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Namaste and Aloha!
Our travels in March first reached toward Asia where we presented the second in our series of half-day seminars on our book What Is Hinduism? in Singapore and Malaysia. The presentation contained sections on a topic Gurudeva felt was vital for Hindus to understand: Hinduism's four denominations--Saivism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism and Smartism. We also presented some of Gurudeva's mystical insights into the inner workings of the temple. Our local Iraivan fund raising team was active at the event signing up sponsors for the temple floor. We also journeyed to Arkansas at the invitation of the Hindu Students' Council at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Speaking from the Hindu point of view at an evening gathering on interreligious harmony, I stressed the benefits of participating in interfaith dialogue in one's local community, a practice Gurudeva regularly encouraged Hindu groups to adopt. We are grateful to our global family of temple builders for your most generous support. General contributions for March totalled $48,804.60.
Om Namasivaya,
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Iraivan's Fund Raising Team
During Bodhinatha's March 2008 visit to Malaysia, he met with the team who are raising funds for Iraivan's 776 red granite floor stones. They meet monthly to promote awareness of the temple and visit potential donors. Sponsors give cash or a monthly credit card donation. The goal is to raise RM 2,407,000 ($765,000). Shown on the opposite page are eight of the team.
Bodhinatha in Singapore and Malaysia
On the weekend of March 15 and 16 Bodhinatha presented session #2 of his popular "What Is Hinduism?" seminar to 100 attendees in Singapore and 400 in Malaysia. Good questions were put forward by both groups, and many books were sold and autographed by Bodhinatha. During the visit, Bodhinatha and Shanmuganathaswami finalized plans for a new distribution center in Kuala Lumpur for Gurudeva's books.
Iraivan Temple
The silpi stone masons are doing the final touch up on the jointing of the sunshade, snake course and upagrivam stones on the western roof of the temple. Massive scaffolding was erected at the temple entrance by the monastery's Siddhidatta Kulam to enable the silpis to work on the sunshade below the rajagopuram, which is the entry tower. Shipping containers in Bangalore have been loaded with the final jalakam, the giant cobra, four stone chains, hundreds of flooring pavers and the ornate black stone namaskara mandapam, the floor's centerpiece. These stones will soon reach Kauai.
Hindu-Muslim Forum
On March 28, Bodhinatha and Senthilnathaswami visited the University of Arkansas at the invitation of Jiger Patel, president of the Hindu Students Council, to participate in the "MILAAP Banquet: A Dialogue for Interreligious Friendship" put on by the Muslim and Hindu student groups at the university. Bodhinatha and a respected Muslim attorney, Azam Nizamuddin, spoke to an audience of about 150 on the relationship of Hindus and Muslims to people of other faiths, and fielded questions from the group. Mr. Dan Coody, the honorable mayor of Fayetteville, was there to warmly welcome the two speakers. In his talk, Bodhinatha encouraged moderate voices to come forward more aggressively to counterbalance extreme voices that advocate intolerance and violence. He spoke of the importance of intra-religious harmony as a prerequisite for inter-religious harmony, the success of interfaith dialogues around the world, the importance of dispelling misconceptions about our religions so that others may understand them correctly, the failures of the we-they perspective and the significance of developing a prejudice-free consciousness in young people. Bodhinatha also visited the Hindu community of Northwest Arkansas, which is some 250 families strong. He answered questions from the Balvihar youth and gave a talk to the adult members of the community. Bodhinatha was taken to the top of a hill on an 18-acre parcel outside of town where they plan to build a temple. It offers a beautiful view of the surrounding rural area of rolling hills, horse ranches and gravel roads. Bodhinatha was invited to meet Geshe Thupten Dorjee, a Tibetan monk and professor of philosophy and Buddhism at the university. The philosophical conversation was engaging and meaningful for all present, including Dr. Sidney Burris, dean of religious studies at the University of Arkansas. Both men are interested in having a Hindu professor at the university.
