How close are the local followers of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to building three proposed peace palaces?
Members of the Global Country of World Peace said they are getting closer to their goal of starting a $13 million project building peace palaces in Strongsville, Parma, and Mayfield Heights [in Ohio, USA]. Since losing a court battle this year with Mayfield Heights over the city’s refusal to approve variances to build a peace palace on a commercial development site, the group’s followers revised and submitted another plan. They expect to meet with the city, said Thomas Murach, director of the Maharishi Invincibility Center in Rocky River. Murach said the group hopes to get the green light from the city’s Planning Commission to build a 10,000-square-foot rest and wellness center where they plan to educate people about Vedic principles and transcendental meditation.
