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March 17th Homa
March 17, 2016Early this morning the Mathavasis gathered together in Kadavul Temple to begin the new phase with their usual morning homa. Today's was supplemented by the refined energies from yesterday's Ardra Abhishekam to Lord Nataraja. This phase will be five days long. The monks will observe Ashram Sadhana Day tomorrow (sun...
Perimeter Wall Progress
March 13, 2016Today we received these photos from the Bengaluru carving site. You can see the swift progress being made on the panel sections of Iraivan Temple's Perimeter wall. This is one of the panels that will have information about the temple\s founding or scriptural quotes on it.' A corner of one...
Our Mauritius March Ganesha Homa
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Recent Pilgrims
March 13, 2016Ravi and Archana Vannela making first visit from Arizona, with daughters Aditi and Amogha. They are staunch members of the Mahaganapati Temple outside Phoenix, which they say is expanding nicely, with increasing attendance and a loyal group of volunteers. They just hired a third priest last month. } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
Siva Puja
March 12, 2016One of our monks doing the Siva puja a few days ago was inspired to take some photos of the sacred process, without any images of Lord Nataraja of course. Puja literally means "worship, adoration." Forms of puja vary widely between Hinduism's four main denominations and its hundreds of lineages,...
Tour Day!
March 12, 2016About once a week, a public tour is held at the monastery. Local Wailua Mission members coordinate to give these many forms of Siva a wonderful introduction to what Kauai's Hindu Monastery is all about. Currently the tour doesn't go all the way out to Iraivan Temple due to construction...
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami's Sivaratri Talk
March 11, 2016Bodhinatha's Latest Upadeshas:"Sivaratri 2016: The Meaning of Yoga" (March 6,2016) In his 2016 Mahasivaratri talk, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami describes the subtle meanings behind some of the concepts in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and shows how they correspond to Gurudeva's teachings. Hinduism defined is trying to be in the highest state of...