Many members make the most of their pilgrimage to Gurudeva's Mahasamadhi anniversary by staying on through Skanda Shasti which occurred today with a powerful puja to Lord Muruga (see slideshow). Today many of the devotees had darshan with Bodhinatha before returning to Malaysia tomorrow .

Here we have newly reinstated Saiva Siddhanta Church sishyas Eesan and Rajespari Pasupathi from Malaysia

Himalayan Academy MC Level Two student Anjali Sundaram (Eleni Cannon) from California

Saiva Siddhanta Church longtime sishya Shama Vinayaga from Canada

Saiva Siddhanta Church longtime sishyas Ramesh, Saraswathy and Nandi Devi Sivanathan from Malaysia

Vatshalan and sister Ramai Santhirapala pilgrimaged from London to Kauai for Skanda Shashthi . She is an anesthetist and he is in medical school. They both met Bodhinatha in London when they were younger. Their family Amman temple seems to be the one that Indra Sivayogam took Bodhinatha to visit. Ramai was looking online a couple years ago to learn more about Saivism in English and came across our website. She subscribed to Master Course lessons on email, then got her brother to study too. They have finally realized their dream of visiting Kauai Aadheenam.

Bodhinatha signs their small pocket book editions of the trilogy.

A visit to San Marga

The Hinduism Today team has been having fun creating cartoons. We teamed up with Cyan Jenkins, an artist from Florida, to put some ideas on paper that are closer to our audience. TAKA readers get a sneak preview of the next issue's cartoon. Click on the image to see the final color version.