Maharudram
June 14, 2015Satguru and our traveling monks spent yesterday morning and early afternoon at the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago. There were three simultaneous events. About eleven priests were performing rudra homa, while 121 Ritviks were chanting Sri Rudram eleven times, and one priest was doing Sivalinga Abhishekam. It all took place...
New Map of Kauai's Hindu Monastery
June 13, 2015As those who have been on the grounds know, the 70 acres of the monastery are complex, varied, full of surprises. in preparation for a virtual tour we are designing for digital pilgrims, we recently had a new map created by Hiroko Letman, a Japanese landscape designer living on Kauai....
Chicago Temple Event
June 13, 2015Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, Sannyasin Shanmuganathaswami and Natyam Mayuranatha recently attended an event at the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago. Satguru was greeted in a formal way, after which they proceeded to attend several pujas including a Ganesha Homa invoking the 16 different forms of Ganesha and then a Ganesha Abhishekam...
Sri Siddhi Vinayagar Kumbhabhishekam
June 12, 2015A somewhat belated post from Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami's recent travels to Malaysia, where he participated in the Kumbha abhishekam the Sri Siddhi Vinayagar Temple. Nirvani Tejadevanatha sent us these notes from their travels: Aum Namasivaya, After a slightly bumpy plane ride we safely arrived in Malaysia. The sky opened up...
Our Mauritius June Ganesha Homa
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Recent Visitors
June 11, 2015Neel Kothari and family on first visit from Arizona. Members of Swadhyay Parivar, founded by Pandurang Shastri Athavale. They have a great interest in how to instill Hindu values in young Indian-Americans. They envision an elementary school in the US based on Vedic values. } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
On the Road Again!
June 11, 2015After returning for less then 24 hours, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami left for Chicago to attend and give a presentation at The Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago. He will then be going Kansas City, Missouri. Traveling with him are Sannyasin Shanmuganathaswami and Sadhaka Mayuranatha. The travel team departs the monastery Safe...
Word of the Day
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