March 2017 News Video
March 21, 2017Kauai's Hindu Monastery brings you news from February, 2017, including: Two monks don the yellow robes of tapas and take their next step in monastic life-that of the Yogi Tapasvin; Mahasivaratri and Thai Pusam are both celebrated in February. Mahasivaratri, Siva's Great Night, joined by off island guests and local...
Innersearch Sri Lanka 2018 and 2019
March 19, 2017The monks have been working hard to bring you our next travel-study program: to Sri Lanka, February 19 to March 1st, 2018! This is our formal announcement of a much-awaited event. What is Innersearch? Innersearch is Himalayan Academy's travel-study program and your opportunity to travel with the satguru and his...
New Youtube Series: Dancing with Siva
March 18, 2017We are undergoing a new project called Digital Dancing with Siva. Each sloka will be made into a movie, around 1.5 minutes each. Let us know what you think of the first few in the playlist.
New Tractor
March 17, 2017Every few years the monks upgrade the monastery equipment in order to not be suffocated in maintenance nightmares. A new John Deere tractor has been purchased to help till the fields. Acharya Arumuganathaswami leads the tractor blessing He loves this new tractor and had shown the Ganapati Kulam pictures of...
Kadavul at Midnight
March 16, 2017Aum Namah Sivaya As many of us know, our monks hold a 24/7/365 vigil in Kadavul Temple. During a monk's three hour stay in the temple he performs the Agamically prescribed puja (12am, 3 am, 6am, 9am, 12pm, 3pm or 6pm) for that vigil and performs japa, meditation, reads scripture,...
March and February Mauritius Ganesha homas
March 16, 2017Click here for more photos and description of March Ganesha homa http://www.saivasiddhanta.org/site/pg/news/view/mauritius-dharmasala/mauritius-march-2017/index.php?blog=0 We missed sharing the February Ganesha homa, so here is the link to that. Click here } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
Cleaning Iraivan Temple
March 15, 2017Today is Ashram Sadhana Day for the monks. It's the one day a month when they forgo their other duties and give all their time to cleaning. Today's initial focus was on Iraivan Temple. Lately the temple has been receiving a steady amount of red-dirt dust blowing in from the...
A Visit and Tour with the Department of Forestry and Wildlife
March 14, 2017When the Department of Forestry and Wildlife here in Hawaii asked the monks to help host a "Landowners Workshop," we thought it would be a group of people with land who knew very little about growing crops and trees, and the workshop would be an introduction. Much to our surprise,...