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Militants threaten to blow up Akshardham temple |
2008-01-04 |
Security at the famous Akshardham temple in the capital was beefed up on Friday after police received intelligence inputs that Kashmiri militants planned to blow it up. "We received an input that some militants belonging to Kashmir-based groups were planning to create terror in the capital by blowing up the temple," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Alok Kumar said. He did not specify which militant group was planning to carry out the attack. Following the input, police have deployed more personnel at the temple on the banks of Yamuna in east Delhi, visited by thousands of people every day. The Akshardham temple has recently made it to the Guinness Book of World Records for being the world's largest Hindu temple complex. The temple is spread over expansive lawns covering an area of 86,342 square feet and is 356 feet long, 316 feet wide and 141 feet high. Intelligence agencies had last month warned that militants plan to carry out terror strikes in the capital. |
Posted by:john frum |
#8 A stone in Mecca? |
Posted by: 3dc 2008-01-04 23:32 |
#7 I do think that Muslims willingness to attack holy sites will be their undoing. The Hindu might take the gloves off if a Holy Site is destroyed. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-01-04 18:01 |
#6 The temple is spread over expansive lawns covering an area of 86,342 square feet and is 356 feet long, 316 feet wide and 141 feet high. It's almost as big as John Edwards' new house! |
Posted by: Raj 2008-01-04 15:37 |
#5 Worth more, culturaly, than the entire Islamic "Civilization". |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-01-04 13:47 |
#4 But, but, ... Islam is a religion of peace. Therefore, these militants cannot be Muslims. So, it must be the Jooos or Mormons or somebody else planning to do do this. /sarcasm |
Posted by: Rambler 2008-01-04 13:28 |
#3 Muslims hate every religion so its about time all religions ganged up to fight the enemy!!!! |
Posted by: Paul 2008-01-04 11:56 |
#2 Bomb some Pakistani mosques if anything happens to the temple. |
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-01-04 11:10 |
#1 exterior photo exterior photo interior photo |
Posted by: john frum 2008-01-04 09:48 |