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Wake Up With Ganesha
June 8, 2016One of the monks captured today's stunning alankaram of Ganesha. Sadhaka Dayanatha is this months 3am vigilee. From 3am to about 4:20am, Ganesha is bathed, dressed and offered incense, food, arati and 108 beautiful names. The day's first abhishekam starts with Ganesha and gets the tone set for the day....
Visitors
June 8, 2016Senthil and Kavitha Kumar from northern California with son Vignesh, daughter Rithika, and Senthil's father. The family attends Concord Siva Murugan Temple. They join in the walking pilgrimage to the temple during Thai Pusam. They look forward to the bhumi puja for new traditional temple structure, planning for August 21....
A Picture Perfect Outing
June 7, 2016Over this past retreat, Sannyasin Siddhanathaswami and Natyam Mayuranatha took our two current resident task forcers, Dean and Kodiswara, on an outing to Kaua`i's north shore. Our jaunters visited famed Anini beach and then ventured to Hanalei to enjoy the beauty of its valley. Anini means "dwarfish" or "inhibited growth"...
June 6 Homa
June 6, 2016Today the monks began their new phase. Today also happens to be Ardra Nakshatra, a time of the month when Siva's energy it quite potent, so the monks also held their monthly Ardra abhishekam to Lord Nataraja in Kadavul Temple later that morning. \"Hail, O sannyasin, Thou who knowest no...
More recent Pilgrims
June 3, 2016Ravi and Sasikala Penumarthi from Atlanta Georgia, with daughter Lasya and son Abhinaya. Sasikala teaches and performs Kuchipudi dance and her daughter is learning as well. Abhinaya has been learning to play mridangum Ravi and Sasikala Penumarthi from Atlanta Georgia, with daughter Lasya and son Abhinaya } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
Recent Guests
June 3, 2016Some of our visitors from the past week, given a tour by Saravananathaswami. Somaskanda Thyagaraja family family from Chicago Ashok and Rupa Kakkar from Houston, Texas } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
Container Loading at Artha Enterprise's Site
June 3, 2016Here are some recent images from Jiva and Thurai in Begnaluru. Here they are loading four more containers destined for Kauai. These stones here are mainly for the perimeter wall around Iraivan Temple's foundation. Perimeter wall stones are carefully loaded into the container The team has been working around the...