When Gabbard entered Congress in 2013 she became the first Hindu American to serve as a US Representative, and she swore her oath on the Bhagavad Gita rather than a Bible

On January 3, 2013, Tulsi Gabbard placed her hand on a Bhagavad Gita she had carried through her Iraq deployment and was sworn in as the first Hindu American ever elected to the United States Congress. The post When Gabbard entered Congress in 2013 she became the first Hindu American to serve as a US Representative, and she swore her oath on the Bhagavad Gita rather than a Bible appeared first on Space Daily .