"All my followers realize that for eons our lineage has come forward to recreate a Hindu unity. Therefore, they are dedicated to building when necessary and keeping strong when not, an invincible Hindu solidarity. Aum"

Gurudeva

The small but continuing stream of pilgrims and visitors continues. On the left we have Mr. Rudhraraju Subramuniam and his wife, Rajeswari, daughter Jhansi. The family is from Chicago. Mr. Rudhraraju was a board member of the Lemont, Rama temple in Chicago in 1983 when Gurudeva was instrumental in getting the temple started by sending a large murthi of Lord Ganesha to start the worship, which was the first murthi of the temple.

On the right, Mr. Ravi, his wife Rithu, daughter Tara and aunt and mother, from Atlanta, Georgia came to Hawaii for a conference but made their first stop here on Kauai to be with Gurudeva. They were very interested in positive discipline for children and Gurudeva gifted them some of his books on parenting with love.

Kauai Aadheenam has been the sanctuary for an image of the Shingon Buddhist Deity, Nada Buddha Ke, which is kept here while the temple in Lawai on Kauai, undergoes reconstruction. Nada Buddha Ke is considered to have healing powers and occasional visitors come to see him at which time we take him out of the temple and put him under the banyon tree so that our Buddhist friends and visitors can have full darshan.

Nada Buddha Ke's darshan is deliberately "shocking" as he has the power to scare away negative forces and thus bring relief to the devotee.
Guests who came to see Nada Buddha Ke.

Our intrepid daily digital photographer, Sivanadiyar Jivananda takes a shot of himself with Nada Buddha Ke and below, in a window reflection