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Our Publications at Diwali Nagar in Trinidad

Our Publications at Diwali Nagar in Trinidad

Divali Nagar (City of Lights) is an annual exposition of Hindu culture and celebrations of Diwali since 1986. It is staged at the permanent Divali Nagar site, located in the borough of Chaguanas. There is a great variety of religious and cultural displays and performances to be enjoyed. And it is a time of meeting the many...

Landscaping With Ancient Plants - Cycads

Landscaping With Ancient Plants - Cycads

With the disappearance of the mango tree by the edge of the media studio and the expanded area created by pruning back the banyan tree on the east of Kadavul, we had a lot of exposed ground. Paramacharya Sadasivanathswami acquired some cycads to dress up the area, provide some shade...

Gifts for Kadavul - Getting Ready for Ardra

Gifts for Kadavul - Getting Ready for Ardra

Many gifts are arriving from devotees all over the world in preparation for Ardra Darshanam, including homa herbs, spices and 108 gallons of organic milk for the abishekam. The necklace is for the crystal lingam in front of Nataraja. It was a gift from a number of Malaysian devotees who...

Holiday Visitors Swell

Holiday Visitors Swell

As we head into the holiday, end-of-year, solstice season, Kauai Aadheenam begins to fill with more and more visitors. Kulapati and Kulamata Easan and Sundari Katir have come over from California to help host. Easan sendt this picture of the front of Iraivan. This is Pradip and Meena Anand from...

The Electricians have Arrived

The Electricians have Arrived

Recently the Param family arrived on pilgrimage to the Aadheenam, and with them comes the expertise needed to finish the Media Studio's electrical work. Easvan Param is a master electrician and has been joined by son Chandran and grandson's Bhajana and Jayendra to help the GK during their stay. Easvan...

Media Studio Ceiling Timelapse

Media Studio Ceiling Timelapse

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ocTnd3S7Ow Here's a fun little video. We thought it would be nice to create a timelapse of the installation of the Media Studio's ceiling. Aditya, Deva and Haran are the leading sevaks in this video, who together, did most of the work putting up the tongue and groove boards.

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