{"id":4043,"date":"2011-09-05T17:15:08","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T21:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=4043"},"modified":"2011-08-31T14:53:35","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T18:53:35","slug":"american-hindu-mixes-tradition-texas-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/09\/american-hindu-mixes-tradition-texas-culture","title":{"rendered":"American Hindu mixes tradition, Texas culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In many ways, 29-year-old Rishi Bhutada is a good ol&#8217; Texas boy.<\/p>\n<p>But he&#8217;s also a traditional Hindu, not so different from his Indian-born parents. An officer at his dad\u2019s pipefitting company, U.S.-born Bhutada had an arranged marriage in India three years ago and then brought his wife back to his hometown, where they recently welcomed a son.<\/p>\n<p>Bhutada is a strict vegetarian and avoids alcohol, as do many observant Hindus.<\/p>\n<p>And the dashboard of his Toyota Prius is adorned with a small metal statue of Ganesh, an elephant-headed Hindu god known as the remover of obstacles. Bhutada prays to it each morning before leaving his driveway.<\/p>\n<p>And yet Bhutada is a different kind of Hindu than his mom and dad.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/07\/10\/in-texas-young-hindus-want-to-americanize-ancient-faith\/\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In many ways, 29-year-old Rishi Bhutada is a good ol&#8217; Texas boy. 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