Visiting Hours – Reservation Required
• Open Everyday
• 9am to 12pm
• Open most days of the year
• Parking and entry access require a reservation
Attend Our Temple Services
For Access to Kadavaul Temple’s 9:00am Śiva Puja, you must make a “Kadavul Temple Worship” reservation on our reservation site
Iraivan Temple is currently NOT open to the public. However, on some days a tour to the temple is given around 10:45am. Ask a host. (“Late Morning Front Grounds Access” or “Temple Worship” reservation required).
About this Hindu Monastery
Kauai Aadheenam is home to a traditional Saivite Hindu monastic order. If you plan to visit please be respectful that this is a place of peaceful religious practice.
The monastery is a religious center where monks live, worship and work, supporting Hinduism through temple activities, cultural preservation and educational outreach.
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Noni Powder for Health
The first Polynesians reached Hawaiʻi around 300–800 CE. It was a time in India of the regional kingdoms of the Pallavas and Pandyas, a time of great bhakti movements and temple building. These first seafaring adventurers probably came from the Marquesas (south of Hawaii and East of Australia), with later waves from Tahiti. They sailed in double-hulled voyaging canoes using stars, currents and birds to navigate. The journey of roughly 2,000–2,500 […]
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Recent Book Reprints in Malaysia
Our small book, Power of Affirmation, is just about out of stock, so we got it reprinted in Malaysia. It is a fancier print job than our other books because it has gold foil printing on the cover, is printed on thick card stock paper throughout, has a built-in bookstand and is wire coil bound. At the same time in Malaysia we also reprinted Path to Siva and Know Thyself for […]
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Nitya Shankaran’s Final Days on Taskforce
As Nitya Shankaran Mogan comes toward the end of his taskforce stay, he is spending about a week helping out the Minimela staff in the mornings. Here he is at the cashier desk, being efficient with time by making more bracelets in between visitor purchase inquiries. He also shared a couple of the photos he took over the last few weeks. Thank you Nitya for your tireless service for a month.
A Search for the Innermost Divine Self
Self-realization in three stages. Realizing oneself as the Soul, realizing oneself as Satchidananda—Omnipresent Consciousness—and realizing oneself as the Source, the Sustainer of that Omnipresent Consciousness, the Self that transcends time, form and space. Parasiva.
Balanced by Temple Worship
A temple is a meeting place of our physical plane and the invisible worlds of the Gods and angelic beings, or devas. The spiritual vibration is kept strong through the monks’ continual worship.
Fueled by Kundalini Yoga
Meditation can be sustained only if one lives a wholesome life, free from emotional entanglements and adharmic deeds. Intensive, consistent meditation dispels the antagonistic, selfish, instinctive forces of the mind and converts those channels of energy into uplifted creative action.
Charted by Monistic Theism
Hinduism, also known as the Sanatana Dharma, or “Eternal Way,” is our planet’s original and oldest living religion, with over one billion adherents.
Illumined by a Potent
Guru-Shishya System
Kauai Aadheenam is the spiritual home and theological seminary for a small band of monks, all under vows, from many nations. They oversee an international religious mission while living a strict lifestyle of daily religious worship, meditation, yoga and service.
Guided by Soul-Stirring Scriptures
Visit our Saivite Scriptures page, which contains timeless wisdom from the oldest living spiritual tradition on Earth. It includes content from the Vedas, Saiva Agamas, writings from saints, and more.
Awakened by Sadhana and Tapas
For those seeking a deeper understanding of our spiritual path, Himalayan Academy provides Online Study Programs to get you started. You can also sign up for our lessons by email.
– Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
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