« Return to Archives

Bodhinatha Visits Iraivan Temple Carving Site - Feb 8th

Image

Jiva Rajasankara and family greet Bodhinatha to their home.

Image

Senthil performs the guru puja

Image

The silpis attend

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

This is the carved relief map of Kauai

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

In the evening, Bodhinatha met with Thurai and Swapna

}
];

height: 525,
width: 700,
imageCrop:false,

imagePan:false,
transitionSpeed:150});

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.

Scroll to Top