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Dear Prabhus and Maharajas

Please accept my humble obaisences

all glories to Srila Prabhupada

Please sign the petition for ISKCON's temple being build in Moscow,and

encourage others to do so

Your servant

Payonidhi das

 

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Appeal To President Mr. Putin for Protection Of Hindu Dharma In Moscow

by PetitionOnline.com

Posted February 13, 2006

Appeal to President Mr. Putin for protection of Hindu dharma in Moscow.

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Govt. of Russia, USA , India and UNO

To:

President Vladimir Putin

The President of Russia

The Presidential Executive Office

4, Staraya Square, Moscow, 103132

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The Mayor of Moscow cancelled the order issued by the Moscow

Government one and a half years ago giving ISKCON Moscow a plot of land for

construction of a new temple to replace the old temple building.

Dear President Mr. Putin:

I was very upset to learn that the land in Moscow had given for the

construction of the new Vedic Hare Krishna temple has recently been taken away

in an

unfair and unprecedented arbitrary decision by Mayor of Moscow, Mr.Yuriy

Luzhkov.

Since 1989 the ISKCON Hare Krishna temple has been the only place of worship

for thousands of followers of Hindu dharma among both the Indian and Russian

communities in Moscow. In 2003 the Moscow Government requested ISKCON to vacate

 

their building. In exchange the Mayor's office gave a new plot of land for

the construction of a new temple complex in a prominent part of the city and

made to relocate there despite there being no sewerage or electricity

connections. ISKCON spent over $250,000 constructing temporary facilities to

continue

worship operations.

Since October 2003 the temple activities have been conducted in a temporary

facility on the gifted land with the expectation of planning approval for a new

 

and wonderful Temple and Vedic Cultural Center. The old building was

immediately demolished.

Without warning, on October 7, 2005 the Mayor of Moscow, Mr. Luzhkov

arbitrarily withdrew the decision of the Moscow Government on the excuse of

some

technical mistakes made in the wording of the deed of gift. Further, he issued

an

order of eviction to remove the devotees from the land, with no alternative

offered.

This was done without any consultation or even clarification. Now thousands

of followers of Hinduism in Moscow can be legally kicked out from the temporary

 

facilities at any moment

If this unrighteous decision is upheld thousands of members of the Indian

community and the followers of Hare Krishna in Moscow will have no place of

worship.

This is a gross violation of their religious and human rights.

I hereby request you as the person who is entrusted to protect the law and

order in the country of Russia to please urgently investigate the situation and

 

reestablish justice.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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