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On the right is Aresh from Iran who is here on pilgrimage with his friend. They have been studying Gurudeva's teachings for many years and are "online" students of the Master Course... reading the daily lessons on the web and visiting these TAKA pages regularly.

It is the end of our five day phase and we are headed for a three-day Purnima retreat, with an early morning Vaikasi Visakham puja tomorrow invoking Lord Muruga. Today the Siddhidata Kulam shared news on their activities. Sannyasin Yoginathaswami tells us that four containers of stones have left Chennai and are on their way to Kauai. He has also been continuing to get bids from different contractors for the work to come on the Nandi Mandapam foundation for Iraivan Temple. The Siddhidata Kulam has a very well defined calendar which Gurudeva asked them to create years ago. All their tasks and routine maintenance programs are carefully scheduled. This phase they rust proofed most of our vehicles. And with the summer approaching and hot days already upon us, the garden is very productive and the team works there regularly providing the Aadheenam with a steady stream of fresh, organically grown vegetables.

Bodhinatha with Mel Drisko who is a formally enrolled Master Course correspondence student. He came prepared with a list of good questions. Gurudeva and Bodhinatha have always encouraged pilgrims to write down questions before they arrive as this makes good use of their time today.

Pilgrim Michael Duncan has been here for several days and is on his way home today. He knew Gurudeva decades ago and joined us on the last Innersearch to India with his son.

Pilgrim family from Singapore: Bhani Karthigesu, his wife Rema, their two daughters, Suhashini and Thrishna and son Vivek... worshipping at the Narmada Lingam on the path of the Saiva Saints.

Thrishna does her abhishekam

Mother Rema...

Here is the family yesterday afternoon going for a nature walk... first the Rudraksha forest...

Tree hugs for everyone...

Worship at the Swayambhu Lingam...

And then down to Bali Hai to sit by the river...

Vivek enjoys the stream. It's quite a change from the urban world of Singapore!

Then a visit to the patrai (blacksmith forge)

Iraivan....

A look at the grove of trees below the temple toward the river...

Being the last day of the phase we had a tour group.

A small group.. only about 30 people today. Two years ago that would have been a big group for us.

Most of today's guests found us in some guide book or other...

Where they came from, whatever they knew or did not know about Hinduism before they got here, the spiritual forces that permeates out from the inner worlds of Kauai Aadheenam, San Marga and Iraivan never fails to grant each one a bit of joy, peace and upliftment.

It is not unusual to hear years later that one brief visit changed their lives forever.

It is of course, all the magic of Gurudeva and the Kailasa Parampara, working down through the ages....touching the heart and soul of each one who comes near.