July 5th Homa
July 5, 2016After a short retreat, the monks begin their new phase. This will be a six day phase with the Chitra Nakshatra directly following it, meaning a Padapuja to Gudeva on the first day of this retreat. Satguru is still traveling, so Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami again stepped in to oversee this morning's...
Satguru in UK, June 30 Pt. 2: Nagapooshani Ambal Temple
July 2, 2016On the evening of June 30, Satguru attended the Sri Nagapooshani Ambal Temple in Enfield, a borough of London. The head priest, Kamala Sivacariyar, is a friend to Kaua`i Aadheenam and is grateful for the work done here. Photos in this slideshow include current construction of the garbha griha (innermost...
Tour Days Are Packed
July 2, 2016Summer bring many visitors. Aran Sendan conducted a recent tour on June 18th big: '/taka-archive-all-assets/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/tour-july-18-2016/big/tour-18th.jpg', } ]; _showFullscreen: true, transitionSpeed:150});
Satguru in UK, June 30 Pt. 1: Kew Gardens
July 2, 2016This past Thursday, students and devotees took Satguru out for a visit to the spectacular Kew Royal Botanical Gardens in Surrey. The Gardens are spread out over 350 acres, containing some trees over 300 years old. Satguru poses on \"The Hive,\" a remarkable creation which will be explained in later...
The Duggirala Family Visits
July 2, 2016We felt fortunate to have the Duggirala family of Memphis, Tennessee, all eight of them, visit our monastery this morning. Here they are (along with other guests of the day) enjoying the sanctified headquarters of our Himalayan Academy publications' Media Studio. They met and chatted with Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami and other...
Homeward Bound Pilgrims
July 2, 2016Kaivalyanathaswami enjoys a good-bye-for-now chat with Luisa Vaca in our Wiliwili Mandapam. She is an enthusiastic registered Master Course student who has just completed a month-long pilgrimage here. Today, she is returning to her home to in Castaic, Southern California. "This has been a tremendous time for us," she said....
Gurudeva's 1970 Audio Master Course Is Back!
July 1, 2016Chapter One: The Great Story of Awareness For those who saw this post several weeks ago, and were surprised to see them disappear suddently, we have improved the speed and audio quality and added proper MP3 tags and are now release these as good to go. Gurudeva's 1970 Audio Master...
Satguru in London - June 29th
July 1, 2016Following Satguru's 10am satsang at the Veergathiyar's home, He and Sannyasin Shanmuganathaswami began their evening at the Sri Murugan Temple in East Ham. Satguru was happy to see Pichai Gurukal there who was on his way to the Maryland Murugan Temple kumbhabhishekam. He has seven of his students at this...