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Kauai Aadheenam
A Sacred Temple Sanctuary

Center of Saiva Siddhanta Hinduism in the West.
Home to a 2000 year-old guru lineage.

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Visit
Attend Worship

You must have a reservation to enter for our daily 9am Siva puja in Kadavul Temple—our Nataraja temple, established in 1973.

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Spiritual Life
Become a Monk

Contact us to request consideration for monastic life

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Spiritual Life
Become a Student

For those wishing to begin non-committal study of the teachings of our lineage, and for those who wish to progress further through eventual spiritual initiations.

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Basics
What Is Hinduism?

For many decades our monks have worked tirelessly to create material to help Hindus and non-Hindus alike to better understand the many ancient and diverse facets of the Hindu religion

Visiting Hours

Right Now We Are: Closed

• Open Everyday
• 9am to 12pm
• Open most days of the year. Closed Dec 24, 25, 26.
• Front grounds do not require a temple reservation

Attend Our Temple Services

You must make a free reservation to attend worship Kadavul Hindu Temple

Iraivan Temple is currently not open to the public. However, on some days a tour is given around 10:45am. Ask a host.

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 place of peaceful religious practice.

Monthly Krittika Homa
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Monthly Krittika Homa

Jai Ganesha! On every Krittika Nakshatra, we perform a special puja at Iraivan Temple. Pravinkumar is the head priest for this puja, and this time, Mayilnathaswami served as the assistant. We perform this puja during Krittika because the Maha Kumbhabhishekam was conducted during the Krittika Nakshatra. To maintain this divine connection, we hold this homa every month. The event begins with a homa, followed by an abhishekam to Mahalingesvara. Once the […]

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Gurudeva Murti Arrives in Mauritius

The 25-inch-tall bronze murti of our dear Gurudeva has taken the route he often flew, from Kauai to Mauritius. As CyberCadets know, there are three copies of this masterpiece, one here at Kauai Aadheenam entrance, one at the temple in Alaveddy, Sri Lanka, and now a third in Mauritius awaiting installation in the months ahead. One monk commented that this is Gurudeva’s way to mystically tie together his shishyas in the […]

Force Fields & Psychic Protection, Part One
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Force Fields & Psychic Protection, Part One

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly upadesha in Kadavul Temple at Kauai’s Hindu Monastery in Hawaii. It is part of a series of talks elaborating on the inspired teachings of Satguru Śivaya Subramuniyaswami as found in his book Merging With Śiva. “There are two basic forces in the universe, which you can look up in the dictionary. One is called odic force. The other is actinic force. Odic force is magnetic […]

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.

The Saiva Siddhanta perspective is that Siva's wonderful universe of form is perfect at every point in time, complete and totally just, and every soul, in all stages of evolution, is an intrinsic part of it, even Siva himself.

– Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)

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