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The nation\u2019s oldest Roman Catholic university announced this week that it has appointed its first \u201cdirector for Hindu life,\u201d who they are noting to be\u00a0the first Hindu priest chaplain in the nation.<\/p>\n

Georgetown University\u2019s newspaper The Hoya explained on Tuesday that\u00a0Interim Vice President for Mission and Ministry Howard Gray, S.J. sent out a campus-wide email advising that\u00a0Brahmachari Vrajvihari Sharan had been selected for the appointment.<\/p>\n

\u201cBr. Sharan was drawn to Georgetown by its commitment to interreligious student formation, and by the vibrancy of the university\u2019s Hindu community,\u201d Gray\u00a0wrote.<\/p>\n

Sharan had previously worked at the\u00a0University of Edinburgh, where he had served as chaplain since 2010. He completed Hindu ritual training at\u00a0Vishwanath Sannyas Ashram in India and\u00a0also serves as a senior monk at\u00a0Shri Golok Dham Ashram.<\/p>\n

He follows\u00a0Pratima Dharm, a Hindu Army chaplain who worked at Georgetown for only three months before resigning in January for personal reasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cI pray as I prepare to leave you that you will continue to live out the very pluralistic principles of Sanatan Dharma<\/a> [an alternative name for Hinduism] at Georgetown,\u201d Dharm stated upon her departure.<\/p>\n

There are estimated to be 400 students and staff at Georgetown who identify as Hindu.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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