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Marvelous Murugan Mantras

Marvelous Murugan Mantras

Good day fine citizens of Siva's perfect universe, We hope you all excited for Thai Pusam coming up February 4th! In this regard we have produced two audio files today containing Gurudeva chanting Aum Saravanabava. An audio clip was taken from an inspired upadesha Gurudeva gave after Skanda Shasti 23...

Nandi Pitham Is Consecrated

Nandi Pitham Is Consecrated

For those new to our story, years back, around 1984, we installed a 9-foot-long black granite Nandi in front of Kadavul Temple. Gurudeva loved the sculpture, but was disappointed in the rough unfinished stones they provided for the base. He called it "A pile of rocks." That sentence lived in...

Kadavul's Big Event Continues

Kadavul's Big Event Continues

It's the second day of our major consecration of the Nandi Mandapam, Bali Pitham and Kodimaram, full of intense spiritual power. Three priests working and chanting together have empowered the yagasala and drawn us close to the inner worlds as only the Sivacharyas can. Pujas go from morning to night,...

Kadavul Punaraavarthana Jeeranothaarana Mahakumbhabishekam Day 1

Kadavul Punaraavarthana Jeeranothaarana Mahakumbhabishekam Day 1

Chanting can be heard booming across the monastery today as three particularly powerfully voiced priests chant hundreds of sacred chants to begin the first day of the Kumbhabhishekam ceremony which will reintroduce the energies into Kadavul Temple's kodimaram, bali pitam and Nandi. Last September we performed a very similar ceremony...

January 2022 Chitra Padapuja

January 2022 Chitra Padapuja

Aum! Please enjoy these photos from the first Chitra Nakshatra padapuja to Gurudeva this year! Aum Namah Sivaya! Jai Gurudeva! Jai to the Kailasa Parampara On the lips of Saivites throughout the world resounds the proclamation \"God Siva is Immanent Love and Transcendent Reality.\" It is a statement of fact,...

Siddhidata Kulam New Machine Shop Foundation Pour

Siddhidata Kulam New Machine Shop Foundation Pour

Concrete flowed abundantly recently to fill a large foundation for the Siddhidata Kulam's new machine shop adjacent to their new office and dehumidified storage building. The pour started early on a beautiful sunny morning, by the same team that created the road going down to Rishi Valley some time back....

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