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Priest Mary Meyer, center, holds picture of slain Krishna Venta. Flanking her are Bishop Nekona, left, and Bishop Asaiah, who temporarily assumed leadership of Fountain of the World after the leader was killed, 1958

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Title: Priest Mary Meyer, center, holds picture of slain Krishna Venta. Flanking her are Bishop Nekona, left, and Bishop Asaiah, who temporarily assumed leadership of Fountain of the World after the leader was killed, 1958
Date Created and/or Issued: December 12, 1958
1958-12-12
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: Krishna Venta was killed in a bombing of the group's headquarters in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley.
Image that accompanies caption in print is 114115s-2, which was not scanned as of October 17, 2008.
REVEALS RIVALRY - Priest Mary Meyer, center, holds picture of slain Krishna Venta as she tells of intense rivalry between the cult leader and two men who died with him in bombing of monastery. Flanking her are Bishop Nekona, left, and Bishop Asaiah, who temporarily assumed cult's leadership.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: b367_114115s-1
ark:/21198/zz00140b9v
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Disaster
Painting--United States
Bombings--California
Cults--California--Ventura County
Bishops
Religion
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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