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Cement Pour at New Maintenance Shop

On a recent sunny morning, a crew of six or seven masons worked seamlessly together to pour a cement "apron" around three sides of the new Siddhidata Kulam maintenance shop and office/storage building. This will help lessen the amount of dirt and mud tracked into the building

New Granite Sign

The silpis have been working this last week on a new granite sign for the Siddhidatta Kulam workshop, called Hale Hana, or House of Work in Hawaiian. Check out their skills in turning an illustrator file into permanent granite.

Island School Visit, and San Marga Ganesha Shrine

Two events in one post:
1) A couple weeks ago Island School made their annual student field trip over here as part of studying world religions. They also visited other religions' places of worship on the island.
Isani Alahan gave a tour which included attending part of the Siva puja in Iraivan Temple. Most of these photos were taken by 8th grade teacher Pat Gegen. He reported afterwards, "Thank You again for the wonderful tours you provide for us and our students and the wisdom and insights into better understanding Hinduism as practiced here on Kauai. I continue to learn more every year and it is always a highlight for the students."

2) The other day we affixed a kalasam to the top of the small Ganesha shrine on San Marga path. A Ganesha murti will be officially installed inside in the coming weeks.

New Siddhidata Kulam Building Downstairs Painting

Completing another stage of construction on the new maintenance/office/storage building, the team spent a few days painting the sheetrock walls of several downstairs storage rooms. Some of these rooms will be dehumidified for storing sensitive material.

San Marga Path Paving Update

With lots of dry weather perfect for outdoor construction projects, much progress is being made with laying down rock and gravel on the San Marga entrance path to Iraivan Temple. Working backwards from the river, employee Dennis has completed up to and around Muruga Hill.

Forest Path

A new path has been built leading from Hanuman's Mountain into the Rudraksha Forest. It is six feet wide and 200 feet long, to be planted with grass in the weeks ahead. Now visitors can enjoy the sacred forest without tripping on roots. The path leads to San Marga, where it connects with the larger, 8-foot-wide Pilgrims' Path leading to Iraivan Temple.

San Marga Path Paving Progress

Our employee and longtime friend Dennis Wong has finished laying rock and gravel in the lower section of the official pilgrims' path to Iraivan Temple, and now he is heading up the straight San Marga path, from the svayambhulingam heading backwards.

Metal Building Progress

The electricians team from California finished installing lighting and fans. Another team of monks and employee Doug installed insulation in the walls of all downstairs storage rooms, and another hired team has just installed sheet rock on all those walls.

Iraivan Temple Silpis Install Final Chains

Some days ago, our silpis installed hanging stone chains in the four corners of the Iraivan Temple mahamandapam roof. This constituted the final pieces of the temple to be assembled. Worthy of celebration! The silpis will return to India at year's end.

Electrifying the New Machine Shop Building and Office

Five electricians from California have begun the process of installing wiring, fans and power outlets throughout the new Siddhidata Kulam metal building, courtesy of our SSC sishya Easvan Param, a longtime electrican.

Three scissor lifts are rented for the project, which will last around a couple weeks.

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