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August 16, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha meets with Senthilathiban. Though just 29, Senthil has taken the family business "Artha Enterprises" in India to grand heights. Here Senthil give Bodhinatha a gift... Having grown up the past decade side-by-side with his father Jiva Rajasankara, mother, Kanmani and brother, Thuraisingam, at...
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August 15, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami returned home today with Sadhaka Dandapani after a truly "victorious" mission. Despite some very long and challenging transit schedules, Bodhinatha looks bright and strong. Sadhaka Jivananandanatha performs the pada puja.. Jai Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami ki Jai! After entering the temple, arati...
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August 14, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sadhu Paksha: Day Eleven It's very quiet at home. With Bodhinatha traveling with Sadhaka Dandapani and also Palaniswami and Arumugaswami... all four of whom are now in New Jersey... we are running on a "short crew" here at the Aadheenam. Though there are no...
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August 10, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? At home the good news is the sound of chisels tapping again at Iraivan, with the faster enthusiastic pace of young men inspired to be on a new mission far away in Hawaii. Meanwhile, more pictures are pouring in from Bodhinatha's mission. Here he...
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August 9, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Our new group of silpis came to Kadavul Temple for the first time this morning and then went out for an orientation by Shanmugam Sthapati on the Iraivan Temple Project. Tomorrow, on Chitra nakshatra they will formally begin their carving work. Meanwhile Rajamohan has...
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August 8, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? At home today the big news is the arrival of the new silpi team of six men. Meanwhile, Bodhinatha has left for Edmonton. Thiru Satkunendran writes from Toronto: "Vanakkam... Bodhinatha's visit was a success in every way. I just saw them-off at Toronto Airport,...
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August 7, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sadhu Paksha Day 4 Another quiet Sadhu Paksha day... The Pillaiyar Kulam shared news today. More and more people in Malaysia are buying books from our web site, so plans are in the works to set up a distribution center there. Since many of...
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August 6, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sadhu Paksha Day Three All is quiet at the monastery... we have great news from Canada... Bodhinatha keeps fit by talking early morning walks while he travels... here he is in Toronto... August 5th: 5:45pm, Bodhinatha arrives at hall where the Sivathondan Nilayam branch...