Shum--Gurudeva's Mystical Language
Imagine having a language that helps you meditate. That's what the Shum (pronounced shoom) language does. Gurudeva discovered it during a series of deep meditations in Switzerland in 1968. He was trying to find the words to describe what he called "refined states of experience deep within the inner realms of pure consciousness, just before one merges into the Self and after one comes out of that state." He explained, "I thought, this is going to be so difficult for beginning students to understand. There are no words in the English language for what I wish to portray. Unless my students have had deep experiences themselves, it will be difficult for them to believe in the reality of the inner man, simply because there are not enough words to describe it. The feeling began to come that what was really needed was another language, a new, fresh language, one giving me a vocabulary that we could use to accurately describe inner states of consciousness." To make a long and very interesting story short, Gurudeva did find a fresh, new language to help us understand. And, using Shum, he delineated twelve meditation "maps," one for each month of the year. These maps are carved into the pillars surrounding the inner sanctum of Iraivan Temple. Recently, Bodhinatha made these meditations available to everyone in a new booklet titled Twelve Shum Meditations: Basic Maps of the Inner Mind.
To order the book, visit: www.minimela.com
You can hear Bodhinatha reading Gurudeva's story of the origins of Shum at: www.himalayanacademy.com/audio/bodhinatha-gurudeva-shum
Resources for Teaching Hinduism to Children
The Saivite Hindu Religion illustrated children's course was conceived by Gurudeva during a visit to Fiji in the 1990s. The Hindus there complained that they had no teaching material for conveying religion to their children. Gurudeva then asked his monks to develop a six-book course as an authentic resource for parents and teachers seeking to educate children in Hindu beliefs, ethics, culture and customs. Bodhinatha has continued the development, and there are now four completed books of 35 lessons, each in four languages: English, Tamil, French and Malay. Book One is for ages 5 to 7; Book Two is for ages 6 to 8; Book Three is for ages 7 to 9 and Book Four is for ages 8 to 10. Books Five and Six are still being developed. Subjects include God and Gods, saints and sages, our soul, temple worship, right conduct, karma, dharma and reincarnation. The "why" of each belief and practice is explained, giving children unique insight into their religion. Shown below are sample pages from Book Two (left) and Book Four (right). The first three books contain short lessons, each with an illustration that young children can color; the fourth book contains more complex lessons with color photos. The books can be purchased in printed form at www.minimela.com or downloaded as free PDF files at /www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/children/SaivaHR_course/.
Each Saivite is unique in his or her quest, yet all seek the same things in life: to be happy and secure, loved and appreciated, creative and useful. Saivism has an established culture which fulfills these essential human wants and helps us understand the world and our place in it. To all devotees it gives guidance in the qualities of character so necessary in spiritual life: patience, compassion, broadmindedness, humility, industriousness and devotion. Saivism centers around the home and the temple. Monastic life is its core and its power. Family life is strong and precious. Saivism possesses a wealth of art and architecture, traditions of music, art, drama and dance, and a treasury of philosophy and scholarship. Saivite temples provide worship services daily. Scriptures give ethical guidelines. Satgurus offer advanced spiritual initiation. These three--temples, scriptures and satgurus--are our pillars of faith. Aum Namah Sivaya.
Planned Giving Guidance
Pooled Income Fund: a No-Fuss Trust that Provides
A Simple Way to Earn Income with Tax Benefits
Who wouldn't want to be able to sell stock without paying capital gains tax, get a generous income tax deduction, be paid income for life and help a good cause, such as Hindu Heritage Endowment's Iraivan Temple Fund?
The trouble is, these advantages often come wrapped in a complicated package called a charitable remainder trust. The minimum gift is usually about $250,000. The donor must hire an attorney to draft and fine-tune the document, and then select a financial institution to manage it.
There is another, simpler way. Hindu Heritage Endowment's (HHE) Pooled Income Fund offers many of the same advantages of a charitable remainder trust, without the fuss or high initial gift requirement.
