December Mauritius Ganesha Homa
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Sun One Homa and Flag Raising
December 16, 2016Today marks the beginning of the Moksha Ritau. Following the morning meditation, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami led the monks and local members out to the flagpole to raise the coral-pink flag of this new season. The group paraded through the bright cool morning. No clouds or obstructions to be seen in...
Sponsored Birthday Lunch
December 11, 2016Happy birthday to Archana Pillay and we thank the Pillays for sponsoring a lunch for the monks. Sannyasin Yoginathaswami, Nirvinis Adinatha and Tejadevanatha and Natyam Dayanatha spent a whole morning in the kitchen, or outside in this case, making a wonderful Chinese lunch. Satguru even stopped by for a visit!...
Krittika Deepa
December 11, 2016The monks of Kauai Aadheenam wish everyone a blessed Krittika Deepa! As stated in Dancing With Siva, "On Krittika Dipa, the Krittika nakshatra in November-December, we honor--with oil lamps everywhere, village bonfires and special temple arati--God Siva as an infinite pillar of light." If you don't find yourself at a...
A Short Story in Flux Hawaii Magazine
December 9, 2016Recently a local journalist interviewed several of our monks for a short piece in Flux Hawaii, a local magazine that focuses on our islands' arts and culture. To the authors surprise, a photo of our monks was chosen for the cover. Follow this link to read the short but sweet...
Kadavul Temple Receives a New Carpet
December 9, 2016Just a few days ago, the old, faded carpet in Kadavul Temple was replaced. In only a few hours a local team removed the old carpet and its layer of under-padding. They laid down a new thick layer of padding, along with the top layer of bright red carpet which...
Recent visitors collection
December 8, 2016Pieter Weltevrede from Netherlands Rajadurai family and others from Canada Jayanthan family from California Easan and Sundari Katir from California Suganan and Sivaginy from New York Y.V. and Anjali Rao from Texas Jeyachandran Ratnagopal from California Mr. Sivasamy from Vancouver, Canada Bharath Raghukultilak from California Ramanan family from Calgary, Canada...
Our Annual Appeal Is Nearing the End
December 8, 2016Aloha from the islands! During the past seven years, our vast Himalayan Academy websites have served tens of thousands of visitors for free. With just a few days left in our annual drive, we are still in need of help. We're not there yet. Our sites are like a digital...