HHE Quarterly Meeting with Guest
August 29, 2013The Stewards and Staff of Hindu Heritage Endowment met this weekend for their 2nd quarterly meeting. Sadhaka Mayuranatha, which serves in the Finance and Administrative Kulam, was invited as a guest to learn more about the inner workings of the endowment as well as a broader overview of the endowment's...
August 2013 News Video
August 27, 2013httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh7mc1aJTRY Our August 2013 news video covers events in July 2013 including: Satguru Purnima festival at Kauai's Hindu Monastery, nirvana diksha for Sadhaka Tejadevanatha, flower gardens, Media Studio building renovation progress and two swamis' meetings with fellow sannyasins in Europe.
Kauai Farm Fair
August 26, 2013Each year the Kauai Farm Fair is held in Lihue. The fair draws thousands of people, and is the largest annual event on the island. This year Acharya Arumuganathaswami and Sadhaka Jayanatha took our taskforcer Tirtadeva to experience the festivities. The fair included many stalls who were selling their produce...
From the Woodshop
August 26, 2013In our well-equipped woodshop, Paramacharya Sadasivanatha and Brahmanathaswami continue to mill mango wood for Media Studio window and vent frames. It's quite a time-consuming project but the careful work really shows in the final result. The last photo shows the beauty of the finished wood. Wow! } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
Installation of the Media Studio Roof
August 25, 2013Over the past few days Bobby and his team have worked to complete the installation of the Media Studio's new roof. Several members of the Ganapati Kulam have been working to finish the mango window frames, which when installed, will allow for the next big step of finishing the exterior...
Bronze Statue Progress
August 24, 2013The next work is in the Colorado workshop. This Silpi Sharpening a chisel is the most recently (nearly) completed bronze and will soon be ready for the patina which will give it subtle tints of color. The angle makes it seem ten feet tall, but it\s not. ' } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
Tour Day
August 24, 2013Yesterday was tour day at the aadheenam, a rare chance for guests to see more of the monastery gardens and have a closer look at Iraivan temple. Deva Seyon lead a wonderful and informative tour, which was followed by some time in the Mini Mela where Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami was signing...
Outing in Kokee
August 23, 2013Each year the monks take three days during the Full Moon to do nothing on our lovely little island. Over the last retreat, six of the monks headed up to the mountains for three nights at Kokee's Camp Sloggett. They hiked through the beautiful mountain forests, meditated to the silence of...