For example, an HHE donor, aged 70, has stock worth $10,000 that she bought years ago for $5,000. She opens an account in HHE's Pooled Income Fund. The Fund sells the stock, free of capital gains tax, invests the $10,000 and pays her income for life. She saves $1,200 in taxes by bypassing her $5,000 gain and also receives a $6,500 charitable income tax deduction.
Charitable Pooled Income Funds were approved by the US Congress in 1969, when legislators noticed that the well-to-do were enjoying the tax and income benefits of charitable remainder trusts, but people of lesser means could not do the same. It seemed unfair.
The Pooled Income Fund is to charitable remainder trusts what mutual funds are to individually managed portfolios.
Opening a pooled income fund account is about as simple as opening a savings account, and the donor may add to it at any time. However, donors should remember some important differences:
- Gifts to pooled income funds are irrevocable. That's why the donor receives an income tax deduction and escapes capital gains tax. What's left in the fund will inevitably go to the HHE fund at the income beneficiary's death.
- The income paid by pooled income funds fluctuates. When interest rates are low, fund payments are usually low. But when interest rates rise, payments reflect that, too, giving the donor a hedge against inflation.
- Because pooled income funds do not invade principal to make payments, the gift that passes to HHE is usually about the same as the face value of the original gift. Some donors like knowing that if they contribute $10,000 to the Fund, it is going to get about that amount.
- Donors should not think of pooled income funds as investments. They aren't called "charitable" for nothing. But they can be smart ways for donors in uncertain economic times to make a larger gift to HHE than they thought possible. They get income and tax benefits now. HHE gets what remains in their account later.
Because of their simplicity of set-up, low initial gift ($1,000 is HHE's minimum) and their charitable-trust-like tax and income benefits, pooled income funds are sometimes called "the no-fuss trust." To those interested, HHE can provide an estimate of income tax deduction and financial benefits from the Fund. Minimum age of beneficiaries may apply. Joint beneficiaries, typically a husband and wife, receive income, with the survivor continuing to receive the full payment.
With gifts of real estate, and in cases that require a tailored approach, charitable remainder trusts work better than pooled income funds, and HHE can provide information on their advantages.
For additional information contact Shan muga natha swami at 808-822-3012, ext. 244 or e-mail hhe@hindu.org. To learn more about planned giving options to provide immediate tax and income benefits to you and your family, while also providing a future gift to the Temple, please visit www.hheonline.org.For information on establishing a fund at HHE, contact Shanmuganathaswami at 808-822-3012 ext 244 or email hhe@hindu.org.
To learn more about planned giving options to provide immediate tax and income benefits to you and your family, while also providing a future gift to the temple, please visit the planned giving section at http://www.hheonline.org.
Two special items you can sponsor
Polished kumbhas (ornate granite vases) for second prakaram wall.
Sponsorship: US$500 each
(33 pieces still available for sponsorship)
Titanium plates around the temple etched with sacred verses (from Vedas, Agamas, etc.) and the story of the temple's founding and construction.
Sponsorship: US$2,000 each
One-time payment of US$2,000
Ten monthly payments of US$200
(46 pieces still available for sponsorship)
Many Thanks to Our March Donors
From 13 Countries
SUMMARY
For the seven month period from September 2007 through March 2008, our minimum cumulative goal was $364,000. Excluding contributions directed toward special expenses, we received actual contributions of $420,455.68.
