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Preparations for Innersearch are "heating up" as we are now only 20 days from departure... the Ekadanta Kulam sends us this update today:

We want to take this opportunity to share with you Himalayan Academy s new itinerary for its 2006 Innersearch travel-study program. And you're invited to join us on this inner and outer spiritual adventure which begins very soon.

Innersearch is a time to leave behind your usual life for a while and to spend precious time with Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami. It is an island of change apart from our day-to-day life. A chance to intensify spiritual effort and insight. Every day will be a rare opportunity to explore with an enlightened master, through meditations, discourses and informal sharing, the day-to-day practicalities of living a dynamic Hindu life in a modern world. In towns and remote forests, on boats and a cross-country train, we will share two weeks of spiritual exploration together.

Our journey will also take us through two of the most beautiful countries in the world, from the cosmopolitan city of Sydney with its famed Opera House and Harbour Bridge to the Aussie outback, where we will live in forest-protected Colonial-style log cabins for 4 nights on a 360-acre resort, before a flight to New Zealand s south island to spend 4 days in the heart of the mighty Southern Alps. Then a flight to the country s capital, Wellington, and a scenic train ride through the north island will see us end our journey in Auckland. We will also connect with the local Hindu community in Sydney and Auckland, visiting the temples, enjoying their hospitality and joining in their worship.

You can read all about this Innersearch at our website

For more information or to enroll, please contact us on 1-808-822-3012, Ext. 239 or e-mail danda@hindu.org. The program is getting very close, however there is still time to enroll.

The Siddhidata Kulam gave their report today. It's quite amazing all the things they are doing...here's a "short list"

• Iraivan temple stone management
• Coordinating Silpi team work
• Building scaffolding and other infrastructures for Iraivan construction
• Grounds maintenance
• Vehicle maintenance
• Managing Contractors hired for major job
• Keep a stead flow of fresh fruits and vegetables, seeded, sprouted, planted, picked and delivered to the kitchen everyday.
• See to the maintenance and upkeep of all kinds of things that run with motors... air conditioning, refrigerators, washing machines, tractors...

Yoginathaswami topside discussing current work on the roof near the Vimanam...

Meanwhile back at the patarai (blacksmith forge) the silpis are sharpening chisels today... Chinnu on the crank bellows....

Chisels on the fire....

OK, this batch... ready to go...

Rajendran works the molten points...

Set off to the side in a thin layer of water... ready for tomorrow's work...