Our Paramparai Ready to Leave for Kauai

Today we received these photos from Jiva Rajasankara in Bengaluru, India. He shares good news that the last of the eight larger-than-life black granite murthis of our Kailasa Paramparai are being crated up for shipping to Hawaii. This has been a marvelous project and the quality of craftsmanship is a wonder to behold. Here is Jiva's note:

"Paramacharya, vanakkam!

Gurudeva, Bodhinathaswami and Tirumular will be leaving India to Kauai in a week's time. The container is expected to come in 2 hours time and we will load the items and the container should leave tomorrow to Chennai port.

We will only have 2 special yestis left to complete Iraivan Temple which comprises of the main temple sanctum and the Nandi Mandapam.

The Iraivan perimeter wall is in progress."

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Jiva with the completed Gurudeva statue

Crate making is an art unto itself.

Ready for the voyage. Gurudeva loved travel by ship.

Kanmani and visitor Anjali pose with Bodhinatha\

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Tirumular is also coming. Here he scribes a honly verse on a palm leaf.

Also, some of the bases are included in the shipment, works of art on their own.

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