| AUSTRALIA | |
| Jennifer Jespersen | US$15.00 |
| Karthigesu Family | 100.00 |
| Janakan Krishnarajah | 101.00 |
| Suraby Kumar | 31.54 |
| Murali Mahendran | 100.00 |
| Darmaguhan and Shivali Satgunasingam | 100.00 |
| Ganga Sivanathan | 108.00 |
| Anonymous | 150.00 |
| CANADA | |
| Indrani Arumugam | 25.00 |
| Bill Brown | 33.00 |
| Jnanideva Cevvel | 1,200.00 |
| R. Janakiraman | 51.00 |
| N. Jegatheesan | 47.84 |
| M. and S. Kathirgamanathan | 51.00 |
| Sivapatham Markandu | 101.00 |
| Jai Murugan | 101.30 |
| Thevarajah Nagarajah | 46.90 |
| Lea and Krishna Nankissoor | 101.30 |
| Shobhna Devi Pahalad | 50.00 |
| Wadivellu, Govindamma and Andrew Reddy | 401.00 |
| Thiru Satkunendran | 200.00 |
| Asha Sehgal | 51.00 |
| Dharmalingam and Mangai Selvarajah | 49.50 |
| Manickam Senthivel | 50.00 |
| Reena Singh | 30.00 |
| Sara K. Sivasurier | 115.38 |
| Seetha Subramaniam | 93.80 |
| Shanthi Thamilvaanan | 25.00 |
| HONG KONG | |
| Anonymous | 100.00 |
| INDIA | |
| Lakshmanan Nellaiappan | 10.00 |
| Maragatham Nellaiappan | 10.00 |
| Jiva Rajasankara | 326.00 |
| Kanmani Rajasankara | 10.00 |
| Senthilathiban Rajasankara | 10.00 |
| Thuraisingam Rajasankara | 10.00 |
| MALAYSIA | |
| Mariappan Mudaliar Aianarappan | 6.27 |
| Ariamalar Anbalagar | 15.78 |
| Arulnageswaran Aruleswaran | 253.81 |
| Arulmani Devi Arumugam | 177.05 |
| M. Balakrishnan | 35.00 |
| Yoganandan Balakrishnan | 654.00 |
| T. Balasingam | 6.31 |
| Veerasamy Batumallah | 47.33 |
| Ravichandran Ceyon | 20.00 |
| Aravindraj Chandrasekaran | 15.00 |
| Gunasegaran Chitravelloo | 15.67 |
| Maruthu Pandian Darmalingam | 516.13 |
| R. Darmalingam | 100.73 |
| Sasikumar Darmalingam | 15.78 |
| Umaiyal Devasegayam | 15.78 |
| Chandra Ganth | 31.54 |
| Murugan Gurukkal | 31.54 |
| R. Jayakumar-Bhavani and Family | 31.54 |
| Jayna Jayaprasad | 31.54 |
| Dinesh Kumar Jayaram | 12.54 |
| Sellamah Jothiswarar | 5.00 |
| Selvarajah K.S Pillay | 15.78 |
| Kanthaiah Kallidason | 16.00 |
| Anbu Kandasamy | 13.60 |
| S. Kandasamy | 6.31 |
| Valiammah Kandasamy | 15.78 |
| Nagulendran Kangayatkarasu | 32.00 |
| Paramasevam Kanniappan | 15.78 |
| Yeshwanth and Yoshwanth Kantan | 15.78 |
| Sathwanth Kaur | 37.28 |
| Vasudevan Krishnan | 31.54 |
| Mohan Kumar and Family | 28.20 |
| Chandran Kumarasamy | 30.00 |
| Rengammah Kuppan | 15.78 |
| Appasamy Kuppusamy | 22.04 |
| Kumutha and Jerry Lai | 15.78 |
| Sivachelvi Malarkodi | 20.00 |
| Mangaiarkarasu | 15.78 |
| Tejesswaran Manimaran | 6.21 |
| Malaysia Mission | 72.00 |
| Silvarajoo Muniandy | 15.00 |
| Vimala Muniandy | 16.00 |
| AL Murugappan Family | 31.54 |
| Gowri Nadason | 279.71 |
| Kamalaharan Nadason | 31.54 |
| M. Suranthiran Naidu | 63.10 |
| Madhu Narayanan | 14.00 |
| Nirmaliswari | 40.00 |
| A. Paranthaman | 6.27 |
