Bodhinatha in Edmonton
June 24, 2009Devotees happily greet Bodhinatha at the airport in Edmonton. Darshan meeting with the growing Veylan Family. The newest member of the family is Shyla. Mayooran Selvarajah and Shankeetha Anantha. They recently visited the monastery and are looking forward to their next visit. Shankeetha will give birth to her first child...
Bodhinatha Back Home for Homa
June 23, 2009Bodhinatha arrived home early last night from Canada and was with us this morning to start our new phase with Sun One homa.
Forest retropective at Kauai Aadheenam
June 23, 2009In November 2005, Saiva Siddhanta Church sishya Potriyan Sivanathan came from Malaysia to participate in our "task force" program. Living at the monastery and following the daily routine, he helped the monastics with their service, or "seva". On this visit to our land across the river he took the opportunity...
Fourth Annual Saivite Summer Camp in Chicago
June 23, 2009A two-day Saivite Summer Camp was held in Chicago on June 14th and 15th. Thirty-four children of all ages attended this year's event which was conducted by Rishi Thondunathan. Children were instructed about the Nine Beliefs of Hinduism, karma, Dharma, Yamas and Niyamas, and more from Gurudeva's book, Dancing with...
Bodhinatha On the Move in Canada
June 20, 2009Bodhinatha is in Edmonton today, but we continue with follow up report on his travels. Here he is with the family of Manickam Senthivel, in Vancouver. Manickam and his wife are always our wonderful hosts and event coordinators in Vancouver. ~~~~~~~~~~~ END OF PHASE Today is the last day of...
Canada Trip: Seattle (Cont.)
June 20, 2009We continue today with the report on events in Seattle: The group grew to over 80 people, which is a lot during the week Bodhinatha stands next to the assistant priest as the puja takes place Devotees line up for blessings Temple priest Our humble and sweet Marthi family who...
Kodimaram Preparations for Gold Leafing
June 20, 2009The kodimaram (flagpole) in front of Kadavul Temple has had it's undercoating applied. Gilding was delayed because of rain yesterday. It will be shiny and bright by the end of next phase.
Minimela Progress
June 20, 2009The new Minimela Visitor Information Center is coming along very well. The outside has been painted with a lovely soft green color such that visually the building almost melts into the surroundings. It is Saturday today and the team is off the job, all but one man, Willie who is...