Today's Story Will Absolutely Floor You!

Aloha all! Today the first 28 of some 50 pallets of floor stones from China arrived today at Iraivan Temple. These are one-inch thick, red granite slabs up to two feet by two feet square. They will go on the second prakaram, the floor area between the temple building and the outer perimeter wall. They're first being set on the ground in front and beside the temple, where they will wait patiently to be raised up to the floor near the Nandi mandapam. We'll soon be meeting with the tile setter, Brian Oliver, to figure out how best to organize the 1800 individual tiles which are in about 70 different sizes. A real-life, very expansive puzzle! Precutting all the pieces allows for more uniformity in the final floor, and also makes the tile setters' job easier—if they can keep track of which tiles go where! Aum Namah Sivaya

A skilled driver moves the floor stone slabs into position in front of the temple

Here you can see the truck the pallets arrived on

The pallets don\

t look too big but they are very heavy!'

A perspective shot from the entrance of the temple. You can see Iraivan Temple\

s bare floor at the bottom of the photo which will be covered by the newly arrived stone'
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