Visiting Hours – Reservation Required
• Open every day of the week and the weekend
• 9am to 12pm
• Parking and entry access require a reservation
Attend Our Temple Services
For Access to Kadavaul Temple’s 9:00am Śiva Puja, you must make a “Kadavul Temple Worship” reservation on our reservation site
Iraivan Temple is currently NOT open to the public. However, on some days a tour to the temple is given around 10:45am. Ask a host. (“Late Morning Front Grounds Access” or “Temple Worship” reservation required).
About this Hindu Monastery
Kauai Aadheenam is home to a traditional Saivite Hindu monastic order. If you plan to visit please be respectful that this is a place of peaceful religious practice.
The monastery is a religious center where monks live, worship and work, supporting Hinduism through temple activities, cultural preservation and educational outreach.
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Today at Kauai Aadheenam
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“For World Peace, Stop the War in the Home”
As we draw closer to January 5, 2027, we will be visiting some of Gurudeva’s life and adventures, all in celebration of the fact that 100 years have passed since his birth. Today we go back to August of the year 2000, when he was at the United Nations for something they called The Millennium Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders. It was the first time that a faith gathering was […]
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New Sprayer on a Trailer
For years we’ve been using standard hand watering cans to nourish young plants that can’t easily be reached with a garden hose. And even older plants have to get watered during our occasional dry spells. As you can imagine, it’s rather laborious to fill a few small cans at a spigot and then go out to various plants, back and forth, back and forth. To speed up the watering process, we’ve […]
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Temple Kitchen Game
Jai Ganesha! Time to try your hand at keeping a busy temple kitchen serving prasadam during daily activities! This little browser game was built by ai with instructions from our monks (so if you see any errors, blame the ai 🤔) Start by selecting level 1. To move use the WASD or Arrow keys. use space bar to pickup and drop-off ingredients or serving dishes. (tip: you can carry up to […]
A Search for the Innermost Divine Self
Self-realization in three stages. Realizing oneself as the Soul, realizing oneself as Satchidananda—Omnipresent Consciousness—and realizing oneself as the Source, the Sustainer of that Omnipresent Consciousness, the Self that transcends time, form and space. Parasiva.
Balanced by Temple Worship
A temple is a meeting place of our physical plane and the invisible worlds of the Gods and angelic beings, or devas. The spiritual vibration is kept strong through the monks’ continual worship.
Fueled by Kundalini Yoga
Meditation can be sustained only if one lives a wholesome life, free from emotional entanglements and adharmic deeds. Intensive, consistent meditation dispels the antagonistic, selfish, instinctive forces of the mind and converts those channels of energy into uplifted creative action.
Charted by Monistic Theism
Hinduism, also known as the Sanatana Dharma, or “Eternal Way,” is our planet’s original and oldest living religion, with over one billion adherents.
Illumined by a Potent
Guru-Shishya System
Kauai Aadheenam is the spiritual home and theological seminary for a small band of monks, all under vows, from many nations. They oversee an international religious mission while living a strict lifestyle of daily religious worship, meditation, yoga and service.
Guided by Soul-Stirring Scriptures
Visit our Saivite Scriptures page, which contains timeless wisdom from the oldest living spiritual tradition on Earth. It includes content from the Vedas, Saiva Agamas, writings from saints, and more.
Awakened by Sadhana and Tapas
For those seeking a deeper understanding of our spiritual path, Himalayan Academy provides Online Study Programs to get you started. You can also sign up for our lessons by email.
– Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
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