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In the News (Thu 24 Dec 09)

  
 The elephants of Guruvayoor
The temple is thus home to a large captive herd of elephants, thanks to generous offerings by grateful politicians, businessmen, film stars and other devotees.
K P Krishnan, a frequent visitor to the Guruvayoor temple, says its elephants are the best looked-after pachyderms in the country.
Temple officials reveal that eight applications to donate elephants are pending with the temple administration.
www.rediff.com /news/2003/jul/31spec.htm   (676 words)

  
 Voyages Hai International
Stop by Seetha Amman temple where legend has it, the beautiful Sita, wife of Ramayana Hero, Prince Rama may have been held captive.
Observe the crocodiles and wildlife, remains of the Galpata Temple built in the 12th Century.
In the afternoon city sightseeing including the Fort, Jayanthi Tower, Galle Face Green, Town Hall, the presidential Palace, Cinnamon Gardens, a popular residential district, the Gangaramaya Buddhist Temple and visit to the great temple of Kelaniya.
www.tours-hai.com /asia/pages/c_srilanka.htm   (1074 words)

  
 Destruction Of Hindu Temples By Muslims - Part I
He massacred the men capable of bearing arms, but the children were taken captive, as well as ministers of the temple, to the number of 6,000.
Originally it was a Hindu temple after demolishing which he constructed the mosque.
The governor of the town, appointed by Dahir, fled and the priests of the temple were massacred.
www.flex.com /~jai/satyamevajayate/temple1.html   (2155 words)

  
 The Bible - Listings of the word CAPTIVE in the King James Version
The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs [were] set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for [their] good.
And [other] ten thousand [left] alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
www.allstarz.org /bible/word_captive.htm   (2155 words)

  
 Non-Western - Temple of the Sun
The motif on the back panel of the pib na in the Temple of the Sun (the western building, called the "mah kina cab") is associated with the setting sun and death; it commemorates warfare, captive sacrifice, and the underworld's jaguar patron.
instructional1.calstatela.edu /bevans/Art446-07-MayaPalenque/WebPage-Info.00062.html   (42 words)

  
 Palenque: Temple of the Sun (#maudsley_sun)
Here in the Temple of the Sun, the power object is not actually passed from the inside scene to the outside, as in the other temples; but the intent of the composition is still the same.
Images of war and death sacrifice adorn the panel in the pib na of the Temple of the Sun.
God L, who received the greetings of the new king in the Temple of the Cross, now hold up the burden of war and sacrifice.
mayaruins.com /palenque/maudsley_sun.html   (353 words)

  
 Holsey Temple CME Church - AboutUs
Holsey Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church is a family church making enthusiastic disciples of Christ building bridges of friendship, acceptance and unity announcing release to the captive, deliverance to the oppressed, healing to the sick and broken hearted.
The apostle John records in his prophecy for us in Revelation 21, "I  saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
Our dynamic worship team is dedicated to take us higher in praising our Lord, so that each person will have a worship experience with the Father, and that no one would leave the same way they came.
www.forministry.com /USGACMEPCHTC1/AboutUs.dsp   (353 words)

  
 The temple at Kom Ombo
Captive crocodiles were kept within the temple and many mummified crocodiles have been found in cemeteries, some of which can be seen in the temple sanctuary today.
The temple at Kom Ombo is about 30 miles (48 km) north of Aswan and was built during the Graeco-Roman period (332 BC AD 395).
The temple is unique because it is in fact a double temple, dedicated to Sobek the crocodile god, and Horus the falcon-headed god.
www.eyelid.co.uk /komombo1.htm   (295 words)

  
 WashingtonPost.com: Overview: The 1970s
After the leftist terrorist organization kidnapped Hearst and held her captive in a closet for nearly two months, she participated in a San Francisco bank robbery with her abductors.
Ryan had been investigating the strange group called People's Temple.
It recruited young people and grew into one of the largest new religious groups in the United States, continuing to attract followers even after its leader died in 1985.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/national/longterm/cult/overview70s.htm   (623 words)

  
 Getting There
In the temples, monks chant holy sutras and devotees release captive birds as a mark of respect to all living creatures and to gain merit.
Some of the best locations to watch the festivities are the Leong San Buddhist Temple and Sakya Muni Buddha Gaya Temple at Race Course Road, Little India, Buddhist Lodge at River Valley Road, Thai Buddhist Temple at Jalan Bukit Merah and Lian Shan Shuang Lin Temple at Jalan Toa Payoh.
Vesak Day is the most important day in the Buddhist calendar and it commemorates Lord Buddha's entry into Nirvana after having attained spiritual enlightenment.
www.gasing.com /travel/S'pore/WhatsOnMay.shtml   (623 words)

  
 Moctezuma II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During Cortés's absence, deputy governor Pedro de Alvarado interrupted the Aztec celebration of Toxcatl, killing the most prominent people of the Aztec upper classes in what is known as "The Massacre in the Main Temple"; estimates of the death toll range from 350 to 1,000.
The temple of Huitzilopochtli was destroyed by fire.
He created a special temple, dedicated to the gods of the conquered towns, inside of the temple of Huitzilopochtli.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moctezuma_II   (623 words)

