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Recent Tour Day Photos

Recent Tour Day Photos

Fallen Leaf Lake where Gurudeva spent his childhood You can see where Gurudeva may have practiced his "mountain top perspective" from a very young age! Pure Gurudeva! Subha Subha Sivaloka day! They were mesmerized by the temple. We got a lot of work done on one of the stones yesterday....

Some wonderful progress has been made on the statues

Some wonderful progress has been made on the statues

A detail of Gurudevas face in bronze, just out of the mold. Bobby expecially loved that Holly Young had put a subtle smile on Gurudeva's face. ' Gurudevas left hand and rings. Bobby was inspired when Holly asked him to make Gurudeva's earrings loose, so they could be turned in...

A tour of the foundry

A tour of the foundry

A shot of a craftsmans workbench in the foundry' With Sthapathi in the foreground showing two major welds, Bobby takes Paramacharya and Rajkumar through a short course on how it is all done. In fact, he wants to share his expertise one day with the monks on Kauai (and he...

From Denver, Colorado

From Denver, Colorado

Our pair of peripatetic swamis flew off to Denver this morning, arriving in the Mile-High city by 10am Rajkumar Manikam met them at the airport and drove them to their first mission, a meeting with Bobby and Kathy Page in Loveland, Colorado. Here the pages show the swamis the unfinished...

A Journey to the Bay Area, then off to Denver, Colorado

A Journey to the Bay Area, then off to Denver, Colorado

On their first morning on the Very Big Island (the US mainland), Sadasivanathaswami and Arumuganathaswami met for breakfast with some of the ladies of our Golden Gate Mission. A delightful breakfast of sharing and telling Gurudeva and Bodhinatha stories. The Golden Gate Bridge (75 years old this year) was nearby...

Mauritius Members Celebrate Guru Jayanti

Mauritius Members Celebrate Guru Jayanti

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