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New York , Sept 28 (PTI) The age-old Hindu tradition of service was very much evident in Houston when hundreds of volunteers from Hindu organizations took up the task of feeding Hurricane Katrina survivors in relief centres in the affected areas.

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(From Press Trust of India)

The relief operation gave a new purpose to the organizations which had so far been organizing only Hindu festivals and several volunteers said what they are doing would change their entire outlook.

Hundreds of volunteers from Hindu organizations donned yellow t-shirts identifying them as volunteers and worked three shifts during the weekened.

They included volunteers from the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS) whose volunteers took care of the early morning shift and Sewa International (Sewa) which coordinated the volunteers for all three shifts.

Hasu D. Patel and his fellow volunteers from Leva Patidar Samaj and …

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