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Bodhinatha's Recent Upadeshas
February 27, 2016Don't miss these two new talks from Bodhinatha's last two Sun One discourses! We Know Not Naam ariyom: We do not know. The approach of our parampara: Not trying to explain the Truth but giving us concepts of God which help us get to the Truth. The intellect cannot experience...
February Chitra Puja
February 27, 2016Yesterday our monks observed the Chitra Nakshatra with our monthly padapuja to Gurudeva. In the early morning, Satguru, the Mathavasis, local members and visiting pilgrims all gathered in Kadavul Temple, facing Gurudeva's shrine and granite paduka. Natyam Nandinatha and Nirvani Nilakanthanatha performed a beautiful abhishekam, pouring milk, yogurt, honey and...
February 2016 News Video
February 26, 2016httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pheRs1_oYU The February 2016 news video from Kauai's Hindu Monastery features Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami's travel to Australia, Iraivan Temple landscaping and the monastics full moon celebration of Thai Pusam.
More Recent Visitors
February 25, 2016Bimal and Ruby Nair with children Kashi and Ajna, from New York Yogeswaran and Anitha Pararajasingam from Pennsylvania Choudary Voleti from Kauai\/India, with son and his family A couple from Seattle interested in Hinduism Ashok and Dorothy Roychoudhury from Florida, with friends Paul and Maryanna Welch Wibishana and Tharani Rockwood...
Photos of Our Many Guests
February 25, 2016We've had a variety of pilgrims over the last few months. Here are a few belated photos of them. Many met with Satguru and enjoyed time performing sadhana and exploring our sacred gardens. Mukesh and Chandana Guntamadugu family from Ohio Tapash, Sumi and Roopkotha Dey from Michigan Sivakumar, Soumya with...
Recent Trip to California
February 24, 2016Acharya Arumuganathaswami and Natyam Jayantha recently returned from several days on the mainland. The two were invited to an event at the Sunnyvale Hindu Temple in the Bay Area, which celebrated the success and bright future of the Center for Dharma Studies at the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) in Berkley....
Today's Sun 1 Homa
February 24, 2016We begin a new phase with our usual, unbroken routine of having a homa in Kadavul temple. Saravananathaswami leads the group with his powerful chanting. A homa for us is 5 separate pujas. First Ganesha, then Hanuman, Varuna, Siva in kumbha and then Siva in the fire. Each short puja...