Visiting Hours
• Open Everyday
• 9am to 12pm
• Open most days of the year
• Front grounds do not require a temple reservation
Attend Our Temple Services
Iraivan Temple is currently NOT open to the public. However, on some days a tour to the temple is given around 10:45am (no reservation needed). Ask a host.
To attend worship in Kadavul Hindu Temple You must make a free reservation
NOTE: THE TEMPLE IS CLOSED FROM
JULY 28 – AUG 31, 2025 FOR ROOFING REPAIRS
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.
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Today at Kauai Aadheenam
Tayumanavar Songs Completed!
Jai Ganesha! Many moons ago, our Ganapati Kulam monks hired a talented Oduvar, Vivek Raja, to sing all the sacred songs of Tayumanavar in Tamil. Tayumanāvar was a revered Tamil poet-saint and spiritual philosopher from Tamil Nadu, India, who played a vital role in spreading the profound teachings of Saiva Siddhanta philosophy to the world. A few months ago, we joyfully completed the entire collection of his songs and have now […]
Swaminarayan Monks Visit the Aadheenam
Let us return to 1995. Gurudeva is traveling around India with Sadasivanathaswami and Arumuganathaswami, and is invited to attend the 75th Jayanthi of Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the head of the BAPS Swaminarayan Fellowship. It is held in Mumbai where one evening Gurudeva gave a stirring talk to 50,000 devotees, telling them all, “Obey your guru. Obey your guru. Obey your guru.” Those words still resonate today inside the 1200-strong swami order. […]
The Everest Climb of Realization
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami shares the upadesha that he gave at satsangs in Singapore and Malaysia last month. He quotes Paramaguru Sage Yogaswami comparing the inner climb up the chakras to reaching the summit of Mount Everest, and then elaborates on the stages of this climb.
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
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– Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
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