More Photos from the Bangalore Worksite
July 19, 2013One 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...
An Update from the Bangalore Carving Site
July 19, 2013Work is progressing well on the roof stones for Nandi Mandapam as these lotus petal designs, also called kamalam, near completion. One of the roof stones for Nandi Mandapam The designs will adorn all the four pavkal. Another fully marked stone ready for carving. More views of the marking. Stay...
Recent Visitors
July 18, 2013Dr. Newton Kondaveti and his wife Dr. Lakshmi are visiting Hawaii from Hyderabad, India, on their way to USA mainland. They learned about our Lemurian Scrolls book many years ago and have wanted to visit for a long time. They feel a special connection with our grounds. They have a...
July 17th Homa
July 17, 2013Today the monks begin their next lunar phase. A morning Siva homa was held in Kaduval temple, with offernings of ghee and flowers to the inner worlds. Through the fire, written prayers to the devas and mahadevas are burned. Bodhinatha gave an upadesha afterwards, discussing the art of being consistent...
Adventures in France
July 17, 2013Off to Paris After a productive and delightful five days racing here and there on the autobahn in Germany and the Netherlands, our peripatetic swamis boarded the high-speed train from Cologne to Paris, the City of Light (a name it owes first to its fame as a center of education and ideas...
Jai Gurudeva!
July 17, 2013Yesterday the monastery celebrated the chitra nakshatra with a padapuja, connecting with our beloved Gurudeva. Natyam Nandinatha and Natyam Rajanatha performed the puja, which was scintillating with Gurudeva's pervasive love and his roaring silence. \"God\s presence is everywhere, through everything, in everything, for Siva is the creator of all things,...
July 2013 News Video
July 17, 2013httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7ctXSwgK0E Our July 2013 news video covers events in June 2013 including: Satguru Bodhinatha'a trip to Washington DC and his opening prayer to the US House of Representatives, the arrival of stones from bangalore, including Hanuman, the completion of the monastery's new solar panel array and Sadasivanathaswami's and Senthinathaswami's trip...
Twitter Update: July 2013 via Kauai's Hindu Monastery News http://...
July 16, 2013July 2013 via Kauai's Hindu Monastery News tinyurl.com/nrau7wf