MUMBAI: 'Shanti Shanti', the Sanskrit rock band has come up with a new album, titled 'Veda', based on the oldest scripture of the world - the Vedas.

The band presented the first copy of the album to acclaimed Hindu leader and president of Universal Society of Hinduism Rajan Zed in Nevada.

The CD produced by Ganesha Publishing BMI contains shlokas (hymns) from all four Vedas-Rig-veda, Sama-veda, Atharva-veda, and Yajur-veda. With some shlokas being as old as 1,500 BCE, it took one year to complete extensive research and selection process for the CD.

The band consists of American sisters Andrea Devi Forman and Sara Anjuli Forman, their younger brother Micah Forman and father Robert Henry Forman. Although the family has never been to India, the Formans can chant, read, write, and translate Sanskrit.

Apart form the Vedas, the sisters have also translated and chanted traditional Christian prayer, Ave Maria in Sanskrit. The Formans have also toured to various countries and various states of USA giving packed Sanskrit musical performances.

We fell in love with the overwhelming stillness, exuberance, clarity and amplified sensory awareness of Sanskrit poetry which we have attempted to share with you in this record,... say the sisters at the launch.