Dr. Thiagarajan Departs
June 17, 2009This morning was Dr. Thiagarajan's last at Kauai Aadheenam before traveling on to see his daughter in Virginia. After this morning's home we took a group photo for him. Here he is with the Ganapati Kulam where he did some seva during his stay. It was an honor to be...
Alvin Buchignani
June 17, 2009Alvin Buchignani came to visit today with his wife Francoise. Alvin was Gurudeva's attorney when Gurudeva first started his organization in San Francisco in the early 1960's. He was a young beginning lawyer then, but Gurudeva saw a good young man with integrity and vision and adopted him as his...
Visit to Himalayan Acres
June 17, 2009Today was a retreat day at the Aadheenam, a break from our daily routine, and Dr. Thiagarajan joined us for a trip across the river to our agricultural land. For a change of pace from the intensive meetings of the past few days, he had the opportunity to drive our...
Sri Lanka Mission -- Tamil New Year celebrations Sri Subramuniya Kottam
June 17, 2009  On April 14, 2009, the Tamil New Year was celebrated at the Sri Subramuniya Kottam. Keeping the war situation in mind, celebration was kept simple. A puja was performed for Gurudeva to receive his blessings for the coming year. The worship was attended by the Kottam students, teachers and...
Nepali Ganesha
June 17, 2009Lord Ganesha at the beginning of Tiruneri Path. Some put this magnificent garland on what we call "Nepali Ganesha" whose shrine is the first on to greet visitors on arrival at the monastery. This murthi seems to have special powers as He has come to pilgrims during their sleep in...
Sun Six- End of Phase Darshan with Bodhinatha
June 14, 2009Our gold gilding team is off today. Meanwhile a steady stream of Hindu pilgrims is coming daily. Thambyrajah and Karen and family are visiting Kauai for the first time from St. Louis, Missouri. Thambyrajah's brother from Honolulu also came to the island (far left). Bodhinatha gave some advice about ferreting...
Kadaitswami Saves a Fisherman
June 14, 2009The swamis are working on the biography of our Kailasa Paramparai, a book that is tentatively titled "Seven Mystic Gurus." Today we give TAKA Cybercadets a private glimpse into the chapter on the amazing siddhar Kadaitswami who lived from ca. 1804 to October 13, 1891. Here is the story as...
Dr. Thiagarajan Learns About Yogaswami's Songs
June 14, 2009Today Dr. Thiagarajan finished his seva helping the Ganapati Kulam with entering Devanagari scripts. Sivakatirswami showed him the Natchintanai song book and web site project and he was enthralled with Sivayogaswami's songs. We presented him with a gift of the book in Tamil. Besides being a Sanskrit expert, Dr. Thiagarajan...