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<p><a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:GenFixes" class="extiw" title="wp:GenFixes">WP:GenFixes</a> on, 3+ incoming mainspace links, removed orphan tag</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{BLP sources|date=July 2011}}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Siva Sri Arumuga Paskarakurukkal&#039;&#039;&#039; is a [[Germany|German]]-based [[Sri Lankan Tamil]] priest and the present pontiff of the [[Sri Kamadchi Ampal Temple]] in [[Hamm]], the second largest [[Hindu]] temple in Europe.<br /> <br /> Paskarakurukkal went to Germany in 1984 fleeing the civil war in [[Sri Lanka]]. In 1989 he started performing [[Puja (Hinduism)|pujas]] in the basement of his flat. In 2000, the works of the present temple started. The building of the temple finished in July 2002 and 3000 Hindus celebrated the opening ceremony.<br /> <br /> ==2012 assault==<br /> Paskarakurukkal was attacked by five masked men in his house in [[Hamm-Uentrop]] on 9 November 2012. He and his family were tied with ropes. He was sprayed with pepper spray and was hit several times. 20 minutes after the robbers, who stole jewellery and money from the family, left the building, Paskarakurukkal&#039;s wife freed herself and called the police. The robbers also destroyed decorations and different sacred items in the nearby temple. There were no arrests.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> *{{cite web | url = http://www.migrationsroute.nrw.de/themen.php?thema_id=29&amp;erinnerungsort=Hamm%20Uentrop | title = Vom Kellerraum zum Tempel | language = German|trans-title=| publisher = Land Nordrhein-Westfalen | accessdate = 2011-07-16}}<br /> *{{cite web | url = http://www.bild.de/news/inland/raubueberfall/maskierte-ueberfallen-deutschen-hindu-priester-27136624.bild.html | title = Maskierte überfallen deutschen Hindu-Priester | language= German |trans-title=| publisher = Axel-Springer Verlag | accessdate = 2012-11-09}}<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Paskarakurukkal, Siva Sri}}<br /> [[Category:German Hindus]]<br /> [[Category:Sri Lankan Tamil priests]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century Hindu religious leaders]]<br /> [[Category:21st-century Hindu religious leaders]]<br /> [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]<br /> [[Category:German people of Sri Lankan Tamil descent]]<br /> [[Category:Living people]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Hindu-bio-stub}}<br /> {{Germany-reli-bio-stub}}</div>

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