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Bodhinatha Stops Over in Malaysia

Bodhinatha and Shanmuganathaswami arrived home safe and sound yesterday after a dynamic trip to Mauritius. On the way home they had a brief stay over in Kuala Lumpur. Thilagarani Valluvan writes:

“Here is Bodhinatha coming off the plane in the Aerotrain. He is beaming with a smile of Love and Perfection.”

Shanmuganathaswami waits for the luggage.

Buggy off to Pan Pacific Hotel.

After the morning arrival from Mauritius, my family hosted breakfast for Bodhinatha and Swami at the KLIA Pan Pacific Hotel.

Sitting from the left Shanmuganathswami, myself (Thilagarani), Kulamatha Silvaraju, Kayshana, Valluvan (my husband) , Bodhinatha, Rishipathi Appasamy

Wedding Shower for Venita Katir in California

A wedding shower was held for Venita Katir on the 13th of April at Devi Param’s residence. Here she receives a beautiful shawl.

Everyone who came to the shower.

Quilting in California

At another women’s gathering in California, our ladies gathered at Savitri Palani’s residence to give a surprise gift for Indivar Sivanathan. What could it be?.

It is a beautiful quilt that was embroidered and made by the ladies. It is full of our energy and love.

The quilt consist of Saivite symbols and we are all happy that it turned out very well.

Silpis In Malaysia

Previously three of the silpis who finished up their tour of duty on Kauai stopped over in KL on their way back to India and we hosted them for some sightseeing. Here we are in Putrajaya. In the back is the Putrajaya International Convention Center. On the right is my son Kayshana and husband Valluvan

The hotel where the silpis stayed

Beautiful views of Putrajaya area for our silpis.

Magic of Tropical Plant Worlds

The path outside our media lab looks like something from the Balinese artwork for Gurudeva’s Lemurian Scrolls book.

The mango tree there is huge, majestic and host to numerous other life forms.

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami at Spiritual Park- Mauritius

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami under a big banyan tree at the Spiritual Park on Sunday, just on the upper bank of the Rempart river merging into the sea. We bring you before Bodhinatha's visit at the Spiritual Park, a few photos of meeting at Gold Crest Conference Hall on the eve.

The main topic of the meeting was on Estate Planning.

Kulapati Manon Mardemootoo coordinated that event inviting those present to give some serious thoughts about estate planning strategies.

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami was invited to address the audience.

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami introduced the topic talking about how planetary cycles influence events, a deep mystical insight about planning projects ahead.

The group listened attentively…

The meeting ended with a few questions from the participant.

The next day, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami was at the Spiritual Park of Mauritius early morning. A few sishyas were there to greet the Guru.

Worshipping at the Narmada Sivalingum….

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami and Shunmugathaswami.

Next at the small Ganesha shrine.

Usually this place is packed wit devotees bringing offerings on Ganesha Homa days..Today it's all quiet around.

A walk over the Park…

It had been a rainy week, however, the weather was unusually fine on that Sunday.

Going down the Muruga Mandapam

The kulapaties talking to Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami about the parking situation at the Park.. We shall be posting more photos of this visit tomorrow. Stay in tune with TAKA. Aum.

Monks are pouring more concrete on the temple roof

The monks of the Siddhidata Kulam along with Maruthu and Potriyan from Malaysia are placing more concrete on the Iraivan Temple roof. Only four yards of concrete will be required for this job. It was decided that they could mix it by hand and carry it in buckets.

Using the forklift they lift the buckets of concrete to the roof.

Then carry the buckets across the roof.

Durvasa Alahan, on the left, has joined the team to perform some karma yoga.

Near Durvasa's right hand is a hole drilled through the stone on the edge of the roof. Rainwater should run through the hole and through the crocodile shaped rain spout. This new layer of concrete, which will be poured along the entire length of the roof, will allow the rainwater to drain correctly.

Tour day, April 15th, 2009

Guests gather at the entrance on Kaholalele Road before the 9:00 am tour.

Nearly 85 visitors walked through the gardens our to Iraivan Temple observing breath taking beauty and learning more about the oldest religion on the planet.

Kanan works on the hand rail.

Hugging trees and gathering rudraksha fruit are favorite activities on the tour day.

Kanan passes around the tools for carving granite including coal drawing pencils and a variety of chisels.

This return guest shared that he comes to the temple every year fifteen years. Here he tries his hand at carving

Visitors are in awe of all the varieties of plants and their beauty found throughout the botanical gardens.

An usual flower to behold, the Venezuelan Rose is in bloom.

A young Hindu couple visiting from San Jose, CA. Vin and Ashwini Addala were born in India, but grew up in CA. He is a software engineer for Apple and she is a kindergarten teacher.

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