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Bhairava’s Turns Two Years Old!

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  • Bhairava with a bow tie ready for his day
  • Yummy!!
  • “Am I looking handsome?”
  • “Hehehehehe thanks guys for the cake and the wishes”

Jai Ganesha!

On 10th March, the Siddhidata Kulam’s mathavasi celebrated our dearest Bhairava’s birthday. He enjoyed a peanut butter cake and a handsome bow tie. Bhairava is more than just a dog for us, he is like another monk and gentle protector. Having Bhairava with us is a great blessing for all us. Even though it was last week you’ll can still wish him a happy birthday, and we make sure he gets all the wishes. Aum!

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Hale Hana Office Space Completion Ceremony

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  • Mayilnathaswami performing the Ganesha puja with Satguru’s presence
  • Many of the other monks attended the event
  • Satguru carries the blessed Ganesha to the buildings new meeting and shrine room
  • Satguru offering the arati to Nataraja and the newly installed Ganesha
  • Yoginathaswami explaining the long journey to the building’s completion
  • Satguru looking around the place
  • Yoginathaswami explaining about the space to both the Paramacharya

Jai Ganesha!

On March 9th, the Siddhidata Kulam’s new office was officially inaugurated. A small puja to bless the new office was performed by Mayilnathaswami, with Satguru and the monks attending. Later, after the puja, Yoginathaswami gave a tour of the office, explaining the space and how it would be utilized. It has been a 26 year goal for Siddhidata Kulam to eventually create this new office and machine-shop, reflecting the patience and dedication of the kulam’s monks.

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Hale Hana Update

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  • Sadhaka Shankaranatha flattening the edge of the boards.
  • Sannyasin Vishvanathaswami glueing the wood together
  • This is one of the legs for the angle desk
  • Bandit cat, in his usual spot

Jai Ganesha!

The Siddhidatta Kulam’s new office is now nearing to its final stage of construction. Sannyasin Vishvanathaswami and Sadhaka Shankaranatha are now working on a new base for the aquarium for the new office. They are working along with Acharya Kumarnathaswami, who is coordinating and guiding them to construct the new base. Apart from Acharya’s many years of woodworking knowledge, he also has recent experience building aquarium stands, after working with Mayuresh who was here on taskforce last year. The two of them had built a stand for the Ganapathi Kulam’s aquarium which you can checkout at this link: https://www.himalayanacademy.com/archive-taka-single-post/?taka_post=898852 “

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2025 Mahasivaratri Upadesha

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Aum Sivaya!

On February 25, 2025 (USA date), we will be conducting Mahasivaratri at Iraivan Temple. Since it is an 11-hour-long event, we will not be able to live stream the entire event. However, we will be live streaming Satguru’s Upadesha. The link above is for the live stream. Aum!

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Final Day of the Phase

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  • Putting the wood through our extra-wide planer
  • Getting the wood from the machine
  • It’s a lot of heavy lumber to be moving around all morning
  • The wood after having oil finish added to it
  • Nirvani Tejadevanatha smiling while doing hard work
  • Mayilnathaswami storing all the extra wood

Jai Ganesha!

Since it’s the final day of the phase, we took a stroll around the property to see what the Siddhidata Kulam monks were doing. In the morning, we saw Sadhaka Shankaranatha working in the woodshop. He was cutting wood for Siddhidata Kulam’s new office and arranging the pieces in order. Over in the Siddhidata Kulam’s new office, we saw all the mathavasis engaged in cleaning the shop, as their weekly end-of-phase tidying. Aum.

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Thaipusam 2025

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  • Milk
  • Yogurt
  • Honey
  • Panchamirtham
  • Orange water
  • Vibuthi
  • Sandalwood water
  • Main Kumbha water
  • Final Arati
  • Vetri Vel Muruga Arogaraaa!

Vetri Vel Muruga Arogaraaa!

On February 10th, Mathavasis and devotees celebrated Thaipusam at Kadavul Temple in the presence of Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami. The event began at 3:00 PM and concluded at 5:30 PM. We started with an abhishekam, performed by Sannyasin Siddhanathaswami, of milk, yogurt, orange juice, panchamritam, honey, sandalwood water, vibuthi, chandanam and rose water. After completing the abhishekam, we performed the alankaram—dressing the Deity, which took about 30 minutes. Once the alankaram was finished, we continued the puja. Yoginathaswami sang Lord Muruga’s songs and the monks concluded with a final arati. A fun fact: Lord Muruga is considered the first and foremost renunciate—which is why this day holds great significance for us Mathavasis. Aum.

If you missed the live stream, you can watch it here.

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