The Answers Continue

San Francisco City Hall in California, United States.

The Answers to The World

This is one of the many fascinating designs on the roof of the San Francisco City Hall. I named the photo, "The Answers to The World" because this was the initial feeling I got when I lifted my head and saw these amazing designs. These designs were like the answers to the million of questions that the human mind has for so many generations. I simply couldn't take my eyes away. They were like books full of answers to our life, and they are from God.

Our Lady Peace

The Church of the Assumption was built by the Eurasians who followed Captain Francis Light to Penang when he established it as a British trading post. The Eurasians originally living in Ligor and Phuket were facing religious persecution. In 1781, they fled to Kuala Kedah, led by Bishop Arnaud-Antoine Garnault of Siam. In Kuala Kedah, they were joined by another 80 Catholics of Portuguese descent who had made Kuala Kedah their home. Some had come from southern Siam, while others had left Malacca after the Dutch conquest. (Source: http://www.penang-traveltips.com/church-of-the-assumption.htm)

Source of Life

This photo was taken at the Penang Hill in Penang, Malaysia. I think the ant was drinking water.

In Full Spirit

This photo was taken at the Sri Aruloli Thirumurugan Temple. In Indian spiritual philosophy, the human soul is likened to the Lotus - a most beautiful flower that grows in a miry existence but emerges skyward, delicate petals unfurling at the touch of the suns rays, offering its beauty and fragrance to the heavens. The human soul too has to struggle in the watery bog of the material world - through the practice of prayer and meditation and the cultivation of all the divine qualities we can rise above this material condition and be fully conscious of our divinity. (Source: http://www.writespirit.net/)

Sri Aruloli Thirumurugan Temple

Sri Aruloli Thirumurugan, or better known as the Penang Hill Hindu Temple, is one of the oldest Hindu temples in Penang. It started off in the 1800's as a small shrine to the Hindu deity Murugan - the deity associated with Thaipusam - by the Indian sepoys and sedan chair carriers, and is located at a mount within Penang Hill called Gun Hill. A trident, or Murugan Vel, was installed there by the devotees. Over the years, it was enlarged and rebuilt. The present-day incarnation of the Sri Aruloli Thirumurugan is a very ornate Hindu temple in the Dravidian architectural style of South India.

The Dravidian style of constructing Hindu temples calls for four principal parts. The temple proper, or vimana, is the shrine with a tower, a mandapa, or porch, gopurams, or gate towers, and chawadis, or pillar halls. In addition, there would usually be a tank of water for use in sacred rituals or for cleansing. (Source - http://www.penang-traveltips.com/penang-hill-hindu-temple.htm)

Teluk Bahang Dam

The Teluk Bahang Dam is the largest dam on Penang Island. It was built to provide an alternative source of water supply to the Ayer Itam Dam and the Botanic Gardens Waterfall. It is located on the southern part of Teluk Bahang. From its crest, one can enjoy a scenic view of the northern coast of Penang Island. The Teluk Bahang Dam was completed in 1999. The dam has a height of 58.5 meters and a length of 685 meters. The crest is 12 meters thick, allowing for a roadway to be built along it. The Teluk Bahang Dam is often used as the venue for international dragon boat races. (http://www.penang-traveltips.com/teluk-bahang-dam.htm)

A House With Characters

The grain and halo around the building were done on purpose. I wanted to give the structure a glow. This building is the Gerakan Party headquarter in Penang, Malaysia. I love the architecture so much.

Details

This is the Sri Kamatchi Amman Temple in Penang, Malaysia. It is the temple of the Patthar Indian community who are mostly goldsmiths by trade. Sri Kamatchi Amman is actually the name of a Goddess.