Gayatri mantra is a Vedic prayer. It is a universal prayer that can be used by any person, belonging to any country, irrespective of race, religion, or sex. This book includes the symbolism of Om and the Gayatri, the scriptural references where they are mentioned, as well a detailed instruction on how to perform the Sandhya rituals. Text for the rituals is in Sanskrit with transliteration, and English translation.
I am the thread that runs through all these pearls, and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and God is the thread that runs through all of them; most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it.
-Swami Vivekananda