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Jai Gurudeva!

Join us at 3:30pm Hawaii time, for our live stream of Kauai Aadheenam’s 2024 Annual Founder Puja. The puja will be conducted by three Sivacharyas, who will perform a homa and a grand abhishekam to Gurudeva’s Tiruvadi. Watch it here on our blog and enjoy the darshan!

Aum Namah Sivaya

Sadhaka Shankaranatha is painting the floor with a smile on his face—happy to be getting the greenhouse back in operation.

Current condition of the greenhouse

Both Sadhaka and Brahmachari working together in painting the floor

Mayilnathaswami is mixing the paint for them

Before they start painting Mayilnathaswami vacuums the floor

Happy to have you back Vel Mahalingam!

Several months ago our Greenhouse was infested by little bugs which caused all the tomatoes and peppers to rot. When something like this happens we have to shut down the greenhouse completely in order to clean everything and restart the plants. Due to this the monastery faced some shortage of tomatoes for our daily cooking. Now, the monks of the Siddhidatta Kulam have started to get the greenhouse up and running again. After the removal of the plants and initial cleaning, the team has started to re-paint the white floor. Before that they had to do some prep work by vacuuming and cleaning to remove any and all dust or debris. Just a few days ago, our long-time member Brahmachari Vel Mahalingam from Mauritius, arrived on island for a three-month stay. He is helping the Siddhidatta Kulam get the greenhouse back in action as soon as possible, so that we can have our delicious tomatoes and peppers for our kitchen again.

Jai Ganesha!

The torn shades are being taken down

The shade on the other side of the Greenhouse

Sadhaka Shankaranatha cleaning the Greenhouse using the Pressure Washer

Our monastic greenhouses where created by, and have long been cared for by, the monks of the Siddhidatta Kulam. After many years of Kauai’s weather, the shades are now in need of some deep cleaning and repairs. Due the the strong UV sunlight we have here, the shades had started to deteriorate. This is bad for many reasons, one of the main ones being that the plants are no longer as protected from the sun. These shades automatically go up and down based on the sunlight and heat. If it’s too bright, they lower to protect the fragile plants from the light and if it’s cloudy out, they raise up to offer as much light as possible. The SK Team decided to replace the torn shades with new ones, but in the process discovered that the greenhouse needed to be thoroughly washed. Today they spent the morning pressure washing the greenhouse to make it look like new.

Jai Ganesha!

Sadhaka Shankaranatha putting the soil around the new papya tree

Ta-da!! New Papaya trees

The new papaya trees standing tall along with the old papaya trees where its days are being numbered

Sadhaka is happy about the new papaya trees

As everyone knows, the monks here loves papayas, but did you know that we grow them by ourselves? The trees are taken care of by our monks of the Siddhidatta Kulam, who have been wonderfully managing them for many years. But just like all things, these trees must eventually conclude their time on this beautiful Earth. So recently, the SK team decided to plant some new papaya trees, replacing the older ones that have been producing delicious fruits for many years.

As you can see in these pictures, Sadhaka Shankaranatha is working hard to plant the new trees. First they have to dig a hole around the old trees, going deep for their roots. Once the old tree has been removed, they plant the new papaya tree. Once placed in the ground, new soil and mulch is added. As you can see, it requires quite a lot of work to upkeep our many papaya trees and ensure that our monks have an everlasting supply of these healthy, tasty fruits!

Jai Ganesha!

Jai Ganesha!

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Jai Ganesha!