The Woodworking Behind the New Entryway Construction
July 11, 2013A pair of wedges is driven into the tenon of each post after it is seated in the mortise. The mortise has been widened and slots have been cut in the tenon to accommodate the wedges. the drawings created for us by Thamby Kumaran to guide the manufacture and assembly...
Recent Visitors
July 11, 2013This is the Soni family from Dallas, Texas. They last visited here seven years ago, and have helped host Satguru's visits to Dallas. Little Ayan discovers the ball in the lion\s mouth' They can still see part of the Ganesha which hasn\t been covered by the banyan yet' Ayan can\t...
Kadavul Temple Banyan Flower Garden Initiative
July 10, 2013As many of you know who have been here recently, the large banyan tree on the east side of Kadavul had grown to gigantic proportions and was beginning to engulf our buildings as well as shade the sun from the solar array. We hired a local arborist, Felipe, to trim...
Svami Gitananda Ashram Temple Visit
July 10, 2013The fourth and final part of the story about our two swamis' visit to the Svami Gitananda Ashram in Altare, Savona, Italy: A number of years ago, the Italian monastery brought a team of sthapatis and shilpis from Tamil Nadu to build an Agamic Chola-style temple to Sri Lalita Tripurasundari,...
Hanuman Arrives at Kauai Aadheenam
July 9, 2013After years of carving in Bangalore and months of complicated shipping proccedures, Hanuman has finally reached the monastery. The team at Aloha Isle Moving company are the ones who helped unload Hanuman and all other stones from the shipping containers. We're grateful to them for always putting our stone arrival...
Entry Rafters Installed
July 9, 2013The Media Studio's new entryway is progressing nicely. The rafters have been installed after months of detailed work. They all fit wonderfully. Each rafter is attached to the beam with a dovetail joint. Kumarnathaswami measures works to attach the rafters and positions them square to the beams. } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
July 9th Homa
July 9, 2013A new phase begins today. This morning a homa was conducted in Kaduval temple. Those in attendance wrote notes and prayers for the devas to be burned in the sacred fire. Bodhinatha gave a short talk afterwards, expressing the significance and power of our daily sadhana, no matter how simple...
Monks Meet in Italy
July 9, 2013On the second evening at the Svami Gitananda Ashram in Italy, Svami Yogananda Giri gathered all the mathavasis together to meet with us in a hall. He invited Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami to give a talk to them all. It was clear that this was a rare event in their life and...