| Jayaram Rajaletchumi | 12.54 |
| Jayanayagi Rajaratnam | 4.73 |
| Mogan Raju | 59.00 |
| Kanesh Ramanathan | 5.00 |
| Kaliappan Ramasamy | 25.00 |
| Mogan Ramasamy | 20.00 |
| R. Ravichandran | 32.00 |
| A. Sathetchetthananthasivam | 63.10 |
| Sharavanan Selvadurai | 100.00 |
| Adi Seyon | 36.27 |
| Shanmugam | 31.54 |
| Ambikabathi Shanmugam Pillay | 47.33 |
| M. Shanmuganathan | 31.05 |
| R. Shanmuganathan and Family | 84.61 |
| Indrani Shanmugasundram | 6.27 |
| Kulamani (Roselia) Simon | 50.00 |
| Balbir Singh | 30.00 |
| Kailasam Sinnathamby | 60.00 |
| Bala Sivaceyon | 34.21 |
| Pathma Sivalingam | 15.78 |
| Nandi Devi Sivanathan | 15.78 |
| Ramesh Sivanathan | 15.38 |
| Ananda Sivanesan | 18.64 |
| Niranjana Sivanesan | 6.21 |
| P. Sivapackiam | 100.73 |
| Sivasekaran | 31.54 |
| A. Sockalingam | 43.34 |
| Niranjana Sockanathan | 15.78 |
| Krishnamah Somu Naidu | 10.00 |
| P. Subammah | 100.00 |
| G. Subramaniam | 37.28 |
| Raja Rao Subramaniam | 31.54 |
| Selvadurai Subramaniam | 63.10 |
| Suresh Subramaniam | 15.78 |
| R. Thangavelu | 6.27 |
| A. Thinathayalan | 15.78 |
| Durgeswari Thinathayalan | 11.80 |
| Selvanayagi Thuraisingam | 15.78 |
| P. Utharawathy | 15.78 |
| K. Vasudevan | 820.31 |
| Ravind Vasudevan | 315.50 |
| Ghandi Veeran | 15.78 |
| Mohan Veeriah | 32.00 |
| S. Vijayalaxshmi | 15.78 |
| S. Vijayan | 20.00 |
| MAURITIUS | |
| Soondiren Arnasalon | 9.86 |
| Paramaseeven Canagasaby | 19.72 |
| Rohit Tirthadeva Jogessur | 3.94 |
| Egilen Koothan | 39.57 |
| Mooneenagen Koothan | 15.83 |
| Poospawadee Koothan | 7.91 |
| Sooreshen Koothan | 23.74 |
| Amravadee Kownden | 197.20 |
| Vel Mahalingum | 11.83 |
| Manogaran Mardemootoo | 109.53 |
| Jogendra Moorghen | 3.97 |
| Jayaluxmee Mooroogen | 7.91 |
| Vishwanaden Moorooven | 35.50 |
| Bijamati Pareatumbee | 5.92 |
| Padmini Pareatumbee | 5.92 |
| Dayalen Renghen | 5.92 |
| Ezilveylen Renghen | 5.92 |
| Jagadissen Renghen | 5.92 |
| Madhevi Renghen | 5.92 |
| Siven Renghen | 5.92 |
| Varden Renghen | 5.92 |
| Vega Renghen | 5.92 |
| Kannen Valaydon | 15.83 |
| Eassen Subramanian Valayten | 3.94 |
| Saroja Valayten | 3.94 |
| Toshadeva Valayten | 1.97 |
| Ulasa Valayten | 1.97 |
| Indrany Veerasamy | 11.83 |
| NETHERLANDS | |
| Prekash and Sabita Baladien | 40.00 |
| Puvaneswary Roberts | 175.00 |
| NEW ZEALAND | |
| R. Arasaratnam | 40.00 |
| Sundaramahesan and Kala Jeyakumar | 108.00 |
| Satheesan Kanagaratnam | 40.00 |
| Mangai Kanapathipillai | 80.00 |
| Pathma Murugasu | 80.00 |
| Bhuvaneshwari Ratnasabapathy | 40.00 |
| Yogini Ratnasabapathy | 80.00 |
| Y. Tyagaraja | 80.00 |
| NORWAY | |
| Anil Ananda Badhwar | 5.00 |
| Anuradha Badhwar | 5.00 |
| PARAGUAY | |
| Javier Morga | 11.00 |
| SINGAPORE | |
| Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple | 178.59 |
