board member of temple, Srinivasa Sunkari said "There was a sense of invasion, that sense of loss of privacy when something like this happened to us". Hindu advocacy organizations like HinduPact and Hindu American Foundation demanded investigation in the issue. Hindu prayers in Congress and State legislatures Venkatachalapathi Samuldrala The first Hindu opening prayer offered in the U.S. Congress was by Venkatachalapathi Samuldrala, a priest of Shiva Hindu Temple in Parma, Ohio. This prompted criticism from the Family Research Council (FRC), a conservative Christian group, who protested against it in conservative media, in turn generating responses from their opponents and leading to serious discussions over the role of legislative chaplains in a pluralist society. Rajan Zed There was controversy over the prayer by Rajan Zed, a Hindu cleric, in United States Senate. It was instigated by the conservative Christian group American Family Association, which cited the loss of the "Judeo-Christian foundations" of the United States as a motive. California textbook protest over Hindu history A controversy in the US state of California concerning the portrayal of Hinduism in history textbooks began in 2005. The Texas-based Vedic Foundation and the American Hindu Education Foundation complained to California's Curriculum Commission, arguing that the coverage in sixth grade history textbooks of Indian history and Hinduism was biased against Hinduism. Points of contention included a textbook's portrayal of the caste system, the Indo-Aryan migration theory, and the status of women in Indian society. See also Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa :Category:Converts to Hinduism Hindu American Foundation Hindu Temple Society of North America Hindu University of America Hinduism in Los Angeles Sanskrit studies Hinduism Today Persecution of Hindus Hinduism in the West Indies Indians in the New York City metropolitan area List of Hindu temples in the United States Hindu eschatology Hinduism in Vietnam Bhutanese refugees Micheal Altman References Further reading External links at Google Maps Hindu American Foundation Behind Every Temple- USA Neo-Vedanta United States Hinduism in North America Religion in the United States by religion