Bodhinatha Visits Iraivan Temple Carving Site - Feb 8th
February 9, 2012Jiva 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.