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4 days agoBay Area Buddhist temple hit by second major fire
A large fire heavily damaged the two-story Chua Duyen Giac Buddhist temple in east San Jose early Monday morning; no occupants or injuries were reported.
A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation. Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a Buddhist temple in the province of Nonthaburi on the outskirts of Bangkok , posted a video on its Facebook page, showing a woman lying in a white coffin in the back of a pick-up truck, slightly moving her arms and head, leaving temple staff bewildered.