New Delhi: The blessings of Lord Hanuman seem to be with Barack Obama as a temple consecrated to the Hindu deity is organising a prayer meeting on Sunday to ensure his victory in the US Presidential election.
Priests of Sankat Mochan Dham Hanuman temple have organised a prayer for the success of the Democratic party's presidential nominee and will gift him a 15 kg gold-plated statute of Hanuman.
"We are praying for his success. Carolene Saurce, a representative of Democratic Party will attend the meeting on his (Obama's) behalf," Brij Mohan Dhama, a member of the temple told PTI.
He said his organisation was impressed with the ideology of the 46-year-old senator from Illinois. “He is a great believer in Lord Hanuman. His victory will benefit India,” he said.
Obama who defeated his rival Hillary Clinton in an epic 17-month long electoral battle for the Democratic party nomination, carries a "tiny monkey god" apparently representing 'Hanuman' with him for good luck.
A recent photo posted on Time's White House Photo of the Day collection shows the first-ever black American nominee of a major US party for the Presidential elections carries with him a tiny Hanuman and a tiny Madonna and child among other luck charms.
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