Mauritius March Ganesha Homa
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Sri Lanka Innersearch 2018 Grand Finale Post!
March 5, 2018The 2018 Innersearch has come to an end. Our hope is that we were able to give you a glimpse into what these pilgrims went through, but to be sure it is like a grain of sand sitting atop an entire beach. Enjoy this final slideshow of work from our...
Innersearch Initiations: Saiva Diksha
March 4, 2018Initiation, called diksha in Tamil, is an all-important part of the Saiva path. Tirumular speaks lovingly of the potencies created by Siva diksha, of the need for initiation if one ever hopes for progress on the path within. So when students and members were brought before Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami after...
Sri Lanka Innersearch Day 12: Kadaitswami Mahasamadhi Puja
March 4, 2018From 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM the Innersearchers were blessed with our richest, longest, most elaborate temple rites. An amazing Siva homa and abhishekam was held at the Siva temple which has a shrine for Kadaitswami's mahasamadhi. A team of ten priests worked tirelessly (and clearly had been working for...
Sri Lanka Innersearch Day 11: A Musical Event
March 3, 2018Coming back from our temple visit, we were regaled with a rich pre-dinner musical concert. A group of five musicians had gathered a number of instruments on the stage. It began with a Yogaswami Natchintanai followed by six or seven major vina pieces of varying kinds, played to perfection. Then...
Sri Lanka Innersearch Day 11: Markanduswami's Hut and Vedanta Madham
March 2, 2018Off we went to Kaitatady where Yogaswami built a thatched hut for his disciple and commanded him to stay there. Markanduswami settled there at age 60 and in 1985 left his body at age 92. He never left the compound all those years. We entered into the newly renovated hut,...
Video of Sri Lanka Innersearch at Pasupatiswar Sivan Temple
March 1, 2018Sivan TV captured the Innersearch adventures at Gurudeva’s Pasupatiswar Sivan Temple and later at the famed Kumbhalavalai Pillayar Temple where Gurudeva visited often in 1949. The video closely follows two pujas that morning and the parade to the Ganesha temple through the narrow lanes of Alaveddy. Sadasivanatha noted at the...
Sri Lanka Innersearch Day 11: Keeramalai Temple
March 1, 2018Off to one of the ancient temples of Sri Lanka, located on the northernmost shore, just next to the sea. In fact, there are natural springs here and the Innersearchers were able to bathe in the holy waters. Puja and abhishekam followed. The priests here are of the ancient Chola...