Moscow mayor okays construction of temple, Vedic centre

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Moscow mayor okays construction of temple, Vedic centre

 

Press Trust of India

Moscow, January 23

 

Ignoring opposition from some Christian quarters and ultra-nationalist

lawmakers, Moscow Mayor has cleared the construction of a Hindu temple and

Vedic Centre in the city by the local followers of Lord Krishna.

 

Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has allotted a 1.05 hectare plot of land on the

prestigious Leningrad Prospekt to the Moscow chapter of International

Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) for the construction of the Vedic

Centre.

 

Alfred Ford, grandson of the US automobile magnate late Henry Ford, has

promised to finance the construction of the Vedic Centre, which besides a

temple would have museum of ancient Indian religious culture, Yoga centre, a

compact theatre and vegetarian cafe, said Sergei Andreeyev chief of the

local ISKCON chapter.

 

Russian chapter of ISKCON was registered in 1988 and has over 300 local

branches all over the country.

 

Moscow alone has about 10,000 Russian followers of Lord Krishna.

 

The first Krishna temple was opened in 1990 in an old building of a

technical school, which under the city master plan would be pulled down for

the construction of new apartment blocs.

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