Monks in Orlando
September 25, 2014The three-day Hindu Mandirs Executive Conference came to an end on September 21. There were many thoughtful ideas presented about Hindu education in America, the subject of the conference. Senthilnathaswami's Keynote presentation was the most beautifully crafted and acclaimed of the morning presentations. He had been asked to share how...
Recent Visitors
September 25, 2014Tamilselvan and Shamala Suppiah from Johore, Malaysia visited us for the first time. Tamilselvan shared how discovering the Loving Ganesha book back in his university days changed his life. In the third photo we have Dr. Larry Payne (to Satguru Bodhinatha's left) and his yoga retreat group. Dr. Payne specializes...
September Chitra Puja
September 25, 2014This morning began with a delightful padapuja to Gurudeva's tiruvadi in Kadavul Temple, performed by Sadhaka Jayanatha and Natyam Nandinatha. The monks and local members and guests joined together to witness Gurudeva's blessings, which flowed forth from his shrine accompanied only by the trickling sound of the abhishekam, the ringing...
HMEC in Orlando, Florida
September 22, 2014Our wandering swamis arrived in Orlando, Florida, for the three-day annual conference held by the Hindu Mandir Executives Council, a national body of the managers, owners and priests of temples in North America. This is the seventh year the monastery has attended. About 200 leaders were present for an amazing...
HHE 2nd Quarter Meeting
September 21, 2014Bodhintha and the stewards of Hindu Heritage Endowment meet with the accounting staff for the second quarter 2014 HHE meeting.
Giant Papaya - "I Could Put My Head In There!"
September 21, 2014We don't know for sure but this may be one of the biggest papayas ever harvested here. The Siddhidata Kulam has been carefully collecting papaya seeds from the most successful varieties for many years and slowly developing a strain that does well here in our environment. This one was about...
Satsang in San Diego
September 21, 2014Our two swamis were deluged with affection and care in Southern California. After a visit to the home of Ravi & Sheela Visswanathan the monks sent to the home of Dasan and Shakti Mahadevan, their first visit there. Some thirty devotees joined for the evening. Dasan did a Ganesha puja...
Off to the Hindu Mandir Executives Conference
September 20, 2014Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami and Sannyasin Senthilnathaswami, recently flew off on another journey. This time their ultimate destination is Orlando, Florida for this year's Hindu Mandir's Executive Conference. Their trip also includes stops in Carlsbad, Boston, Loveland, Yosemite and San Francisco. Our traveling swamis were hosted in Southern California by Ravi and...