  
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Celebrations are carried out at all Buddhist temples where monks commemorate their Lord Buddha's entry into Nirvana by chanting holy sutras and releasing captive birds.
Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Temple at Sin Ming Avenue is an excellent place to experience this annual ceremony of filial piety and family togetherness.
Temple etiquette requires visitors to be dressed appropriately, and shoes must be removed at the door.
www.hoteltravel.com /jp/singapore/guides/festivals.htm   (1382 words)

  
 Visitors' Guide To Singapore
In temples, monks chant holy sutras while devotees release captive birds as a mark of respect to all creatures.
Watch these colourful festivities at the Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery in Toa Payoh or the Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Temple at Sin Ming Avenue.
If you thought the arts was high-brow, are you in for a surprise!
www.visitorsguide.com.sg /events-may.htm   (293 words)

  
 INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
Comments: You play Indiana Jones and you must rescue all the captive children.
Comments: A platform action game based on all three of the Indiana Jones films.
There are evil guards out to stop you so you've gotta be fast with your whip.
www.fortunecity.co.uk /cinerama/western/129/temple_of_doom.htm   (247 words)

  
 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (Spanish Subtitles)[CC]
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom [CC]
With a nightclub singer and a boy, Indiana Jones flees Singapore for more non-stop action in India where he frees captive children and recovers a sacred stone stolen by an evil cult.
www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=605   (113 words)

  
 Brian's Annex: The Hidden City (File 1 Of 6)
          During Sennacherib's siege of the preExilic City, Sennacherib apparently mounded earth atop portions of the city, city walls, and about the Temple area using captive slave labor.
And, even today, myriad people bow to and pray to the remnants of Hadrian's pagan temple while standing with their backs to the Solomonic Temple (Psalm 5:7; Jeremiah 19:2; Ezekiel 8:16-18).
          The Temple Destruction:  Preparations for the Solomonic Temple destruction actually had begun when King Sennacherib came against Jerusalem, the early or preExilic Jerusalem, in 3397 from Creation (609-608 BC) in the 14th year of King Hezekiah.
www.angelfire.com /fl/BriansHouse/hiddencity1.html   (941 words)

  
 Maxentius, Roman Imperial Coins of, at WildWinds.com
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated left in tetrastyle temple presenting globe to Maxentius, captive seated between; wolf and twins in pediment, Victories as acroteria; AQP in ex.
Laureate head right / Roma seated facing, head left, in hexastyle temple, holding globe & scepter, shield at side; knobs as acroteria & wreath in pediment; RBQ in ex.
IMP C MAXENTIVS PF AVG, laureate head right / CONSERV VRB SVAC, Roma seated left within hexastyle temple, holding globe & scepter, a shield to her right & rear, RS in ex.
www.wildwinds.com /coins/ric/maxentius/i.html   (941 words)

  
 The Hindu : Jumbo-sized problem
Every morning Gauri labors to a river near the temple to bring back a heavy silver bucket of water for the temple priest to use in ceremonies.
Some 500 people visit the Nanjangud temple every day, feeding the elephant that for them symbolises one of the most famous Hindu deities, Ganesha the elephant god.
Every evening Gauri drags herself to her six-kilometre exercise route along the bustling Nanjangud temple road near Mysore.
www.hinduonnet.com /mag/2004/05/16/stories/2004051600230700.htm   (941 words)

  
 Maxentius, Roman Imperial Coins of, at WildWinds.com
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated left in tetrastyle temple presenting globe to Maxentius, captive seated between; wolf and twins in pediment, Victories as acroteria; AQP in ex.
Maxentius Æ Reduced Follis, MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma in hexstyle temple with orb & scepter, PT below.
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head left, holding orb, in hexastyle temple with peaked roof, wreath in pedament.
www.wildwinds.com /coins/ric/maxentius/i.html   (1045 words)

  
 FORVM's Classical Numismatics Discussion Board Gallery
Rev:– CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated left, on shield in tetrastyle temple, right hand handing globe to Maxentius (in military dress standing right) left hand holding sceptre; seated captive between; victories as acroteria; wolf and twins in pedament
Rev:– CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated, facing, head left, in hexastyle temple, right holding globe, left sceptre, with shield at her side; knobs as acroteria, wreath in pediment
Rev:– CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated, facing,head left, in hexastyle temple, right holding globe, left sceptre, with shield at her side; knobs as acroteria
www.forumancientcoins.com /gallery/thumbnails.php?album=224   (1045 words)

  
 Two Kings, quick survey: Elisha, northern and southern kingdoms, Israel and Judah
kingdom overthrown by Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar, Jerusalem and the Temple destroyed, and the Jews brought captive to Babylon in 585 BC.
From this period, when the temple was destroyed (2 Kings 25:9), to the complete restoration, 516 BC (Ezra 6:15), is the period of the "seventy years.
Hoshea: Overthrew Pekah; kingdom overthrown by Assyrians under Sargon II, and the people of Israel brought captive to Nineveh, in 722 BC.
biblia.com /jesusbible/kings2.htm   (2069 words)