| Kamala Devi Kandasamy | 30.00 |
| Sakuntalai Krishnan | 276.92 |
| Singapore Mission | 35.72 |
| Asoghan Nataraja | 13.85 |
| Suselah Periasamy | 477.68 |
| Kasturi Raman | 13.85 |
| P. Raman | 138.46 |
| Shamala Raman | 13.85 |
| Rathana | 100.00 |
| UKRAINE | |
| Chandra Shekharan | 5.00 |
| USA | |
| The Hansmukh and Pratima Patel Family Fund | 500.00 |
| Vijaydev Mistry Foundation | 1,001.00 |
| Anonymous | 6,039.47 |
| Book Buyers | 108.00 |
| Hotranatha and Punita Ajaya | 25.00 |
| Alagappan and Saroja Alagappan | 101.00 |
| Adi and Asha Alahan | 25.00 |
| Kanda Alahan | 201.00 |
| Rajadeva Alahan | 51.00 |
| Vel and Valli Alahan | 25.00 |
| Yohini Alvappillai | 51.00 |
| Nanda Ambore | 101.00 |
| Syam and Shanthi Aribindi | 167.00 |
| Ram Arora | 51.00 |
| Bryan Bailey | 15.00 |
| Dushyant Balasubramaniam | 50.00 |
| N. Balasubramanian | 2,000.00 |
| Somnath Bannerjee | 30.00 |
| Sergio Baroni | 20.00 |
| Kamal Kishore Behal | 108.00 |
| Rama Berch | 11.00 |
| Radhakrishnamurthy Bhandaru | 101.00 |
| T. N. Bhargava | 51.00 |
| Preston and Suma Canzius | 100.00 |
| Marlene Carter | 54.00 |
| Kaika and Nilufer Clubwala | 101.00 |
| Brian P. Cooke | 50.00 |
| Shyamadeva and Peshanidevi Dandapani | 301.00 |
| Chellappa and Banu Devi Deva | 51.00 |
| Amarnath and Latha Devarmanai | 101.00 |
| Anonymous | 108.00 |
| Suketu Gandhi | 101.00 |
| Ishwarlal Ghutadaria | 225.00 |
| Chaturbhuj N. Gidwani | 40.00 |
| Rajendra Giri | 76.00 |
| "In honor of Jeff Weiske" | 100.00 |
| J. Fleisher and M. Glaub | 25.00 |
| Ariaratnam Gobikrishna | 500.00 |
| Kelli and John Gott | 50.00 |
| Toshadeva and Kamala Guhan | 36.00 |
| Ravi Gutala | 100.00 |
| Edwin Hawk | 300.00 |
| Kathryn L. Haynes | 50.00 |
| Kareen Persad Henriksen | 25.00 |
| Vijay and Malliga Janakiraman | 51.00 |
| Sarasavani Jayaram | 101.00 |
| Cynthia Johnson | 26.00 |
| Victoria Lynne Johnson | 11.00 |
| Rishyur and Chandrika Jothi Iyer | 10.00 |
| K.N. Shivaram and Kiram Shivaram Kalugotla | 188.00 |
| Bhramaramba Kanthamneni | 251.00 |
| Srinivas and Shanthi Karri | 80.00 |
| M. Sandhya King | 15.00 |
| Joel Knepp and Lynda McClanahan | 500.00 |
| Dora Kovacs and Rudy Tanzi | 333.00 |
| Andrzej Kraja | 101.00 |
| Shrawan Krishna | 51.00 |
| Kalpana and Muralikumar Krishnamurthi | 101.00 |
| Rajagopal Krishnan | 108.00 |
| P. and Rani Krishnaraj | 250.00 |
| Amirtha Krishnarajah | 698.00 |
| Sevanti Kumaran | 108.00 |
| Gail La Mar | 108.00 |
| Gerard and Zhena Linsmeier | 108.00 |
| Sara Lu | 35.00 |
| Rohan Malkhare | 50.00 |
| Shankar and Sri Mallampalli | 250.00 |
| Murli and Preeti Manghnani | 101.00 |
| Rajkumar Manickam | 78.00 |
| Salil Marfatia | 101.00 |
| Devi Marks | 101.00 |
| Robert Middleton and Saroj Sharma | 25.00 |
