Stones for the Iraivan Temple Gardens

Recently, the monastery has received more large boulders for the ongoing temple landscaping project. The Boulders all come from Kauai's one-and-only quarry on the south-west side of the island. Each boulder is so large that only one at a time can be trucked up to the monastery. The flatbed truck had to be specially fitted with a steel plate for the boulder to sit on. Pradeep, our excavator operator who has been helping with the deliveries, uses his large machine to roll the stones off the truck and into place. The plan is to use the boulders to create a ridge on the north side of the temple to mimic Mount Waialeale's majesty. Some of the boulders will also be interspersed among the garden's plants, making for fun experience as pilgrims are dwarfed by their massive presence.

The truck roles up with the day\

s first delivery '

These are the largest stones yet

the many large plants and the massive stones will make the land feel somewhat prehistoric.

Pradeep pulls the boulder from the flatbed

These are some of the earlier boulders which were acquired. They now sit patiently next to the temple

These big ones are placed close to where they will finally end up.

best to only have to try and move these once.

That\

s one big rock!'
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