December 2013 News Video
December 26, 2013httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsI0-B6TMBo Our December 2013 news video covers events in November 2013 including: Skanda Shashthi festival puja, an invitation to our 2014 Mauritius Innersearch Travel-Study Program, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami's Publisher's Desk editorial introducing the 10-Minute Spiritual Workout for youth and the six-week visit of Kulapati Sivanathan and Kulamata Puvana Batumalai from...
Pancha Ganapati, Day Four
December 24, 2013Ganesha was central to Gurudeva's life, from the day he met Him in a temple in Sri Lanka, to the day he prayed with Kandiah Chettiar at the little tree-Ganapati at Elephant Pass as he entered Jaffna for the first time in 1949 to the day he had a river...
Kauai Hula Dancers Visit
December 24, 2013Yesterday a hula halau of eight dancers dressed in traditional costume, lead by Kuulei, received permission to perform their ancient dance and chant near the Nani Kauai pond and falls. The chant is an ancient one in their culture, and they clearly took great joy in this offering, a rare...
Mauritius Classes Celebrate Pancha Ganapati
December 24, 2013Click here for many more photos and description of our Saivite Hindu Religion class groups celebrating Pancha Ganapati at our Spiritual Park } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
Happy Pancha Ganapati!
December 23, 2013Here at the monastery the monks have set up a beautiful Pancha Ganapati shrine in Kadavul temple, replete with flowers, lights, gems, and the sparkles the Lord Ganapati so greatly adores. And one can't forget the many gifts which his beloved devotees have placed at his feet. Tomorrow Lord Ganapati...
Celebrating Pancha Ganapati
December 23, 2013A mother, Niki Whiting, in Washington is observing Pancha Ganapati with her children for the first time this year. She writes: "Pancha Ganapati is a modern holiday invented by the people at the Hindu Academy in Hawaii. The idea is to give Hindus in North America something to focus on...
Satguru's Recent Travels
December 23, 2013Here are a few photographs of Satguru Bodhinatha and Shanmuganathaswami during there recent travels in Adelaide, Australia. The two of them arrive at the Airport Visiting a local temple Bodhinatha gives a talk to the group } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
A Big Bloom
December 23, 2013In our garden today. Solandra maxima also know as the Cup of Gold vine, with flowers up to six inches in diameter. Flowering for the first time! } ]; transitionSpeed:150});