Bodhinatha writes that he has been meeting with devotees and supporters of Iraivan today.

The summer heat of Australia was also tempered with cooling clouds and light rain.

Today was Chitra Nakshatra, and we held our pada puja for Gurudeva.

Sadhaka Tejadevanatha is the pujari with Sadhaka Satyanatha assisting.

The many liquid oblations for the abhishekam.

Jai Gurudeva!

Hi-Resolution Images of Gurudeva Now Available!

And today we are happy to announce that a special web site has been prepared with 16 officially approved portraits of Gurudeva for public printing and distribution. Click here and you can choose from among them. Download the large hi-resolution version and give it to your local printer. Or you can just go to the printer, help him log in and download the file for printing. Please send any issues you have with this new site to studyhall@hindu.org

Sadhaka Satyanatha after the puja.

The Ganapati Kulam has nearly completed their re-flooring renovations and this lovely image of Nataraja was dusted off and moved back into place, greeting visitors on arrival at the publications offices.

And, speaking of Lord Nataraja. We have posted two sound files from the Tiruvembavai Festival held here at the Aadheenam. If you would like to listen to the monks chanting in the chamber of the Dancing Lord, download these two MP3 files… The first one is 39 MB… If you want to save them to your computer first, right click on these links:

Tiruvembai Puja, Part I
Tiruvembai Puja, Part II