09/10/97 - 1028
President of India Inaugurates ISKCON Temple
Bangalore, India - ISKCON Communications reports that earlier this year
Sri Shanker Dayal Sharma inaugurated the new ISKCON temple in
Bangalore, India. Other dignitaries attending was the first lady
of India, Srimati Vimala Sharma, the Chief Minister of Karnataka,
Sri J.H Patel, and the Governor of Karnataka, Sri Khurshed Alam
Khan. In a speech the President praised the Founder-acarya of
the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, His Divine
Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, for his work of "broadcasting
India?s devotional tradition of bhakti ".
The temple was named "Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Center for Advancement
of Culture" and contains 5 separate temples, an outdoor auditorium
for 1,500, a 450 seat air-conditioned theater and quarters for
residents and guests.
