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Papua New Guinea’s Acting Prime Minister John Rosso welcome the visiting Vatican Cardinal, Luis Antonio Tagle today in Port Moresby.  Rosso says the PNG Government has worked closely with Catholic Church as a key development partner. PNG Acting PM Rosso welcomes visiting Vatican Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle  The Deputy Prime Minister said the Government is looking forward to advancing more cooperation with the Vatican to address pressing issues discussed through international forums. DPM Rosso said the church continues to provide spiritual needs for people and is crucial for a developing country. PNG’s diplomatic relations with the Vatican were formalized on the 7th of March 1977. Cardinal Tagle will be on his way to Mt Hagen for the consecration of a new cathedral.    NBC News /PNG Today Next :   PNG Air resumes flights to Wapenamanda, Enga Province

It is a 13th century Hoysala era temple gem that is located just a few hours away from Bangalore. It is located in a small village that is associated with one of Indian cricket’s fast bowlers. I am talking about the offbeat Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple that is located in the pretty little laidback village called Javagal, the ancestral village of Indian cricketer Javagal Srinath. This trikuta temple is one of many such lesser known gorgeous temples built during the reign of the Hoysala kingdom. Like most Hoysala era temples, the Lakshmi Narasimha temple at Javagal stands on a jagati (raised platform), beautiful moulding friezes and sculptures on the outer walls and lathe turned pillars, sukanasi and garbha griha on the inside. Where it differs from the other temples is that even though it is home to three shrines, it has only one shikhara. And its outer wall panel sculptures, reliefs and friezes are folkish in character and much different from the other Hoysala temples where the work ...