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/)