Italian Temple Excursion
July 4, 2013Off to Italy From Barcelona we flew two hours to Italy, landing in Venice only to take a water taxi to the lobby of our hotel. That's a first! We are here just a few hours enroute to Milan, but we do manage to get lost for 90 minutes late...
Recent Guests
July 3, 2013Mr and Mrs. Soma Rajah are visiting for the first time from Birmingham, England, on their way to attend her cousin's (Ravi Nadarajah for those who know the family) daughter's wedding. They both hail from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Her family members were named after Satguru Yogaswami and her family home...
New Stones for Iraivan Temple Begin to Arrive
July 3, 2013After reaching the Kauai docks several days ago, the containers from India have finally been unloaded and are being trucked up to the temple. So far we've received two truck loads and are expecting more. When the containers arrived on Kauai Yoginathaswami and Nirvani Adinatha went to inspect their contents....
Twitter Update: Our traveling swamis drove through the Alps from G...
July 3, 2013Our traveling swamis drove through the Alps from Geneva to Bern today, lunching at a high altitude spot http://t.co/8c9s1UndSQ
Swamis Perform iDevice-only Travel Experiment, Part 3
July 3, 2013Et maintenant, la troisième episode de l'expériment: We are roughly half-way through the trip today, driving through the Swiss Alps from Geneva to Bern after a highly successful time in Italy (which you will read about soon, we promise)... But "hey," you ask, "what about that Hinduism Today article this...
Recent Pilgrims
July 2, 2013The Natesan family from Austin, Texas, was back today with their 2nd set of parents, attending the 6am Siva homa and then darshan with Satguru Bodhinatha and seeing more of the grounds. Muruga Hill Svayambhulingam site Annapurna vegetable garden. Our Siddhidata Kulam was doing the weekly garden maintenance today. }...
July 1st Homa
July 2, 2013Click the play button to hear to Bodhinatha's talk. [script type="text/javascript"] $(document).ready(function () { var mePlayer = $('#audio-').mediaelementplayer({ features: ['playpause','progress','current','duration','volume'], audio }); }); Yesterday the monastery observed a homa in Kaduval temple, burned notes to the devas, and enjoyed a talk givin by Bodhinatha. He describes how energy flows through...
Madrid to Barcelona
July 1, 2013We left Portugal and flew next to Madrid in Spain arriving in what has to be the most creative airport we have ever seen, vast waves of natural wood to the horizon, like a gargantuan sculpture. In our small B&B apartment we met with Alvaro Enterria and Oscar Montero, two...