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2020 Gurudeva Mahasamadhi Puja

Gurudeva Mahasamadhi Final Puja

Jai Gurudeva! This afternoon our monks observe a Siva Homa and a Padapuja for Gurudeva, beginning at 3:30pm Kauai Aadheenam Standard Time. Visit our Youtube Channel to see the live stream: https://www.youtube.com/user/kauaiaadheenam

Gurudeva's 2020 Mahasamadhi Observances Begin!

Jai Gurudeva! Jai Kailasa Parampara! Yesterday, Satguru and our monks began a four-day celebration of Gurudeva Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, his life and teachings. While the event is usually attended by many members and devotees from around the world, this year is understandably more subdued, with only monks observing the temple pujas....

Tirukural - Chapter 9

Chapter 9: Hospitality Verse 84Here the wife is preparing banana leaves upon which the meal will be set for eating. The daughter fills cups with water. Behind their happy guests enjoy conversation as they wait for lunch to be ready. TAKA Presents the Tirukural You can access the entire text,...

Feeding Monks

Today we join Chinnu in the kitchen to see what he is serving up for Satguru and the monks today. Each day Chinnu comes to the Aaaheenam kitchen and prepares delicious, healthy food from our many garden vegetables. For today's rice, Chinnu is making Tamarind Rice. If you'd like to...

Himalayan Academy Thinkific Courses

A reminder that Himalayan Academy has a thriving series of online learning courses. More than 500 people have signed up thus far. We chose the THINKIFIC platform (they have more than 40,000 teachers!) and have created some extensive and some simple material for students of our teachings. The entire Master...

Mauritius November Ganesha Homa

Click here for more on the November Ganesha Homa at our Spiritual Park http://www.saivasiddhanta.org/site/pg/news/view/mauritius-dharmasala/ssc-mauritius-mission_114 } ];

Happy Ardra Nakshatra!

Every month during the Ardra nakshatra, our monks perform a puja and abhishekam for Lord Nataraja in Kadavul Temple. While we follow the tradition of not photographing or filming the central shrine, you can at least listen to this audio of the end of the puja, recorded today by a...