| Naren and Suchitra Miriyala | 108.00 |
| Golden Gate Mission | 2,149.18 |
| Wailua Mission | 1,494.00 |
| Suhasini Mistry | 101.00 |
| Deepak Mohan | 11.00 |
| Dayavati Murugan | 108.00 |
| Vickneswaren Murugesu | 50.00 |
| Raman and Nanda Muthusamy | 101.00 |
| Nitya and Becky Nadesan | 282.00 |
| Sadhunathan and Dhanya Nadesan | 200.00 |
| Shobha and Nagabhushan | 25.00 |
| Sandhya Nagubadi | 20.00 |
| Murugasu Nagul | 101.00 |
| Manish M. Naidu | 11.11 |
| Shan Nanthakumar | 3,500.00 |
| Ram and Geeta Narayan | 21.00 |
| V. Narayanan | 101.00 |
| Kumar and Sharon Natarajan | 125.00 |
| T. Raj and Santhi Natarajan | 101.00 |
| Sanjaya K. Nath | 11.00 |
| Harihara Nemmara | 21.00 |
| David Orstrom | 51.00 |
| Gurudas Pai | 152.00 |
| Satya and Savitri Palani | 54.00 |
| Harshad Panchal | 51.00 |
| Raj Panchal | 5.00 |
| Pankayatselvan Family | 25.00 |
| Easvan and Devi Param | 101.00 |
| Janaka and Bhavani Param | 265.00 |
| Jothi and Deepa Param | 21.00 |
| Raj and Anila Parikh | 101.00 |
| Sridhar Parthasarathy | 20.00 |
| Hansa R. Patel | 501.00 |
| Himesh and Ramanlal Patel | 180.00 |
| Jyotish Patel | 501.00 |
| Kirtish Patel | 51.00 |
| Maganlal Patel | 101.00 |
| Mrunal Patel | 101.00 |
| Navin and Kundan Patel | 25.00 |
| Tara and Arvind Patel | 20.00 |
| Gopal and Meena Pathikonda | 101.00 |
| Patrick Michael Patton | 101.00 |
| Arvind and Dipali Phukan | 35.00 |
| Neal and Sharon and Saphira Prakasu | 101.00 |
| Arcot and Kamala Premkumar | 101.00 |
| Devindran Rajakrishna | 25.00 |
| Deva and Gayatri Rajan | 1,001.00 |
| K.S. and Sheela Rajan | 101.00 |
| K.V. and Shyamala Rajan | 30.00 |
| Arvind Ramakrishnan | 21.00 |
| Venkat Ramakrishnan | 50.00 |
| Rajesh and Yatra Raman | 21.00 |
| Kasi and Vidya Ramanathan | 101.00 |
| Partab and Chandra Ramsinghani | 162.00 |
| Shaker Ramteerath | 41.00 |
| Umamaheswara Rao | 101.00 |
| Dwaraknath Reddy | 116.00 |
| Satya Reddy | 51.00 |
| Loren G. and Tracy Roach | 20.00 |
| Alex Ruberto | 191.00 |
| Cliff Runge | 50.00 |
| Chamundi Sabanathan | 140.00 |
| Rajkumar Sabbu | 100.00 |
| Vijay N. Samant | 100.00 |
| Aran Sambandar | 54.00 |
| Bhavani V. Sankar | 101.00 |
| Bhuvandevan Murugan | 10.00 |
| Irene Scott | 51.00 |
| Deoranie Trisha Seebaran | 25.00 |
| Gnana and Karuna Segaram | 25.00 |
| Aran Sendan | 50.00 |
| Nathan and Miravadi Sendan | 216.00 |
| Deva and Amala Seyon | 101.00 |
| Jnanideva Shanmuga | 51.00 |
| Damara Shanmugan | 30.00 |
| Nalayini Shanmugarajah | 200.00 |
| Sivakami Shanmugasundaram | 111.00 |
| Vir Singh | 201.00 |
| Pranavan Sinmayanandan | 25.00 |
| Daya Sivadas | 72.00 |
| Iraja and Nilani Sivadas | 108.00 |
| Dharshi and Sivasothy Sivakumar | 150.00 |
| Dasa Sivam | 30.00 |
| Jnana Sivananda | 100.00 |
| Skantha and Karthiga Skanthakumar | 251.00 |
