Pilgrims
May 7, 2009Another beautiful day brought Siva bhaktars, Arvind and Radha Trivedi from San Diego, CA. Their son Shailesh is also well-known to the Swamis for his selfless and generous contribution to the Hinduism Today Production Fund. He shares his mother's love of all that grows and owns and operates a flower...
Saivite Children's Camp in St. Louis, Missouri
May 7, 2009A two day Saivite Children's Camp was held on April 24th and 25th in St. Louis, Missouri for the community's children. The camp was conducted by Rishi Thondunathan. Children were instructed about the Nine Beliefs of Hinduism, A Hindu Primer, Ten Questions about Hinduism and more from Gurudeva's book, Dancing...
Seventy Souls for Tour Day
May 7, 2009Seventy beautiful souls joined us today on "Public Tour Day". Many thoughtful questions from the group enriched their experience and expanded their understanding and appreciation for Hinduism. These bright souls traveling from British Columbia and Washington State study metaphysical science and were impressed with the high energy that surrounded the...
May 2009 Ganesha Homa at Spiritual Park
May 7, 2009Lord Pancha Mukha Ganapati looks magnificent on the first Sunday of May for the Ganesha Homa ceremony at the Spiritual Park. Devotees are already there singing devotional songs before the sacred fire is lighted. The Homa is lighted in the pit just a little further off the huge granite...
Ganesha In Brasil
May 7, 2009Today one of the mathavasis ran across a Brasilian artist who is doing cute things with the deities. Here he gives us a child's view of Ganesha... and of a Siva deep in contemplation!
Guests and Pilgrims
May 6, 2009Vikas and Shreya Ghelani visited Kauai for the first time from San Jose, California. They were eager to converse with Bodhinatha and had several good questions for him, like how to control thoughts from running wild, not worrying about future, etc. Our Hawaiian sunny, hot days of spring/summer are just...
Gurudeva's classic 1981 photo close-up
May 6, 2009Gurudeva went to a photo studio in Malaysia in 1981 to take some shots that would one day become classic. We were looking at the high-res version of the photo recently and imagined that some people would love to have a close-up of Gurudeva's blissful expression and samadhi eyes. Click...
Sun Three
May 5, 2009It is Sun Three and the Pillaiyar Kulam related their news. Shanmuganathaswami has been busy working on Hinduism Today distribution and managing the construction of the new Minimela building. With the walls and roof up there are now 100's of details to work out on the inside of the building....