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Bodhinatha with Swamis in Bangalore

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Sri Balagangadharanatha Swami

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Giving gifts to Bodhinatha

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and Arumuganathaswami

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and Yoginathaswami

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Tiruchi Mahaswamigal presides near the temple entrance

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Taking the flame after aarati to Goddess Rajarajeshwari

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Back outside the temple we look up to the towering rajagopuram

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The structure is complete and the ornamental plaster work is underway

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Greetings by Jayendrapuriswami

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chanting by the gurukulam boys

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Two hours with Swami, discussing the origins of various forms of Hindu temple worship

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This is an underground chamber in which one can be "entombed" for extended meditation

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A vermaculture project--voracious worms turn everything they eat in to fertilizer

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And other areas of the garden

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And this huge pile of coconuts is being dried for copra

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On the 9th we visit Sri Balagangadharanatha Swami of Adichunchanagiri Mutt and Sri Jayendrapuri Swami of Kailash Ashram. Both are long-time friends of the Aadheenam who have been especially helpful in the Iraivan temple work which is done in Bangalore.

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