On the day of sankalpam preparations for the April 12 Samvatsara Abhishekam (one year anniversary of the opening of Iraivan Temple) Siva showed His tangible presence by offering the island His own abishekam in the form of a massive rainstorm, a tropical downpour that brought 14 inches of rain to the monastery in 12 hours! We have rain guage records back decades, and even back to 2017 and 2010 we only once in 40 years of record keeping went beyond 10 inches in a day. So this was memorable. Then, showing the soft side of His grace, Siva flooded the island with sunshine on the following day, allowing for parades, pradakshina, marvelous dance and more in summer sun. There was, as you will see, some garden damage, but considering the scale of the storm, not that much. Interestingly, it reminded us of the Kadavul Temple kumbabhishekam day, 1984, when another impressive storm struck.

6 Responses to “Historic Time, Historic Floods”

1. Pethuraja says:
   April 13th, 2024 at 4:31 pm

   “AUM”!.

2. Thillaiampalam Sivayogapathy says:
   April 13th, 2024 at 8:44 pm

   Aum Namasivaya!

   Aum Siva, Siva!

   Anpudan, (With Love),

   Siva,

   (T.Sivayogapathy).

3. Srilakshmi Rathakrishnan says:
   April 14th, 2024 at 4:19 am

   Aum Namasivayam 🙏🙏🙏

4. Sankuthi says:
   April 14th, 2024 at 6:19 am

   Jai Ganesha!

   Sri Mahalingeswara’s blessings in the form of a massive rainstorm is truly wonderful! Thank you Swamis, kulamatas. volunteers and Priests for making this anniversary very special. Wishing you all a “Happy Tamil New Year” and may there be peace on earth.
   Aum Namasivaya
   Sivayanama Aum

5. Krista says:
   April 14th, 2024 at 3:55 pm

   🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

6. Terrie says:
   April 17th, 2024 at 3:48 am

   How lovely to see Siva in this form. Thank you for the pictures! Aum Shanti

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