In fact, Thailand is currently going through a serious epidemic of temple abandonment, a problem Dhammakaya acknowledges and has made efforts to reverse.
Dark-haired but graying at the temples, serious and discreet, Mr. Blake Mora was one of the main managers for an approach that focused on tough rhetoric, and a frontal, military-style assault on organized crime.
This melding of a hip urban hangout, temple to serious cinema and family playground helps bridge the gap between art and popular culture, said Franz Rodenkirchen, a German artist in residence at the Netherlands Film Academy.
The action appeared to be a serious attack from a temple known more for cheeky antics in lambasting religious hypocrisy and sanctimony.
Now, he believes the ancient temples are in serious peril.
The doctors had pronounced him cured of that melanoma, but it is too soon to know how serious the new one on his temple will be.
The theft of Buddhist treasures has become a serious problem in Mongolian museums and temples, with objects often ending up in the hands of foreign art dealers.
Slightly predictable, too, that three of the season's most promising debut novels come from Indian-born authors: Aatish Taseer's The Temple-goers (Viking, March), Manu Joseph's Serious Men (John Murray, June) and Neel Mukherjee's A Life Apart (Constable, January).
Make the wrong choices, and temples which have lasted a millennium may be in serious trouble.
On 11 August 1893, a serious communal riot took place between the Hindus and Muslims, when a Shiva temple was attacked by Muslims in Bombay.
