A Blessing For Our New Electric Car

The monastery has just replaced our Prius with a new Nissan Leaf. This new car was the best choice for fully electric rides on Kauai, and has charging stations available throughout the island. This version has a larger battery and can go over 107 miles on a single 3 hour charge. Plenty for our relaxed island-life usage. This afternoon some on the monks gathered out front the Pillaiyar Kulam's office to have a blessing for the new vehicle. We started with a short Ganesha puja followed by an arati and the traditional breaking of limes under the wheels for its first drive (ok, we used lemons but it still works). We're happy to now have a solar-charged, zero-emission, low-maintenance car for Satguru. An early Ardra gift from Siva. Aum Namah Sivaya!

Satguru takes a look at the new Leaf

It has a decent amount of trunk space, which we like

the car plugs in to a large outlet outside the building

The interior is set up with all you need for navigation and hands-free access to your phone

Satguru tries out the seats. Aah, that fresh car smell!

Natyam places tripundra on the tires and hood

And zero sound too

We set up a quick Ganesha shrine

Swami offers incense and an arati

And the blessing is finished off as we drive over our special yellow limes.

Jai!

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