Planting Fruit Trees
June 4, 2015Recently the monks of the Siddhidatta Kulam, who are responsible for our monastery grounds, maintenance and food and vegetable growing, set out to plant a total of 83 fruit trees. They are planting mainly avocado trees. The avocado trees include many different varieties which all bloom at different times of...
Silpi Bronze Tribute
May 31, 2015The next in the series of bronzes which will give tribute and honor the art and craftsmanship of building Iraivan Temple by hand out of hard granite has been completed and will soon be crated for the journey to Kauai. This is among our favorites, two silpis on a stone,...
A Recent Guest
May 31, 2015After his April visit with wife Laura and daughter Makana, Woody Harrelson decided to return to the island for several days for a personal retreat. He stayed at a hermitage nearby and came to the temple most mornings for the 9am Siva puja and for personal meditation. He also had...
Vaikasi Vishakham
May 31, 2015This morning the Aadheenam celebrated Vaikasi Vishakham in Kaduval Temple. It is a festival in honor of Lord Murugan, God of will, direct cognition and the purest, child-like divine love, commemorating his creation and birth. On this day (Visakha nakshatra in May-June) elaborate abhisheka is conducted in all Muruga temples....
Montreal Murugan Temple Visit
May 29, 2015Above are some recent photos of Satguru's visit to the Murugan temple in Montreal. They are in preparation for a large chandi Homa in the coming week. } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
May 29 Chitra Puja
May 29, 2015Today we celebrated the Chitra nakshatra with an early morning padapuja for Gurudeva. The monastics and local devotees gathered in Kadavul Temple for the silent puja performed by Nirvani Nilakanthanatha and Natyam Mayuranatha. \"The Truth is deeper and is discovered by the resolute devotee who dedicates his life to the...
Recent Visitors
May 28, 2015Shreedhar and Meena Madhavapeddi from Seattle, Washington, recently married Bharathwaj Nandakumar family, plus Deepa Somasundaram family, encompassing southern California, south India and Sydney, Australia. Bharathwaj (middle in yellow) guides religious life for Hindu students at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
The Streets of Montreal and the Biodome
May 28, 2015Siddhanathaswami writes: Yesterday we drove up to Montreal. We took an evening walk to the restaurant for dinner. It was a packed Indian restaurant with a European feel. Today we took a tour of the Biodome. It's in one of the buildings at the Olympic village in Montreal built in...