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Bishop Asaiah comforts one of the sisters of Fountain of the World at a prayer meeting in comemoration of the bombing that killed sect leader Krishna Venta along with nine others, 1958

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Title: Bishop Asaiah comforts one of the sisters of Fountain of the World at a prayer meeting in comemoration of the bombing that killed sect leader Krishna Venta along with nine others, 1958
Date Created and/or Issued: December 11, 1958
1958-12-11
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: A bomb set by two ex-members of the sect destroyed their headquarters in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley.
ALL IS FORGIVEN - Bishop Asaiah, who said the sect asks forgiveness for architect of the searing blast, comforts one of sisters at prayer meeting.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: b367_114115o
ark:/21198/zz001409kh
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Disaster
Bombings--California
Cults--California--Ventura County
Bishops
Prayer
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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