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At the Aadheenam today Sannyasin Saravananathaswami is working on the annual Guru Purnima mailing.

Every sishya in our world wide congregation is given the opportunity to re-dedicate themselves to Gurudeva, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami and the Kailasa Parampara.

You write out "Aum Namasivaya" 108 times and send a personal message on the back to Bodhinatha.

Sharan, his wife Gia and their 19-year-old daughter Koell, from Mumbai, returned today. Devout worshippers of Lord Siva they have fasted on Monday for over 20 years.

Sharan is the editor for GR8! a glossy TV magazine in India and also a member of the Lintas integrated Marketing Action group in Mumbai. His love is writing and he says "I want to offer you my services. I have 40 copy writers working under me and if Dinodia supplies you photos, let me supply you with any words you need."

His wife Gia is a director for the famed Ravissant Fashion house of India.

Arumugaswami shares with them our work in Hinduism Today and discusses issues on how the media treat Hinduism Today in the press.

Acharya Kumarswami poses for some photos in preparation of getting his travel documents together for a trip to Singapore and Malaysia.

It was a gorgeous day at the temple. The gold leafed vimanam glint and glisten in the sun.

Summer is approaching and the Aadheenam is bursting with colors everywhere.

We continue with our photo documentary of Bodhinatha's visit to Barsana Dham in Texas and Bodhinatha's last satsang with the devotees of the temple in San Antonio. Sadhaka Tejadevanatha supplies captions.

Here we are at the Barsana dham peach orchard. Take a close look at the peaches. You have to squint to see the small green peaches.

This is the yoga center .

The tradition behind this center is from Radha-Krishna Vaishnavism.

another shot of the large barn and tractor that maintains the vast land

Here is a picture of the original Barsana Dham in India

Bodhinatha viewing the yoga center

more yoga rooms

The yoga center building

these are the pillars you see before entering the temple

Recognize the swami in dark orange 🙂

It is Gurudeva and to his left is the founder of Barsana Dham Swami Prakashananda Saraswati and to the left of him is Swami Bua Maharaj from New York.

These photos are from the opening of the center in 1995.

Back to the peacocks

This is the hill Bodhinatha was on earlier over looking Barsana Dham

A closer look at temple construction

Gardens on the property

He sees us

What a creature

Jnaneshwari Devi spoke with Bodhinatha about many hot topics challenging Hindus today.

One of those topics is the recent Text Book reform in California. She has been quite instrumental in the Text Book Reform. Keep up the the great work!

Later Bodhinatha returned to San Antonio for the rest of the day.

Dr. Kendranath and his wife Meenakshi are hosting Bodhinatha for satsang and dinner. Dr. Kendranath is one of the San Antonio temple trustees

30 devotees were in attendance.

Dr. Kendranath introduces Bodhinatha, and explains how a few years back he visited the monastery and attended Maha Sivaratri. It was an amazing experience.

The youth sat right in front for Bodhinatha's talk.

Bodhinatha spoke on "Learning from our mistakes"

This young man sat still during Bodhinatha's entire talk. Bodhinatha had the group laughing and thinking deeply of our profound religion. It was a night to remember. Jai Bodhinatha.

Before retiring for the evening our host at the Comfort Inn requested one last Darshan with Bodhinatha before returning home to Kauai. Thank you and Hansa for taking such great care of Bodhinatha and to everyone in Texas for taking such great care of both of us.