The Iraivan Landscaping Project
February 6, 2015A few days ago, Martin, his wife Alex, Dante and his wife Ashley all arrived on Kauai. Both Martin and Dante will be here for the next three months as they work on the next phase of the landscaping project around Iraivan temple. As many of you know, they have...
Bodhinatha's Visit to Alaveddy
February 5, 2015Yesterday Bodhinatha returned to Kauai Aadheenam after a wonderful journey through Sri Lanka. Photos from his adventures continue to come in. This slideshow is from Bodhinatha's visit to the village of Alaveddy, where our beloved Gurudeva Sivaya Subramuniyaswami received his introduction to Hinduism and Jaffna Saivite culture. First Bodhinatha worshiped at the...
The Holy Day of Tai Pusam
February 4, 2015The full moon in the month of Tai is a very holy day in our Saiva tradition. Lord Muruga receives his Vel from Mother Shakti. Here at Kauai Aadheenam we hold the puja in the evening. As always it is a very powerful puja. We bring you some photos of...
Ganesha With Tom Brady at the SuperBowl
February 2, 2015Tom Brady celebrates with his family after his team won the SuperBowl today We don't usually report on affairs of the sports kind... but the Super Bowl is such a massive thing in the mind this week we could not resist. The USA Today article below came to us this...
An Afternoon with the Pillayar Kulam
February 1, 2015Work at the Pillayar Kulam has been continuing as normal, while the leader of the Kulam (Shanmuganathaswami) has been traveling in Sri Lanka. Responsible for the Monastery's and Church's financial considerations, as well as magazine subscriptions, advertising, shipping, running the mini mela, cow care and so much more, the Pillayar...
Bodhinatha Visits Yogaswami's Hut
January 31, 2015"Everything is in you. You don't want to know. Let God speak in you-otherwise there is no God. He is in you, in me, in everyone." Siva Yogaswami Yesterday, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami and Sannyasin Shanmuganathaswami visited Yogaswami's Colombuthurai hut. From 1914 until Yogaswami's mahasamadhi in 1964, the little hermitage in...
Hindu Testimony at California's Department of Education
January 30, 2015httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H9KxSIJoaY In December, Acharya Arumuganathaswami and Sadhaka Jayanatha spent more than a week in California talking with Hindu parents and then attending the meeting of the Instructional Quality Commission of the State Board of Education. Here, you can download the list of edits that was submitted for the proposed revision...
Recent Visitors
January 30, 2015Raj and Anita Srinivasan family from Portland, Oregon Kalayini and her son Shankar from Sydney. They are devotees of Satguru Yogaswami and take part in monthly prayer meetings in Sydney Raj and Anita Srinivasan family from Portland, Oregon Vena and Ashwin from Chicago. Vena and Ashwin from Chicago. } ];...