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Inter-faith prayers for Delhi gang-rape
victim
Tuesday January 01, 2013 10:17:26 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: An
inter-faith prayer meeting was held at Gandhi Smriti in the
capital Tuesday for the Delhi gang-rape victim who died Dec 29.
People from all faiths -- Zoroastrian, Bahai, Hindu, Muslim,
Christian, Sikh, Buddhism and Jainism -- recited prayers.
Around 200 people, including Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit,
wife of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Gursharan Kaur, and Minister
for Women and Child Development Krishna Tirath attended the
prayers organised by Women's Initiative for Peace in South Asia (WIPSA).
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