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Swamis Visit Berlin

Swamis Visit Berlin

Somehow this post slipped through the cracks. Consider it a little Deutsch Retrospektive. Sadasivanathaswami and Senthilnathaswami stepped into Germany in the big city of Berlin, greeted by long-time sishyas Kulapati Veeragathiyar, Kulamata Puvanesam, their daughter Sivapprintha and her daughter Gajanani, and our student Niraj Thaker, who had flown down from...

Satguru Purnima Video

Satguru Purnima Video

For sincere devotees who could not be here yesterday, this video covers nearly an hour of the Aadheenam's early-morning celebration and padapuja honoring our beloved Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami. A perfect way to spend a Sunday full-moon morning or evening! (Available all the way up to 1080p HD, if you have...

Happy Guru Purnima!

Happy Guru Purnima!

Today we celebrate Guru Purnima, basking in the blessings of our beloved satguru. Thank you, Bodhinatha! As our fluctuating lives ensnare us, move us and uplift us, You, as the Self, remain constant and free. The Ocean to which all our rivers flow, and the humble depths by which all...

A Final Word About Traveling with an iPad mini

A Final Word About Traveling with an iPad mini

You're probably all wondering how the experiment turned out. What experiment? (Okay, perhaps just a few of you are wondering.) The experiment of traveling for a month in Europe with only an iPad mini and an iPhone. It worked remarkably well, so much so that this editor is finding himself...

Days in the Windy City

Days in the Windy City

After two days in the amazingly beautiful and energetic city of Paris, we took the long flight to Chicago, working on TAKA posts for several hours (it's a science during travel of this intensity to find small islands of time for communications back home). What a welcome we received in...

More Photos from the Bangalore Worksite

More Photos from the Bangalore Worksite

One of the stone chains being carved. This is Silpi Raghu, an excellent ornamental carver. He is actually Rahamathullah, one of our sincere workers working since the start of Iraivan. Here is he posing with his piece of carving. Kannan is working on the fifth chain. The Rajagoupram yestis are...

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