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Clayborn Temple, formerly Second Presbyterian Church, is a historic place in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 for local architectural significance.
Human stampedes in Hindu Temples in India Location Date Killed Injured Kumbh Mela, Prayagraj: 30 January 2025 30+ 60+ 8 January 2025 6 40+ Vaishno Devi Temple, Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, 1 January 2022 12 16 Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh [1] [2] Puttingal Devi temple Kollam Kerala: 10 April 2016 106 383
In 2006, a Hindu temple in Lahore was destroyed to pave the way for construction of a multi-storied commercial building. When reporters from Pakistan-based newspaper Dawn tried to cover the incident, they were accosted by the henchmen of the property developer, who denied that a Hindu temple existed at the site. [244]
The Buddhist texts record Mihirakula as extremely cruel and bad mannered, [11] [6] [14] the one who destroyed Buddhist sites, ruined monasteries, killed monks. [15] The Hindu kings Yashodharman and Gupta Empire rulers, between 525 and 532 CE, likely by 530 CE, reversed Mihirakula's campaign and ended the Mihirakula era. [16] [17]
The first attack occurred on 30 March 2002 when two suicide bombers attacked the temple. Eleven persons including three security personnel were killed and 20 were injured. [1] The attack occurred around 10:20 AM when the terrorists arrived and fired at the guards killing them on the spot.
Hindus consider Sambhal as sacred as many puranas and other texts consider the city to be the birthplace of Kalki, the tenth avatar/incarnation of Lord Vishnu.The Shahi Jama Masjid, located in Sambhal, has been at the center of dispute following claims that it was constructed on the ruins of a Shri Hari temple allegedly demolished by the Mughal ruler Babur in the early 16th century. [12]
The Karuna Bihar Buddhist temple was attacked by Bengali settlers. [116] Chittagong Hill Tracts had 98.5% Buddhist and Hindu population in 1947 during the partition of India. [117] The British gave the Buddhist dominated land to East Pakistan against the principles of partition and against wishes of indigenous people.
[10] [13] The following year, in San Francisco, Subramuniya founded what is now Himalayan Academy and opened America's first Hindu temple at 3575 Sacramento Street, near Presidio Park. In Switzerland, 1968, he wrote of Shum, a mystical language of meditation that names and maps inner areas of consciousness. Kadavul Temple at Kauai's Hindu Monastery