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Outside the Bahai Center of San Antonio, where prayer services combine Persian, Arabic, English, and Spanish. |
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Outside the Thai Dhammabucha Buddhist Temple, a little bit of Texas pride. |
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Inside the beautiful main prayer hall at Dhammabucha Buddhist Temple. |
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Monk Neil, outside the Dhammabucha Buddhist Temple, a Thai Buddhist Temple in San Antonio. |
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The San Antonio Shambhala Center is located next to The Pig Stand, America's oldest drive-in restaurant. |
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Inside a meditation hall at the San Antonio Shambhala, a Buddhist altar stands beside one honoring the Shambhala path. |
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The newly restored San Fernando Cathedral, the symbolic center of the city of San Antonio. |
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Within the San Fernando Cathedral. |
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In the San Fernando Cathedral, the beautiful 1770 painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of Mexico and the "Mother of the Americas," celebrates the moment when the Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego in Mexico and asked him to build a church in her honor. |
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The Christo Negro at the San Fernando Cathedral, surrounded by letters requesting miracles. |
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An icon in the cathedral. |
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A Spanish-style icon of Christ awaits visitors to the San Fernando Cathedral. |
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A stone in San Fernando Cathedral marks the center of San Antonio. |
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The Islamic Center of San Antonio. |
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The Gurudwara Sikh Center of San Antonio. |
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Inside the Gurudwara Sikh Center of San Antonio, a young Sikh boy watches over the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book, which is kept under a canopy. |
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Harinder Singh, the director of the Sikh Research Institute, speaks in his San Antonio office. The organization works with Sikh groups all over the country to promote education, leadership, human rights, and dialogue. |
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Sikhs gather in the kitchen of the Gurudwara Sikh Center of San Antonio to prepare the massive communal meal. |
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The Sikh congregation gathers together to eat after worship, sitting on the ground to symbolize humility and equality. |
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Sikh children laugh at the communal meal. |
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Community members at the Kala-Aradhana celebration of the San Antonio Hindu Temple on February 21st 2004. |
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Two youth performing at the at the Kala-Aradhana celebration of the San Antonio Hindu Temple on February 21st 2004. |
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Three community members at the 2004 Shivarathri Celebrations of the San Antonio Hindu Temple. |
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One of the deities of the San Antonio Hindu Temple decorated to celebrate the Shivarathri Festival on February 18,2004. |
