Yoginathaswami and Yogi Dayanatha in India, Part One

After the first stop in Singapore, Yoginathaswami and Yogi Dayanatha flew to Chennai to have some meetings and visit the Kalikambal temple run by the sons of the late Sambamurthy Sivacharya, then started to make their way to Chidambaram

Longtime Saiva Siddhanta Church sishyas in Chennai, Tiru and Tirumati Nellaiappan

Sabharathnam Sivacharyar who is translating Agamas and Tirumantiram into English for us.

Selvanathan Sthapati family. Selvanathan, with his wife\

s assistance, has been the managing architect for Iraivan Temple since Ganapati Sthapati passed away. Selvanathan\'s son (right) is training to follow in his father\'s footsteps.'

Visiting Kalikambal Temple. On left is the brother of Shanmuga Sivacharyar (who officiated the Iraivan March consecration). Their father is the late Sambamurthy Sivacharyar who conducting the Iraivan Panchasilanyasa, foundation-brick-ceremony, in 1995.

Presenting him with a mala of rudraksha beads from our monastery grove

Stopping by a fossilized tree park. These trees are 20 million years old and turned into stone

Buying more vestments for Iraivan Temple\

s spatika Mahalingeswara'

Reached Chidambaram Temple with it\

s massive gopurams and walls'

Dikshitar priests taking us around the premises

Visiting a Dikshitar\

s home'

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