Sun One Begins New Phase
March 20, 2009Sun One begins a new phase with homa and Bodhinatha's talk. Today's homa was dedicated to the welfare of all souls who are suffering from the war in Sri Lanka. Outside after the puja, it is a very still calm, windless day.
Two Swamis Go to India for Short Mission
March 20, 2009Arumugaswami and Yoginathaswami are off to India today for 8 days. The main purpose of the visit is for Yoginathaswami to bring over the three new silpis. It is also timely for Arumugaswami who has some projects underway in India that he needs to work with hand-on.
Today's Pilgrims
March 20, 2009A truly beautiful day brought more devout souls for the morning abishekam and puja in the Kadavul Temple. On the left are Ramachandran Sitarama and his wife Ramya Chakravarthy visiting for the first time from Fremont, CA (originally Chennai, Tamil Nadu). An auspicious day for Ramya; its her birthday today....
End of Phase
March 17, 2009We end a five-day phase today. It was productive and dynamic on many fronts. This retreat will be Iraivan day for the monks. Despite the economic difficulties in the US, it seems that the road to Kauai Aadheenam is wide open and visitors and pilgrims are coming more and more...
Pilgrims
March 17, 2009Some of yesterday's pilgrims. In front of the north gopuram of the Iraivan Temple are Vijaya and Anupama Garapati (far right) who are from Toronto, Canada, and Rajeshwari and Mahesh Gadamsetty and their two sons, Sunny and Vineet from Phoenix Arizona. Both families originated from Andra Pradesh. Vijaya and Anupama...
Avudaiyar Tale Continues
March 17, 2009The tale of the casting of the amazing avudaiyar base of Iraivan's Maha Sphatika Lingam continues today with a slide show. Click here to view the work in progress in India.
Bodhinatha in Mauritius - April 11
March 17, 2009For those watching TAKA in Mauritius, put April 11 on your calendar and make a plan to be at the Swami Vivekananda International Convention Centre from 9 AM to 3 PM on that day for an all-day seminar on "Hindu Mysticism."
Darshan meeting
March 16, 2009The Selvarajah family visiting from Edmonton. Selvarajah and his wife are some of the core founding members of the Mahaganapati Temple there and have been here before, but it was the first visit for son Mayuran and daughter-in-law Shankeetha. They were very impressed despite a short visit and plan to...