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Kulapati Murugesu performs pada puja to Bodhinatha in Malaysia where they have had a very successful mission. As we write they are departing Penang and will be home on the morning of the 29th.

The story continues below after our home pictures.

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Ravi and Seema Prabhakar from California. They are friends of Professor Mehta who formulated the special fly-ash cement used for the foundation of the Iraivan Temple. They are members of the congregation of the Ramakrishna Mission.

The action today is up on top of Muruga Hill, where the Tongans are finishing the floor of the lava rock mandapam.

First they lay a base of concrete into which they will set the slate.

The square in the center is where the Shakti Vel of Lord Muruga will be placed after it arrives from India.

It's a beautiful day at the Aadheenam, bright, cool, sunny... Paramacharya Palaniswami monitors the work in progress.

We are using a quartzite slate that has shiny crystals in it and which has a rough, non-slip surface. It's really beautiful.

Sannyasin Saravananathaswami and Yogi Mahadevan consult about the next Kauai Aloha Endowment Board meetings. Yogi has moved to the Lambodara Kulam and the duties of the Endowment are being taken on by Saravananathaswami.

Stepping back a few days to January 24th, Bodhinatha's first day in Kuala Lumpur began with private darshan meetings.

Here he is with A. Selvam who is the Manager of Sampoorna Printing which prints all our books.. He is doing an awesome job producing the color Trilogy and is very dedicated to making sure that Gurudeva's writings come out at a super quality.

Then it was off to Klang to Kulapati Murugesu's home for Guru Puja and Satsang with members, students and friends...

Greetings at the door.

The entry walk through strewn fresh flowers.

Kulapati Murugesu will perform the puja.

Nearly 100 people came.

Our members are adept at the puja, since performing the Pada Puja is the main ceremony done by the missions. This time the have some real life feet!

Jai Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami ki Jai!

A happy family of devotees.

A local bhajan group, not connected with Saiva Siddhanta Church, came to offer songs to Bodhinatha.

Here are some of the organizers of the big Iraivan Day that was held on the 26th.

The long time devoted Murugesu family of Klang, one of the pillars of Saiva Siddhanta Church worldwide.

Thambynathan Puvendiran who has renewed his Aspirant pledge recently.

Moving on to the morning of January 25th.... Bodhinatha with all the catalysts (those who doing teaching of our Master Course and help new students with Academy Programs). They came with a lot of tough questions which they face in dealing with the public and Bodhinatha answered them all masterfully as usual. On the left is Rajiv Malik from New Delhi who has come as a correspondent for Hinduism Today.

Afternoon meeting with key community leaders organized by the Malaysia Hindu Sangam to discuss the issues raised by recent aggressive Christian conversion programs in Malaysia. Here is the audience. Included were representatives from the Buddhist, Sikh and Taoists.

Formal picture of all at Malaysia Hindu Sangam meeting, including Swami Ghanananda of Africa and Swami Vigyananda of India.

The Kulapatis meet with Bodhinatha to talk about mission matters, to receive direction and have their questions answered.

Lunch at a vegetarian restaurant.

The main event of the trip: the Malaysia Hindu Sangam Renaissance rally. Bodhinatha's entrance...

Members outside hall selling books, lots of books, HT, and food stuffs.

MHS Hindu Renaissance Rally, lighting the lamp with Swami Ghanananda of Africa and Swami Vidyananda of India.

Swami Guhabhaktananda introduces Bodhinatha, reading from his biography published in Hinduism Today.

Audience numbered 2000 and it was a great success.

Bodhinatha doing Guru Brahma chant to begin the event.

Bodhinatha giving his 30 minute opening speech of the event. The three swamis even received some rare publicity in the local news, with Bodhinatha being featured. Read about it in the Malaysian Star (click to open the page in a new window.)

The food end of our mission's table, "selling like hotcakes" said one of the devotees.

Kulamata Lalitha Sivananda does mendhi for the lady's hands.

Kulapati Jiva Rajasankara our Iraivan Temple carving site manager, came back to his native place for this event to be with Bodhinatha and meet once again all his old friends and Guru bhais.... here is his table of murthis from India.

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Date: January_22_1999
Title: Kauai Aadheenam Supports Temples Worldwide
Category: The Guru
Duration: 2 min., 35 seconds
Date Given: January 22, 1999
Given By: Gurudeva

Today at Kauai Aadheenam, January 22nd.

Our month is almost over and hello, hello. Aloha to each and everyone in cyberspace. Being in cyberspace is a wonderful experience because it is a blending of minds, it is a melting of minds. Mine with yours and yours with mine.

We just talked to Fiji today. Fiji is a group of islands in the South Pacific where we have built a beautiful temple to Lord Muruga. Ten thousand people celebrate at Thai Pusam time, but maybe not this Thai Pusam because there is a big flood. Six feet of water, leaving a foot and a half of silt covering the temple grounds and all the shops and the priest quarters. We are calling the priest who we trained here at Kauai Aadheenam for the purpose of being the head priest of that beautiful temple.

What we do here at Kauai Aadheenam is establish temples here and there and everywhere in the world. We have put in temples in Denmark. We are just starting one now in New Zealand, one in Alaska, another one in Salt Lake City, Denver, Colorado, Scottsdale, Arizona, Seattle, Washington. Just to name a few. This is what an Aadheenam does. It is traditional to give the blessings for the temple to be built. This beautiful temple in Fiji really needs your help, financially and moral support. You can write a letter. Send it to me here, and we will forward it on to Fiji. Use the little question box to write some consoling letters to the Board of Directors and to the priests. They will really appreciate your taking an interest in their temple and their plight right now.

That is all for today. We have to get to the Island of Fiji, Nandi town on the phone right now. We will talk again tomorrow.

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