Bishop Asaiah talks with police and reporters outside the ruins of the headquarters of the Fountain of the World religious collective. A. 1958.

Title: Bishop Asaiah talks with police and reporters outside the ruins of the headquarters of the Fountain of the World religious collective. A. 1958.
Date Created: December 11, 1958
Date: 1958-12-11
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Image that accompanies captions in print is 114115j-2
The building was destroyed after a bombing at the house in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley.
Caption: Daily Mirror caption: BISHOP ASAIAH TELLS OF TRAGEDY THAT STRUCK MONASTERY - Taking charge after explosion he said: "Venta will return and be resurrected."
LA Times caption: TELLS TRAGEDY - Bishop Asaiah, in charge after explosion took life of Krishna Venta, spiritual leader of the religious colony, talks with reporters at the site. "Venta will return," he told his followers, "and be resurrected."

Genre: news photographs
Location: Ventura County (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.2513872
Latitude: -118.6503653
Resource type: still image
Subjects: People
Disaster
Police--California--Ventura County
Reporters and reporting--California
Automobiles--United States--1950-1960
Bombings--California.
Cults--California--Ventura County
Bishops
Religion

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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