Bodhinatha Visits Iraivan Temple Carving Site - Feb 8th

Jiva Rajasankara and family greet Bodhinatha to their home.

Senthil performs the guru puja

The silpis attend

Swapna takes her vratra shishya vows, making her a full member of Saiva Siddhanta Church

Senthil shows how the small parrot will be at each corner of the Nandi Mandapam roof

This is the underside of the "sun shade" around the roof level. The carving detail is exquisite

Off to the side two silpis cut this big stone to size, a job requiring a very large sledge hammer

The rock neatly cleaves off under the expert chisel placement and hammer blows

This is the carved relief map of Kauai

Two of the granite murthis of our guru lineage, Yogaswami at left and Gurudeva at right

The design of the perimiter wall is almost finalized; then work is expected to proceed rapidly

Senthil shows an example of a computerized carving machine that can handle four inches of granite

In the evening, Bodhinatha met with Thurai and Swapna

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February 8 was dedicated to the Iraivan work site. We visited it in the morning, starting with a welcome and guru puja for Bodhinatha, then a tour of the work inspecting the Nandi Mandapam stones, the perimiter wall and being introduced to a new computerized carving machine that should speed certain aspects of the work.