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Incense wafted over students as a priest chanted prayers in Sanskrit and laid large yellow dahlias on an intricate altar. Flower garlands and flickering diyas lined the Hendricks Chapel stage. Hindu students sat in a semicircle on small cushions, following along with the prayer.
“Having a community you can go to and feel that sense of home, at least for someone like me who’s always done these growing up, is huge,” Rajan Joshi, co-president of the Hindu Student Association, said. “We always want to make sure our Hindu students have that opportunity to celebrate and keep that tradition going, even when we leave for college.”…