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The district also includes the city of Norwalk where Radha Krishna temple, one of the oldest Hindu temples west of the Mississippi River, is located.

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Two men were killed and three others injured when a car was driven at people outside the temple and before people were attacked with a knife.

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It's reminiscent of a cooking wok or the upswept eaves of a Chinese temple.

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Western adventurers have been turning up in Bali since the early 20th Century, when it was seen as an exotic backwater, home to Hindu temples and rice fields.

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Lincoln, meanwhile, became a kind of civic saint: His memorial in Washington, D.C., looks like a temple, with words from his speeches etched into the walls.

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