Pancha Ganapati Satsang in Carlsbad
December 30, 2012On December 24, Day 4 of Pancha Ganapati, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami was hosted by our Saiva Siddhanta Church Southern California Mission at the home of Ravi and Sheela Visswanathan in Carlsbad. The satsang began with a Ganapati puja by Senthilnathaswami, followed by a talk by Bodhinatha (see below for links...
San Diego Chinmaya Mission Blessing
December 30, 2012Last week Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami and Senthilnathaswami visited the site of a new Chinmaya Mission center, to be called Chinmaya Jyoti, for which is just beginning construction in the beautiful hills of Poway, California, outside San Diego. Sukumar Srinivas took us on a tour of the muddy site. When the...
December 30th Homa
December 30, 2012After a wonderful retreat which included Ardra Darshanam, the monks return to their regular schedule and activities. The temple is still very zingy from the festival, so this homa was quite powerful. Satguru Bodhinatha gave an upadesha about all the little worries, doubts, and conflicts which can get in the...
Ardra Darshanam Festival
December 30, 2012Yesterday the monastery celebrated Ardra Darshanam, conducting a homa followed by a grand abhishekam. Siva's light and electric energy will be felt here for days. Many people participated in decorating Kadavul Temple for the event. It was a full moon. Galactic center, the Sun, Earth, the moon and Ardra all...
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December 30, 2012RT @HinduismToday: Video of our publisher speaking at the BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir inauguration in Chino Hills, CA last weekend. http:// ...
Bodhinatha Speaks at BAPS Chino Hills Mandir Inauguration
December 30, 2012httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuPyGKUdur8 On December 23, 2012, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, publisher of Hinduism Today, was an honored guest at the inauguration of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Chino Hills, California. He gave a rousing talk to an assembly of about 4,000.
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Illustrations of Ganesha
December 26, 2012For many years now Rajan Ramakrishnan has been sending us his illustrations of Ganesha. He is amazingly prolific and has done many hundreds of them. You can see his collections here: http://www.rajandraws.com/ Lord of Catagories } ]; transitionSpeed:150});