7:00 AM – 12:00 PM HST (Day 3 – Morning Session)

7:37 AM – The Guru Paramapara puja
Special Prayers to The Guru Paramapara of the Nandi Natha Sampradaya
to invoke their blessings before the main prayers.

Siddhi Vinayaka Pooja – First Kala Yaga Pooja (1st Session)
Punyahavachanam, Santhi Homam, Disha Homam,
Punya Nadi Teertha Sangrahanam,
Soorya Kantha Agni Sangrahanam,
Poornaahuthi, Deeparadhana

12:00 PM – BREAK

WEDNESDAY MARCH 22, 2023 – DAY 2

3:00 PM – 7:00 PM HST (Day 2 – Evening Session)

Kshipra Ganapathy Pooja, Punyahavachanam, Vasthu Mandalaarchanam,
Vasthu Santhi, Pravesha Bali Prakshepanam, Rokshoghna Homam,
Paryagni Karanam, Khatgesha Bhramanam, Aalaya Pavithra Suddhi,
Poornahuthi, Deeparadhana

7:00 PM – END

TUESDAY MARCH 21, 2023 – DAY 1

3:00 PM – 7:00PM HST (Day 1 – Evening Session)

Sri Maha Ganapathy Pooja, Punyahavachanam, Grama Shanthi,
Bhairava Saptha Aavarana Pooja, Aalaya Ashta Dik Bali Daanam,
Poornahuthi, Deeparadhana

7:00 PM – END

As most of you already know, the large crystal Sivalinga has been “temporarily” residing in Kadavul Temple since August 1987, awaiting its move to the Iraivan Temple sanctum. Our architect, Selvanathan Sthapati, has indicated that now that the Iraivan Temple structure is complete and the 11,000-pound panchaloha Avudaiyar base has been moved into the inner sanctum, we need to move forward with installing the Sivalinga. Actually, Sthapati was more colorful in his urgings, reminding us that the temple is a living being, with a conception (Gurudeva’s three visions), a birth and a lifespan. And, he offered, we have waited long enough, to the point that the temple is like a pregnant woman who is two weeks overdue, and we can no longer delay the event. Based on that instruction from our Master Builder and guidance from India’s Sivacharyas, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami has set the Sivalinga installation rituals for March 21-26, 2023. These historic rites will be professionally filmed and livestreamed on our youtube channel for everyone to have a front row seat wherever you live around the world.

A just-uploaded trailer video for the ceremonies can be viewed here.

If you would like to plan ahead for watching the livestreams, here is the schedule of morning and afternoon streams:

March 21
Morning Ceremonies
8:00 AM Start
12:00 PM Distribution of Prasadam
Afternoon Ceremonies
3:00 PM Start
7:00 PM Distribution of Prasadam

March 22
Morning Ceremonies
8:00 AM Start
12:00 PM Distribution of Prasadam
Afternoon Ceremonies
3:00 PM Start
7:00 PM Distribution of Prasadam

March 23
Morning Ceremonies
7:30 AM Start
12:00 PM Distribution of Prasadam
Afternoon Ceremonies
3:00 PM Start
7:30 PM Distribution of Prasadam

March 24
Morning Ceremonies
8:00 AM Start
12:00 PM Distribution of Prasadam
Afternoon Ceremonies
3:00 PM Start
7:00 PM Distribution of Prasadam

March 25
Morning Ceremonies
8:00 AM Start
12:00 PM Distribution of Prasadam
Afternoon Ceremonies
3:00 PM Start
7:00 PM Distribution of Prasadam

March 26
Morning Ceremonies
6:00 AM Start
10:19 AM Auspicious Moment
12:00 PM Anna Dhaanam

Access to Iraivan Temple for these installation ceremonies will be through the monastery, with cars utilizing our existing parking lot of 37 spaces. Our maximum capacity of confirmed attendees for the event has already been reached, based on the existing facilities of the Aadheenam and Iraivan Temple. Permitting greater attendance would create substantial issues for us with our neighbors and the county over traffic and parking.

The good news is that starting on March 28th and thereafter, all Saiva Siddhanta Church sishyas and those on a prearranged pilgrimage to Kauai Aadheenam will be able to attend a daily puja at Iraivan Temple, something we have been waiting for all these years.

After March 28 visitors to the Aadheenam who are not formal pilgrims, Saiva Siddhanta Church sishyas or students of Himalayan Academy can still access the rudraksha grove and the monastery entrance areas, including Kadavul Temple, the Meditation Banyan and the MiniMela gift shop. But they will not have the opportunity to attend the Iraivan Temple daily puja until we fully establish additional facilities at the rudraksha grove entrance, thus meeting county regulations to have more parking and bathrooms to accommodate greater numbers of visitors before we can host large crowds. This development is still a couple of years away. 

With good weather, the contractor is moving quickly with framing the final back storage room which will hold the rest of our publication print runs, now that we have discontinued a storage warehouse on the mainland.

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly upadesha in Kadavul Temple at Kauai's Hindu Monastery in Hawaii. It is part of a series of talks elaborating on the inspired teachings of Śivaya Subramuniyaswami as found in his book Merging With Śiva.

"The first steps on the spiritual path consist in learning to harness the tendencies and impulses of the instinctive mind and transmute their energies into the higher nature. But we should not think of the instinctive mind as 'bad', for it controls the basic faculties of perception and movement, digestion, elimination, ordinary thought and emotion and the many other vital functions of the physical being..."

Listen to Part 1 here https://www.himalayanacademy.com/blog...

When we last left the five murtis of Siva, whty were in Honolulu being gilded with 23-karat gold leaf by Hawaii's premier gilding experts, Thor and Diane Minnick. The team had to stay up til 11 or 12 each night to make the deadline, which they did. The crates returned and were unpacked by the silpis who also carried the precious sculptures to the vimanam area where they will be formally installed. It's an important accomplishment. Enjoy looking over Thor's shoulder as he places the gold leaf on the murtis.

Several days ago Satguru, the mathavasis and local members gathered together in Kadavul Temple for our monthly padapuja to Gurudeva's shrine during the Chitra Nakshatra. Jai Gurudeva!

"The Truth is deeper and is discovered by the resolute devotee who dedicates his life to the search, who lives a balanced life according to the yamas and niyamas, the Vedic spiritual laws, who willingly undergoes change, who finds and obeys a spiritual teacher, or satguru, and who learns precisely the disciplined art of meditation. This, then, outlines the destination of the meditator's journey and his means of travel." Gurudeva

Following the Kadavul Temple kumbhabhishekam to mark the stone upgrades to Nandi, Balipeetam and dhvajastambha, another homa and abhishekam must be performed 48 days later as a vibrational completion to the intensity of a kumbhabhishekam. March 12th was the 48th day, which also just happened to be the 50th anniversary of Kadavul Nataraja Deity installation.

The ceremonies began with a homa at 8am, including five kumbhas to represent Siva, Varuna, Nandi, Balipeetam and Dhvajastambha. After the homa we paraded the kumbhas outside, broke a coconut and returned inside for abhishekam of Nataraja and Sivalingam. After Nataraja's kumbha was poured we returned outside to pour the kumbhas over Nandi, balipeetam and dhvajastambha. Thereafter we closed the curtain to decorate Nataraja. Some temple visitors led vigorous bhajans during this time. Then we completed our normal routine for morning Siva puja, albeit with extra monks present as happens at monthly Ardra puja.
Enjoy the photo collection.

The Siddhidata Kulam's new office and and machine maintenance building frame is quickly taking shape. The contractor team of two put this much together in just five days. It is a metal building, so the work consists of bolting all the pre-fabricated pieces together.