特朗普在白宫点亮排灯节油灯：椭圆形办公室收下《哈努曼颂》，印度裔宾客同庆灯节
美国总统特朗普11月6日（周五）在首都 Washington 的白宫椭圆形办公室主持排灯节（Diwali）庆祝活动，亲手点亮传统油灯（diya），与受邀的印度裔企业家、社区领袖和政府官员共庆这一印度教最重要的节日。活动列在白宫官方日程上，于美东时间下午1时30分举行、不对媒体开放；今年排灯节正日为11月8日（周日）。
据印度 IANS 通讯社报道，活动中，印度科技企业家、健康平台 GOQii 创始人 Vishal Gondal 向特朗普赠送了一册《哈努曼颂》（Hanuman Chalisa）——16世纪诗人 Tulsidas 为哈努曼所写的颂歌，数以百万计的信众日常诵念、寄托勇气、虔诚与力量。Gondal 在社交平台 X 上发帖写道：「很荣幸与特朗普总统共庆排灯节，并自豪地向他赠送一册《哈努曼颂》。」他还写道，油灯点亮之际，他祈愿印度与美国友谊长存、光明战胜黑暗。
印度驻美国大使 Vinay Kwatra 出席了活动。据活动节目单，流程约半小时，包括总统致辞与点灯仪式；节目单列有的政商界人士包括国务卿 Marco Rubio、联邦调查局（FBI）局长 Kash Patel、国家卫生研究院（NIH）院长 Jay Bhattacharya、IBM 首席执行官 Arvind Krishna、美光科技首席执行官 Sanjay Mehrotra 与名厨 Vikas Khanna，多家媒体报道鲁比奥等官员在场。
白宫庆祝排灯节的传统始于2003年小布什总统时期；2009年，奥巴马成为首位在白宫亲自点亮油灯的在任总统，当年的仪式在东厅举行。此后这一传统延续至今，成为白宫肯定印度裔美国人对美国经济、文化与公共生活贡献的年度场合。（来源：白宫）
Trump Lights the Diwali Lamp at the White House, Receiving the Hanuman Chalisa in the Oval Office
President Donald Trump hosted a Diwali celebration in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Friday, November 6, personally lighting a traditional diya lamp alongside invited Indian American entrepreneurs, community leaders and administration officials marking Hinduism's festival of lights. The gathering appeared on the White House's official schedule for 1:30 p.m. EST and was closed to the press; Diwali itself falls on Sunday, November 8 this year.
According to India's IANS news agency, Indian technology entrepreneur Vishal Gondal, founder of the health platform GOQii, presented Trump with a copy of the Hanuman Chalisa — the hymn to Hanuman composed by the 16th-century poet Tulsidas and recited by millions for courage, devotion and strength. "Honored to celebrate Diwali with President Trump and proud to gift him with a copy of the Hanuman Chalisa," Gondal wrote on X. As the diyas were lit, he added, his prayer was "for friendship between India and America, and for the triumph of light over darkness."
India's ambassador to the United States, Vinay Kwatra, attended the celebration. The roughly half-hour programme, which included presidential remarks and the lamp lighting, listed Secretary of State Marco Rubio, FBI Director Kash Patel, National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, IBM chief executive Arvind Krishna, Micron Technology chief executive Sanjay Mehrotra and chef Vikas Khanna among the participants, and multiple outlets reported Rubio and other officials present.
White House Diwali observances began in 2003 under President George W. Bush. In 2009, Barack Obama became the first sitting president to personally light a diya at the White House, at a ceremony in the East Room. The tradition has continued since as an annual occasion on which the White House recognizes the contributions of Indian Americans to the nation's economic, cultural and civic life. (Source: The White House)
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图片来源：图：白宫北立面全景（本部大楼固定图；本场排灯节庆祝在椭圆形办公室闭门举行，无官方现场图发布）。图片：Aaron Zhu，CC BY-SA 3.0，经Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The White House north facade (official building file photo; the Diwali celebration was held behind closed doors in the Oval Office and no official event photo was released). Credit: Aaron Zhu, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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