington DC. A look at the Pentagon from the sky.

A priest from the Sri Venkateswara temple in Pittsburgh does a puja to officially begin the youth camp.

The campers gather for the ceremony.

The first event of the camp is singing of bhajans. The older campers lead the younger ones in devotional songs.

Singing bhajans at the SV Temple Hindu Youth Camp in Slippery Rock, PA.

Easan, the other teacher at the camp besides me, joins the campers in the bhajans.

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