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Mitchell E. Daniels Jr.visit the Sikh Temple, Indianapolis on October 19, 2008


Governor Mitch Daniels Visits the Sikh Temple, Indianapolis

 

Los Angeles, Oct. 14, 2008
KP Singh
NRIpress.com

Governor Mitch Daniels will visit the Sikh Temple, located at 10950 Southeastern Avenue, Indianapolis, next Sunday, October 19, 2008, and address the gathering at 12:30PM during regular Sunday worship. The historic visit by Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels to the Sikh Temple and the event is open to the public.

The Governor’s visit to The Sikh Temple coincides with the worldwide Tercentenary Commemorations of the Ordination of the Sikh Holy Scriptures, Sri Guru Granth Sahib, as the henceforth Eternal Living Guru and Spiritual Guide of the Sikh by the Tenth and Last Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh, at Nanded, Maharashtra, India on October 20, 1708 A.D. Governor Daniels is issuing a special Proclamation to honor the landmark occasion.

The Sikh faith, the fifth largest faith in the world, has over 30-million followers worldwide.
The 15th-Century mono-theistic faith tradition commands its followers to honor the sanctity of all life and all faith traditions, and advocates Oneness, Unity, Universality, and Brotherhood of all mankind. Over 2,500 Hoosier Sikh-American families live and work in central Indiana and call Indiana home, and approximately 750,000 Sikhs-Americans live in the United States.

Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. is the 49th Governor of the State of Indiana. He was elected on November 2, 2004, and sworn into office on January 10, 2005. In 2005, Governor Daniels led the state to its first balanced budget in eight years and, without a tax increase, turned the $600 million deficit he inherited into a $300 million surplus in a single year

He served as Chief of Staff to Senator Richard Lugar, Senior Advisor to President Ronald Reagan, and Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under President George W. Bush. While at OMB, Daniels served as the lead negotiator in advocating President Bush's 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, coordinated the nation's domestic response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and oversaw the budget, management and regulations proposed by all federal agencies.

 


 

 


Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. is the 49th Governor of the State of Indiana. He was elected on November 2, 2004, and sworn into office on January 10, 2005.