Kadaitswami's Samadhi Temple in Jaffna

Day Seven of the Innersearch included a visit to Kadaitswami's Samadhi Temple in Jaffna. Kadaitswami abdicated judgeship and walked out of a courtroom, never to return and never practice law again when he could bear the karma to commute a death sentence. This powerful Siddhar gave fiery marketplace talks enlivening and defending Saivism in missionary times. By the inner direction of his guru he strengthened people's religious lives and was a worker of miracles. Decades ago, it was Gurudeva who climbed up a rickety ladder to the top of this temple and consecrated it with a Kumbhabishekam.

Kadaitswami still in lotus beneath the temple\

s Siva Lingam'

Local devotees from Jaffna nearby

Some of the local devotees joining the Innersearch pilgrims

Local devotees came to join the puja from nearby Jaffa towns

The temple head trustee carrying the energy charged kumbha around the temple

The final consecration of the energized Kumbha was poured on to the Sivalingam

Ed Hawk, the Innersearch pilgrim from Ohio

Jennifer Burke and son Aubrey of BC Canada

during the event, Haran Kandadas took his Arul Sishya vows in front of the powerful Kadaitswami\

s shrine'

Haran Kandadas pens his signature after reading his vows

Satguru Bodhinatha affirms with signature

The temple bell rung consistently most of the ceremony

Kadaitswamy\

s murthy from the side'

Lyla Tanzi together with Dishanna and Bhuma were the lucky ones invited in the inner sanctum to witness the abhishekam

Dishanna Nagarajan

Final arathi

Siddhanathaswami contemplates during puja with Kadaitswami\

s portrait on canvas in the backdrop'

A kumbha puja and homa was held

Kadaitswami murthy brought to the utsava murthy to be paraded around the temple

The Gurukkal performed an elaborate Kumbha puja to invoke the inner worlds obeisance and blessings

Innersearch pilgrim Sivakumaran Radhakrisnnan from NSW, Australia

Innersearch pilgrim Shaha Shebabrata from New Jersey

This is homecoming for Thillaiampalam Chandirapaala and his family from London, UK

Innersearch pilgrim Shren Moodley from Johannesburg

Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami has been to this Temple in prior occasions but seem to be basking in bliss as though it was his first visit

Innersearch pilgrim Ganesh Annadurai from Bangaluru

The two Doctor siblings on Innersearch as a pilgrim Vatshalan and his sister Ramai Santhirapalan

Abishekam to the Sivalingam in the inner sanctum

Innersearch pilgrim reknown bronze artist, Holly Young from Hawaii

Innersearch pilgrim Karthik Suresh from California

Innersearch pilgrim family Nalini Chengann, Vani Chenganna and Dis Changanna

Innersearch pilgrims Eric Mackow from New York and Suganth Srichandramohan from Ontario, Canada

Innersearch pilgrims, Manon and Selvan Mardemootoo has been on several Innersearch trip flanked by Shren and Shaha

Innersearch pilgrim Ashish Chitnis from North Carolina

Sheela Visswanathan from California and Holly Young - Lunch was served at the hall across the street from the Kadaitswami\

Samadhi Temple'

Local devotees joined the Innersearch pilgrims. Ramesh Sivanathan second from left asked to take a photo next to the person (lady on the right of him) who sang Thevaram so beautifully. Fifth from left is Saraswathy Sivanathan and Purany Ponniah on the left

Satguru Bodhinatha and Innersearch pilgrims welcomed by the Temple trustees

A welcome banner on the left for Satguru Bodhinatha

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