Satguru Webinar: Box of Dharma
January 17, 2023https://youtu.be/Mbv_UQzidwY
The Hawaiian Honu, Green Turtle
January 16, 2023The silpis have reinstalled our rose granite turtle near Iraivan. It is one of the small carved marvels that pilgrims stumble upon in their explorations of the sacred gardens. The short story is that the fins were broken after it arrived from the Artha Enterprises worksite in Bengaluru four years...
Vani Takes Vrata Shishya Vows
January 13, 2023This morning, Vani, who visiting here from London, took her vrata shishya vows with the blessings from Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami. She's here with her parents who are on pilgrimage to Kauai Aadheenam for the first time from Mauritius. The family gathered in the Guru Pitam following the morning's Siva Puja...
New Shum Resource!
January 12, 2023Enjoy this video graciously produced by a devotee recently on the island containing the first 18 characters of the Shum alphabet. Gurudeva's voice is in the background overlaying each character so you can hear the sound at the same time as seeing the color and shape! The pre-monastics are using...
Satguru in Ahmedabad January 9
January 11, 2023When a group of BAPS Swamis came to Kauai late last year, they invited Bodhinatha, beseeched him would be more apt, to attend the amazing 100 Jayanti Celebrations for Pramukh Swami Maharaj. It is an important milestone in Swaminarayan history. Bodhinatha said yes, and flew to the venue a few...
New Portrait of Bodhinatha
January 10, 2023Today we received this artistic sketch of Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami and love it. It is the work of Zsolt Novak who is living in Italy and teaching engineering at a university. It's done on a plaster canvas with a roughness nicely contrasting the refinement of the subject. And the subtle...
Iraivan Temple Granite Tile Update
January 9, 2023Aum Namah Sivaya Last summer, work began on the installation of the red granite tile which surrounds Iraivan Temple's main structure. Today, much of the work has been completed around the back and the two sides of the temple. The team is now focusing on the front area around the...
Report from Bodhinatha in India
January 8, 2023Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami and Sannyasin Shanmuganatha are in India today, invited to two major events, one in the south and another in the north. Today's post covers the Bengaluru event, and the Ahmedabad happenings will be coming in the next day or two. The parapatetic swamis were greeted in Singapore...