{"id":8770,"date":"2010-08-14T13:12:37","date_gmt":"2010-08-14T12:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=8770"},"modified":"2010-08-14T13:12:37","modified_gmt":"2010-08-14T12:12:37","slug":"congressman-harry-mitchell-greets-hare-krishna-along-with-namaste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=8770","title":{"rendered":"Congressman Harry Mitchell greets Hare Krishna along with Namaste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Dr Prayag Narayan Misra<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chandler, Arizona, USA August 5, 2010<\/p>\n<p>During the Eighth Native American Procurement Conference,U S  Congressman Harry E Mitchell delivered a keynote address at luncheon held at Wild Horse Pass-Hotel and Casino in Chandler. After his speech, he was offered blessed garlands from Hare Krishna temple which he gracefully accepted and wore it during the photo opps.While departing from the meeting, not only he greeted me with both hands folded in Namaste pose, he repeated Hare Krishna twice- and drove away still wearing the blessed garland.<br \/>\nCongressman is well known for his charity, as he donated the raise in his salary to needy organization. He also donates because he feels he is over paid for the job.<br \/>\nWhen the invitation to attend forthcoming Sri Krishna Janmashtami  celebration on September 1 was extended, Congresman was delighted and asked about the location of the event, since he considered it in Scottsdale. He was informed that ISKCON of Phoenix established in 1996  has inspired opening of other spiritual centers and temples in the valley. Harry &#8211; pronounced as Hari in Sanskrit is a name of Krishna- the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and it pleased the Congressman. He was accompanied by Urban Giff, Member of the Board of  Directors, NCAIED- who was presented the book &#8220;Chanting and Be Happy&#8221; earlier, and said that he has glimpsed the contents rightaway.  NCAIED  is an abbreviation for the  National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED) -the first national non-profit 501 (c) 3 corporation, established in 1969 and  created and directed by American Indians, solely dedicated to developing American Indian economic self-sufficiency through business ownership.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SS-2010-08-14_15.13.15.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nPHOTO 1;  Congressman Harry E Mitchell in center; on left is Urban Giff,Member of the Board of  Directors, NCAIED; Dr Prayag Narayan Misra (Right)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SS-2010-08-14_15.14.21.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nPHOTO 2; Miss Gila River  Tia Benally (Center) with Urban Giff, on left holding Chant &#038; Be Happy&#8221; book. On right Dr Prayag Narayan Misra.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SS-2010-08-14_15.15.37.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nPHOTO 3:From left Eric S.Trevan, President \/CEO, NCAID; Congressman Harry Mitchell wearing blessed garland; Urban Giff  (Center); John D Harris,President,Raytheon Technican ServicesLLC; and far right Dr Prayag Narayan Misra, Advocate, Minority Business Development in devotee dress in a professional meeting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SS-2010-08-14_15.17.25.jpg\"\/><strong>By Prayag Narayan Misra<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> After his speech, he was offered blessed garlands from Hare Krishna temple which he gracefully accepted and wore it during the photo opps<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8770\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}