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Mylara Lingeshwara Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god (Mailara dynasty), a form of the god Shiva in Mylara. Located at center of Karnataka, It is in the extreme south-western corner of Hoovina Hadagali taluk, Vijayanagara district , Karnataka , India .
According to Michael Shamblin, Gwen's son, "People have been hurt, fallen by the wayside, have been victim to it. People have been financially hurt by it. It's hard to call it a church, in my mind. It is a church, but it's a cult.". [41] Joseph and Sonya Smith were adherents of Shamblin and had an eight-year-old son, Josef.
More than 10 lakh devotees from across the State and neighbouring States congregate at Mylara, a pilgrim centre for the annual Karnikotsava (prophecy). The fair is celebrated annually at the temple dedicated to Shiva in his form as Mailareshwara, the patron deity of the Kuruba Gowda community. Mylara is situated in the south-western corner of ...
Unification Church (统一教; tǒngyī jiào), known as "The Moonies" in the US, founded by Korean-American Sun Myung Moon in Busan in 1954, defined by the ministry as a cult in 1997. [10] Sanban Puren Pai (三班仆人派; sān bān púrén pài), a Christian sect founded by Xu Wenku in the 1990s, defined by the ministry as a cult in 1999.
An Erath County judge sentenced Cadenhead to an 80-year state prison sentence, citing his self-described status as a "cult leader". [ 37 ] [ 11 ] After Cadenhead's arrest in August 2021, the group was led by a 21-year-old from Timișoara , Romania, named Francesco (nicknamed "Riley"). [ 1 ]
The Family taught an eclectic mixture of Christianity and Hinduism with other Eastern and Western religions, on the principle that spiritual truths are universal. [5] [page needed] Children raised in the group studied the major scriptures of these religions as well as the works of gurus including Sri Chinmoy, Meher Baba, and Rajneesh.
The term gorava refers to men and women devotees of God Mylara Lingeshwara who have taken a special vow and dress in the traditional overcoat and headgear, and beat a damroo shouting "Elukoti..
Cults range from the relatively benign to those that exercise extraordinary control over members' lives and use thought-reform processes to influence and control members. While the conduct of certain cults causes nonmembers to criticize them, the term cult is not in itself pejorative but simply descriptive.