Abhishekam at Kumbalavalai Temple and Dance performance at dinner

Recently, Satguru Bodhinatha and all our Innersearch pilgrims traveled to a place familiar to him and Gurudeva. The Kumbalavalai Ganesha Temple in Alaveddy, is close to the home of Kandiah Chettiar family that adopted Gurudeva in 1948. This is where Gurudeva had his early introduction to the Saivite Tamil culture.

After the elaborate homa, the Kumbha pot was taken to circumambulate the inner Temple

Leela Nair from Victoria, Canada

Rama Rao from Texas in a quiet moment close to the Ganesha sanctum

Purnahuti at the end of the homa - the offering of completeness

Final abhishekam for Ganesha

This is the deity in Kumbalavalai that inspired Gurudeva to commission the Pancha Mukha Ganapati in Mauritius

Paramacharya with local Bharathanatyam dancers prior to their performance at dinner

Siva Shakti dance

Rishi Thondunatha got water from the Temple well to wash Satguru\

s feet prior to entering the Ganesha Temple'

Bodhinatha obliged the dancers for a group photo

Local devotees came to to greet Satguru and the Innersearch pilgrims. Others who visited the Temple enjoyed the darshan in passing.

Milk abhishekam

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