New Phase Begins
March 5, 2009A new phase began today with our homa as usual. It was followed by Ardra Abhishekam at 9 am. For those following Bodhinatha's talks, his bhashya on the February Mamsani (meditation of the month) was posted today. Saravananathaswami performs homa today. Bodhinatha gave a short upadesha today on Gurudeva's teachings...
Tour Day News
March 5, 2009Today was also tour day for this phase with many visitors braving the morning showers. Here are guests on the tour looking at the free literature in the Banyan Mandapam. The group photo at Dakshinamurti. Guests gather for the carving demonstration. Silpis working on the handrailing. Some of our guests...
End of Phase
March 2, 2009We completed a very productive six-day phase today. Again reminder that a new talk by Bodhinatha on Appreciation has been posted today (see right side bar.) We also bring you some special photos of Gurudeva for you to download, a little video of Iraivan and some news on major landscaping...
Iraivan Temple Roof Progress
March 2, 2009httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHJdm2lzPdc
Landscaping Rishi Valley
March 2, 2009The Rishi Valley landscaping work which began a few weeks back continues. It was a few weeks back that Keoke cleared some scrub brush. Now island families are helping to plant groundcovers. They have chosen edible plants for this which will provide food for the monks and be a beautiful...
Gurudeva Darshan
March 2, 2009All photos in this section can be downloaded. Just click on any photo! Honoring Yogaswami in Sri Lanka.
Darshan with Bodhinatha this morning
March 1, 2009Dr. and Mrs. Yoganathan visited Kauai for the first time from Melbourne, Australia. They are originally from Jaffna, Sri Lanka, and knew Yogaswami before they moved to Australia in the 80s. They commented that Kadavul Temple feels very sacred, and appreciated that it's not in the middle of a noisy...
All Monks Photo Shoot with Silpis
March 1, 2009Once every now and that we have a big photo shoot of all the monks. Six of the silpis are returning to India in 30 days and Palaniswami is preparing souvenir photo albums for each one as a gift in appreciation for all the work they have done on the...