  
 Ezekiel: Wheel, Bones, and Restoration
Ezekiel was a captive in the land of Babylon.
Ezekiel was older than Daniel and prophesied during the first twenty or twenty-five years of that seventy-year period when Israel was held captive by Babylon.
And he closes this beautiful book with a description of the temple (which, by the way, may ultimately picture the resurrection body which is the new temple for God).
www.pbc.org /dp/stedman/adventure/0226.html   (3518 words)

  
 The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum - Prisoner of Númenor Discussion Thread
He was sacrificed to Melkor in the temple of Armenelos on the coldest afternoon of the winter of 3305.
After the commissioning of a temple in Armenelos Sauron’s cult worship is at its height.
This quality aids in his position of staying hidden among the people in Armenelos and being trusted by those in opposition of the goals and beliefs of the Faithful.
forum.barrowdowns.com /archive/index.php/t-11711   (3518 words)

  
 RESTORING THE TWO HOUSES OF ISRAEL / Chapter 5
From the commandment to restore and rebuild the Temple (Nehemiah 2:1-8, 5:14) which was 444 BCE until the death of the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus was prophesied to be 69 weeks or 483 years.
The Temple (Beit HaMikdash) was destroyed in 586 BCE.
From the first deportation to the beginning of the rebuilding of the Temple (Beit HaMikdash) was 70 years (605 BCE - 536 BCE).
www.hebroots.org /2housesch5.html   (3518 words)

  
 RESTORING THE TWO HOUSES OF ISRAEL / Chapter 5
From the commandment to restore and rebuild the Temple (Nehemiah 2:1-8, 5:14) which was 444 BCE until the death of the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus was prophesied to be 69 weeks or 483 years.
The Temple (Beit HaMikdash) was destroyed in 586 BCE.
From the first deportation to the beginning of the rebuilding of the Temple (Beit HaMikdash) was 70 years (605 BCE - 536 BCE).
www.hebroots.org /2housesch5.html   (3518 words)

  
 Science & Technology
He massacred the men capable of bearing arms, but the children were taken captive, as well as the ministers of the temple, to the number of six thousand.
Muhammad, son of Yahya, says that Mansur, the son of Hatim, the grammarian, a freeman of the family of Khalid, son of Assaid, relates that he had seen the pole broken into fragments which had been placed on the steeple of the temple.
The governor of the town, appointed by Dahir, fled, and the priests of the temple were massacred.
www.infinityfoundation.com /ECITFutuhuframe.htm   (3518 words)

  
 Myanmar Package Tour - Myanmar Odyssey, 20 days
MANUHA TEMPLE: The Manuha Temple was built in 1059 by King Manuha, the King of Thaton, who was brought captive to Bagan by King Anawrahta.
THATON: long before the rise of Bagan, Thaton was an important centre for a Mon kingdom that stretched from the Ayeyarwady River delta to similar deltas in Thailand.
THATON: long before the rise of Bagan Thaton was an important centre for a Mon kingdom that stretched from the Ayeyarwady River delta to similar deltas in Thailand.
www.traveller2000.com /package_tours/myanmar/private_basis/MY-T-01.htm   (3706 words)

  
 Prophecy/Commentary:  WAR AND RELIGION -- HANUKKAH
Oil was hidden before the destruction of the First Temple.
Even before they were taken captive to Babylon, these Prophets knew that
small jug of Holy Oil from the time of the First Temple.
www.hebroots.org /hebrootsarchive/9911/991112_j.html   (3756 words)

  
 History of the Christian Church, Volume I: Apostolic Christianity. A.D. 1-100. (i.VI.38)
The thoughtful Christian, looking at the representation of the temple furniture borne by captive Jews on the triumphal arch of Titus, still standing between the Colosseum and the Forum, is filled with awe at the fulfilment of divine prophecy.
The people were by the five years’ war reduced to extreme poverty, and left without a magistrate (in the Jewish sense), without a temple, without a country.
then undertook the prosecution of the Jewish war, and became the instrument in the hand of God of destroying the holy city and the temple.
www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/hcc1.i.VI.38.html   (3756 words)

  
 The Baldwin Project: The Story of the Persian War by Alfred J. Church
And he put the image in the temple and laid a command upon the men of Delos—for they had by this time come back to their island—that they should carry back the image to the Delian temple of the Thebans.
(This temple stands on the sea shore over against Chalcis.) When he had given these commands Datis departed, but the men of Delos neglected to do as he had said; but twenty years after the Thebans, having been warned by an oracle, fetched it themselves.
When Datis and Artaphernes were come to Asia they took the people of Eretria whom they had carried away captive and brought them up to Susa, to King Darius.
www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=church&book=persian&story=marathon   (3756 words)

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