Thai Pusam, 2009 Is Here!
February 7, 2009Tomorrow is the holy day of Thai Pusam. The full moon in the month of Thai, dedicated to Lord Murugan. Here a devotee in Jaffna has a vision of Yogaswami at the holy temple of Nallur in Jaffna, where the presiding Deity is just a Vel in the inner sanctum....
Quarterly News Video
February 7, 2009For those who haven't seen it yet, we are posting here again our video covering the news of October, November and December for the three-day retreat. Enjoy! httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhFZo5fERu0
Ganapati Kulam New Floor Nearly Completed
February 7, 2009The Ganapati Kulam gave their report for the phase today. The whole team has been working on the installation of the new floor. Today they completed the last installation of the floor pieces and continued work on the baseboards around the edge of the walls. And lots and lots and...
New Minimela Roof Rafters Up
February 7, 2009It is Saturday so the crew working on the new Visitor Info and Library Center are off today. We can see they made good progress yesterday completing the installation of the rafters of the roof. This new minimela is destined to be the greenest building we have, with solar panels,...
Ardra Puja Day
February 6, 2009We had a magnificent Ardra Puja this morning. Meanwhile we bring you and extra long TAKA today where the spirit of the documentary is the power of Agni--God of Fire.
Rishimata Sivalosani Kanagaratnam
February 6, 2009Here is Rishimata Sivalosani Kanagaratnam, a long-time member of Saiva Siddhanta Church, in Chennai with Sheela Venkatakrishnan. She was on a pilgrimage to India with Thondunathan. Sivalosani has returned safely to her home in Kopai, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
Iraivan Sivalingam Avudaiyar Base Poured in Swamimalai
February 6, 2009  Take deep breath and put on your browser seat belts as we load 52 image of the story of the creation of the base of the avudaiyar of the Iraivan Temple Maha Sphatika Lingam. The avudaiyar (Tamil, pronounced AA-vu-dai-YAR), or pitham in Sanskrit, of the lingam, is being poured...
A Dynamic Sun Three
February 5, 2009From still days to dynamically active days at the Aadheenam. Today was in the latter category with over 100 guests on the tour, lots of construction going on and every one very busy.