Religions and Temples - kaseido/NeoTokyo GitHub Wiki

The Church of the Outer Gods

The Church of Loki/Liesmiths

They focus on performance art: street theater, "happenings," structured alternate reality games. They run popular boffer-larp afternoons for kids every Thursday (Thursday? Why Thursday? ....Oh).

Can be induced to kit up and take on gangs who take themselves too seriously: fashies and the more up-themselves posergangs, primarily.

They get along really well with the devotees of Coyote and Legba, and kind of shelter the handful of Discordians around, well aware of the irony of offering logistical help to chaos-worshippers.

They were their own Sov for a while, till people figured out that putting people who worship a chaos god in charge of paperwork was A Bad Idea.

Jack 5parr0w, Old Dome "Breaker"

Garages of Excellence

Open rehearsal/performance spaces for rockers, sponsored by the Fellowship of Wyld Stallyns. Donate some food for the constant open kitchen, and you can jam as much as you want.

Party On, Dudes. air-guitar blessing upon you

Guanyin Miao

or, the Temple of Guan Yin. Guan Yin is the Chinese pronunciation of Kwannon, or Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, the bodhisattva of mercy and compassion. Worshippers at Guanyin Miao tend to be of East Asian or Southeast Asian heritage, and are adherents of Pure Land Buddhism, who believe in rebirth in the Pure Lands of the West, a spiritual realm that is refuge to those who call out to Avalokitesvara. Guan Yin has long been worshipped by sailors who request protection from the sea, and Guan Yin Miao is therefore a popular spot for sea Nomads who wish some spiritual comfort.

Temples in Koto City and the Myatna-Nyseth Drift Arcology.

Sri Pillaiyar Temple

Originally in the Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid, rebuilt in the Sprawl.

Ganesha is an elephant-headed Hindu deity, worshipped as a remover of obstacles. This beautiful temple to Ganesha was built by Tamil-speaking migrants from southern India, and therefore refers to Ganesha with his Tamil name, Pillaiyar, but it is welcome to all who wish to worship.

Ganesha’s favorite offerings are small, sweet dough balls called laddus, made of gram flour, fat, and sugar. Temple vendors sell them by the bag (€4 per 4oz plastic bag) to take home, or to offer to the god.Ganesha’s favorite offerings are small, sweet dough balls called laddus, made of gram flour, fat, and sugar. Temple vendors sell them by the bag (€4 per 4oz plastic bag) to take home, or to offer to the god.

Due to Ganesha’s title as the Lord of Letters and Learning, and the resident priesthood’s charity lunches, vegetarian food free to all respectful comers, Sri Pillaiyar Temple is also a popular destination for superstitious Shimizu University students during Finals week, and offerings of home-made cookies and energy drinks have also joined the synthflower wreaths, sandalwood paste, and plates of laddus at the altar to Ganesha. Donations of KitKats from any of the neighborhood Vendits are considered appropriate for students.