A Visit From Kauai Island Leaders
April 22, 2017Today Char Ravelo, founder of Inspiration magazine on Kauai and major force in the Leadership Kauai movement, brought 16 of the island's young leaders to the monastery today. They are the 2017 graduates of a year-long leadership training program, but already they are the movers and shakers of the island....
Flowers Flowers Flowers!!!
April 21, 2017Jai Ganesha! With the Nartana Ritau in full swing our sacred gardens have woken up to the fact that winter is over. All the many flowers have started blooming again! We take a short walk and snap a photo of as many as we can find. And oh did we...
New Morning Routine
April 20, 2017The monks have officially ended their routine Sun One homa that went on for decades and now perform a simple Siva puja with local members. Satguru gives a talk at the end of the puja. The early morning sky over the solar panels Everyone is gathered and obsequiously attends the...
April 2017 News Video
April 19, 2017https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTeVZrgdHtI April news video reporting on events in May, 2017. A massive temple stone has been moved into the site of the Bronze Memorial; bronze sculptures continue to be crafted in Loveland, Colorado; Iraivan's silver naga was placed into the sanctum of the temple, the future site of the svayambhu...
Bronze Memorial Foundation is Poured
April 17, 2017The Ganapati Kulam teamed up with our grounds manager Doug Noggle and poured a nine-yard foundation for the future Bronze Memorial. The giant granite stone in the middle is going to be home for our Gurudeva centerpiece. A quick holler and all look over at me for the final group...
Scriptures; the Tirukural; Three Worlds and Conquering Ego with Devotion
April 17, 2017Don't miss Satguru Bodhinatha latest talks on Chapters 20 and 21 of the Path to Siva. Bodhinatha's Latest Upadeshas - Our Scriptures; the Tirukural; Three Worlds and Surrendering Ego Through Devotion " Path to Siva, Lesson 20 - Our Saivite Scriptures" (March 22,2017) " Path to Siva, Lesson 21 -...
Living With Siva Gujarati Audio Book Completed
April 15, 2017Mrunal and Padmaja Patel recently arrived on pilgrimage to the aadheenam, and with them they brought the completed Living With Siva audio book in Gujarati. The narration is thanks to the work of narrator Harish Vyass and sound engineer Ajay Wadhar. They have completed Dancing With Siva and Living With...
Moola Mantra Ganapati Homa
April 15, 2017A Moola Mantra Ganapati Homa was held on the 8th of April, 2017 at Sri Selva Vinayagar Temple, Klang, Malaysia. This Homa was a special request by Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami who also presided the event. Coordinated by Saiva Siddhanta Church's Malaysia Mission, the event was sponsored by both Kauai Aadheenam...