Iraivan Landscape Jumps Out of the Ground with Full-Grown Palms
January 18, 2016On the 19-acre parcel the monastery acquired several years ago, referred to as "Siva Pannai" there is a huge stand of full-grown palms. These were planted by the previous owner who was a nursery professional from Arkansas, as an investment. The economy and subsequent development on the island has been...
Quote of the Day
January 15, 2016Enjoy this new addition to TAKA: Quote of the Day
Organizing Art Collections
January 15, 2016For the last two weeks, Brahmachari Raguram has been helping in the Ganapati Kulam. He has been going through the entire lifetime collection of S. Rajam's artwork and making sure everything is organized correctly in our digital database. We are just now having the artwork inscriptions translated. These inscriptions were...
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Ganesha Chaturthi
January 13, 2016Today was Ganesha Chaturthi and in Kadavul Temple the monastics celebrated in their own special way. At 3am an abhishekam was performed and a splendid alankaram was done. Aromatic fruits were lovingly displayed for Ganesha so he could use the prana to bless us all.
Off to Australia!
January 13, 2016Yesterday morning, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami and Sannyasin Shanmuganathaswami boarded their flight, and are now making their way to Australia. They'll be in Melbourne through January 17th and will also be visiting Adelaide and Sydney. Have a safe trip! Om Namah Sivaya } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
The River, a Symbol of Life
January 12, 2016Today we enjoy the beauty of the sacred Wailua Ganga at sunset. Here is an audio recording of Gurudeva as he reads from Living With Siva, lesson 22. [script type="text/javascript"] $(document).ready(function () { var mePlayer = $('#audio-').mediaelementplayer({ features: ['playpause','progress','current','duration','volume'], audio }); }); The Wailua river has recently seen lots of...
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