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Who is a Hindu? And who can access a Hindu temple? In several sections of Hindu society, those remain controversial issues, as illustrated by two recent incidents at the famous Jagannath temple, reported by our correspondent in Puri.
As the Jagannath Temple in Puri does not let foreigners in, an American devotee has built a similar shrine elsewhere in the state where non-Indians too can pray. Julian Parker, who hails from Los Angeles and has been living in Orissa’s Bhadrak district since 1994, has built a 35-foot- high temple in Kuansh village near Bhadrak town in the coastal district.
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If all goes well, Hindu temples across India could soon have an apex body. A two-day meeting of temple bodies, including one from Nepal, began here Saturday to examine the possibility of forming a national trust for temple management.
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