LOTUS Shrine at Satchidananda Ashram-Yogaville, 2010
Buckingham, Virginia
Photograph by Sherry Van Dyke
Courtesy of Integral Yoga Archives/Satchidananda Ashram-Yogaville
Founded by Swami Satchidananda, Yogaville is an interfaith community that includes the Light Of Truth Universal Shrine (LOTUS), a space that celebrates the unity behind the diversity of religions. Open to the public for prayer and meditation, this shrine uses the universal symbol of light to represent the Divine and houses altars for every major faith, as well as for less well-known religions.