Eton, the English boy's school that is the nursing ground of maharajas, prime ministers and generals, is to have a Hindu religious tutor - thanks to its Indian pupils. Jay Lakhani, head of the Hindu Academy and Education Director for the Hindu Council UK, has been appointed to the post of part-time Hindu Tutor at Eton College, the public school favored by the world's elite.

Lakhani will provide pastoral support and religious teaching to Hindu boys and contribute to school inter-faith activities at the school, traditionally known as "the chief nurse of England's statesmen".

For many years Jewish boys at Eton have been able to take instruction from a Jewish tutor during Sunday service and, for the last four years, the school has had a Muslim tutor to offer the same service to Muslim boys.

The appointment of Lakhani means Hindu boys will now be offered the same choice, the Hindu Council said Thursday. Lakhani was appointed after a meeting with the school's Head of Divinity, Michael Wilcockson, at a conference for religious education teachers earlier this year.

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