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Harvesting Ginger
February 3, 2016The monks of the Siddhidatta kulam recently harvested the bed of ginger that had been growing in the nakshatra garden. That is our herb garden just next to the kitchen. The amount of ginger root that was produced was quite extraordinary, filling one whole cart. The monks now have a...
Morning Havana
February 2, 2016This morning the monks began the week with a Siva Homa. Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami was present to give offerings to Siva through Agni, and also to burn the prayers that had been written by monks and devotees. In this way we can easily maintain communication between the beings of all...
Chitra Puja in the UK
February 2, 2016We recently received these images from devotees in the UK of their recent padapuja to Gurudeva during the chitra Nakshatra. Om Namah Sivaya "Satguru darshan opens psychic seals in the devotee by moving his awareness out of an area that he does not want to be in. Similarly, a blowtorch...
Chitra Puja
January 30, 2016This morning the monks celebrated yet another glorious chitra puja for Sri Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswamiji. A few photos tell the tale... An overall look from Siva\s viewpoint. Island members on the right and monks on the left. ' Sadhakas Dayanatha and Jayanatha perform the puja to Gurudeva Items are poured...
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Talaivar Desk Project
January 29, 2016Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami, head of the Ganapati Kulam, has gotten a new desk! After about 50+ years of selfless service, Paramacharya asked the team to build a desk worthy of the new Media Studio design and able to make the members of the kulam feel proud of their work when they...