According to Wikipedia, Cao Dai is a relatively modern monotheistic religion, formed as a fusion of beliefs from other eastern and western religions in the city of Tay Ninh, southern Vietnam, in 1926. Cao means "high" and Dai means "dais" (as in a platform or altar raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it). Figuratively, it means that highest spiritual place where God reigns. Adherents engage in ethical practices such as prayer, veneration of ancestors, nonviolence, and vegetarianism with the minimum goal of rejoining God in Heaven and the ultimate goal of freedom from the cycle of birth and death. These are a few photographs from the Cao Dai Temple in Tay Ninh.
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