Russia allocates land for construction of Krishna temple
("Press Trust of India," October 27, 2010)
Moscow, Russia - Russian authorities have allocated land for the
construction of a Krishna temple in the northern suburb of the capital amid
strong
demands for it by the Hindu community for many years.
"Last week Moscow's acting mayor Vladimir Resin has signed the government
decision to allocate the plot of land measuring 2 hectares on the
Novoskhdnenskoye Highway in village Vereskino to Moscow Society of Krishna
Conscious
(MOSKCON) for building the temple," an unnamed City Hall source was quoted
as saying by Interfax.
Under the government resolution the MOSKON is to finalise the project and
obtain permission for building the Krishna temple in 2011.
Followers of Lord Krishna and growing Hindu community for many years had
been seeking the plot for building a temple and a plot already allocated was
taken away due to protest by the Orthodox Christian Church, which objected
to the plans to build a Krishna temple higher than the Kremlin churches.
--
Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community
<[email protected]>
Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism
Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
