Ben Lee

Australian musician-actor Ben Lee and Hollywood actress Ione Skye, who married in a traditional Hindu ceremony in India on December 29 last, have given the middle name “Priya” to their daughter born on September 24.

Priya, a Sanskrit word, means beloved/darling/sweetheart. It is couple’s first child together. Lee is feeling “over the moon”.

Ben Lee reportedly washed the feet of his mother and mother-in-law during his traditional Hindu wedding ceremony in Malaikodi village near Chennai in south India. Lee’s guru (spiritual guide) Narayani Amma presided.

Congratulating Lee and Skye, Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has urged them to get their daughter blessed by their guru who can help them perform some samskaras (sacraments) related to newborn child.

Hinduism is oldest and third largest religion of the world with about one billion adherents and moksha (liberation) is its ultimate goal.