| Dasan and Shakti Mahadevan | 108.00 |
| Rampersad Soomai | 45.00 |
| Sharda and Arjun Soorya | 101.00 |
| Robert Sorrells | 108.00 |
| Subramaniam Srikumaran | 108.00 |
| Selva G. Subramaniam | 25.00 |
| Asokan Subramanian | 300.00 |
| Anthan Sunder | 50.00 |
| Luxman and Sarmela Sunder | 501.00 |
| Suntheram Family Trust Fund | 237.98 |
| Pamela Swenson | 50.00 |
| Devi Tandavan | 275.86 |
| Asan Tejwani | 18.00 |
| Sivam U. Thillaikanthan | 52.00 |
| Reid and Pamela Tippets | 21.00 |
| Rashmi Tomur | 25.00 |
| Sury Tumuluri | 50.00 |
| Hilly Van Oest | 50.00 |
| Vayudeva Varadan | 51.00 |
| Sriram Krishnaswami and Praveena Varadarajan | 251.00 |
| Rajagopal Venkatraman | 20.00 |
| Glenn Vickery | 50.00 |
| Satya and Nirmala Vij | 21.00 |
| Krithika and Mahesh Viswanathan | 25.00 |
| Salvatore Vito | 100.00 |
| Mary Sophia Webster | 200.00 |
| Dushyanthan and Krishni Wignarajah | 108.00 |
| K.D. and A.D. Williams | 108.36 |
| Wallace B. Williams | 44.44 |
| Thomas Yarema | 100.00 |
| Gopal and Sathya Yeturu | 261.00 |
| Michael Zimmermann | 5.00 |
| Silas H. Zirkle and Tama Green | 125.00 |
| Total Building Fund | $48,804.60 |
| Iraivan Temple Endowment | |
| Anonymous | 511.50 |
| Roger and Rosemary Brown | 40.00 |
| Tina Desai | 50.00 |
| Raj and Patricia Iyer | 501.00 |
| Latha Kannan | 51.00 |
| Bhani and Rema Devi Karthigesu | 200.00 |
| Jnana Sivananda | 100.00 |
| Niraj Thaker | 25.50 |
| Gunavinthan Siva Thirumalai | 80.00 |
| Total Endowment Funds | $1,559.00 |
| Grand Total | $50,363.60 |
Your Support is deeply appreciated!
Iraivan is a punya tirtha, a sacred destination for devout pilgrims. The vision of Lord Siva on San Marga that Gurudeva was blessed with in 1975 is sustained and made manifest by the daily sadhanas of 21 resident monastics from five nations. Kadavul Hindu Temple and the many sacred areas of San Marga are available to Hindus for worship, meditation, japa and quiet reflection. It is recommended to arrive on Kauai so your pilgrimage begins most auspiciously with the weekly 6am Siva homa in Kadavul Temple. Daily pujas in Kadavul may also be attended: 7:30am for Lord Murugan, 9am and 12 noon for Lord Siva, and 3pm for Lord Ganesha. There is also a daily 8am outdoor Siva puja at the Svayambhu Sivalingam on San Marga. Pilgrims can conduct their own abhishekam at the Narmada Sivalingam. The swamis will provide classes, including instruction in specific sadhanas to perform during your pilgrimage. All pilgrimages need to be prearranged and are limited to twelve days once a year, unless you are enrolled in the supervised Master Course Correspondence Study. Enrolled students are welcome to come on prearranged pilgrimage as often as possible throughout the year.
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