01-24-2004, 05:00 PM
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Moscow to get massive temple
Moscow, Jan. 23: Ignoring opposition from some Christian quarters and ultra-nationalist lawmakers, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has cleared the construction of a Hindu temple and Vedic centre here by the local followers of Lord Krishna.
He has allotted a 1.05 hectare plot of land on the prestigious Leningrad Prospekt to the Moscow chapter of International Society of Krishna Consciousness.
Moscow to get massive temple
Moscow, Jan. 23: Ignoring opposition from some Christian quarters and ultra-nationalist lawmakers, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has cleared the construction of a Hindu temple and Vedic centre here by the local followers of Lord Krishna.
He has allotted a 1.05 hectare plot of land on the prestigious Leningrad Prospekt to the Moscow chapter of International Society of Krishna Consciousness.
