
A long project to create a new home for a group of Hare Krishna monks driven out of their former temple by an explosion has finally come to an end. The Iskcon Temple in North Evington burned down after an explosion in the building's kitchen nearly six years ago. They have now moved into the former HSBC bank. Two community members, who had become wealthy since moving to Leicester from East Africa in the early 70s, decided they wanted to give something back and bought the building for Iskcon. Iskcon president Pradip Gajjar said: "The Lord blessed them and the city looked after and sheltered them. "They said that if we thought this was the right place for us they would, between them, buy it for us. "It is a beautiful building, architecturally stunning, that carries a lot of heritage."