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Jai Ganesha!

Today, we took a stroll through the greenhouse and had the pleasure of speaking with Mayilnathaswami, who was in the midst of harvesting fresh greens. We took the opportunity to ask Swami if he could show us around, and he graciously agreed. As he guided us through the greenhouse, he shared insightful updates on how quickly the greens are growing and explained how to determine the right time for harvesting them. It was a wonderful experience to learn firsthand about the care and timing involved in nurturing these vibrant plants.

We have an outdoor workshop adjacent to the carpentry shop whose tent frame and cover was worn down after many years. Yesterday we replaced the entire frame with larger, sturdier pipes and installed a new tent cover. The A-frame is now taller and steeper than before, no longer fitting under the carpentry shop eave, so we have to cut into the eave and pull the frame into it, then build a protective covering. The end result is that rain water draining off the carpentry shop eave will fall on the tent and then off the sides to the ground.

The annual temple festival puja concluded with final abhishekam yesterday, which was livestreamed. We also took still photos of the preparatory homas to energize the main kumbha water for Mahalingeshvara and smaller kumbhas representing various shaktis and Siva’s five-fold powers of Isana, Tatpurusha, Aghora, Vamadeva and Sadyojata.

Jai Ganesha!

Today, April 1st, we officially began the Samvatsara Puja, starting with the Krittika Homa in the morning. In the afternoon, the Samvatsara Homa commenced in the presence of Satguru. Tomorrow is the final day, and we will be live-streaming the concluding puja. The link above is for everyone to click and join. Aum.