Jaffna Temple Receives Hindu Heritage Endowment Support
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Maha Sivaratri Celebrations in Kopay
April 15, 2012Henri and Chandra Hoezoo from USA } ]; height: 540, width: 700, imageCrop: true, transitionSpeed:150}); The Sri Subramuniya Kottam organized the Maha Sivaratri celebration this year. The celebrations began on the morning before the great night of Lord Siva. Devotees assembled at the Katpaga Pillaiyar Temple in Kopay at 8:00...
Brahmachari Dinanatha from Moscow
April 14, 2012Brahmachari Dinanatha is from Moscow. He met Gurudeva in St. Petersburg and considers Gurudeva his diksha guru. Dinanatha runs a travel business but has been a Brahmachari for 20 years and has dedicated his life to Saivism. He says that the Russian edition of Dancing with Siva, is for him...
Nartana Ritau Beings the New Year Nandana
April 14, 2012Bodhinatha gave inspired talk on Master Course Lesson 2 which was todays lesson.' Then we all went on the parade to the flag pole Looking up as the Nartana flag is lowered Girish Sanmugam on the conch A new season, a new color, the time for planning and study of...
Bodhinatha in Pittsburgh
April 14, 2012Stepping back in time to Bodhinatha's recent mission on the east coast, yoginatha has some final photos to share: "Here we are the home of the Hindu/Jain temple Mr and Mrs. Bhalakia and their friends. He is the president of the temple." "Here are sishyas Gaurav, Ripla and Aran Malhotra....
Sadhaka Nilakanthanatha Becomes a Nirvana Sadhaka
April 14, 2012Sadhaka reads aloud his new vows Bodhinatha presents him with a strand of rudraksha beads Initiation by laying on of hands, in a silent passage of the power of the Parampara. Welcome Sadhaka to a new stage of sadhana and service! } ]; height: 540, width: 700, imageCrop:true, transitionSpeed:150}); Today...
Another Swami Receives a New Natha Name: Brahmanathaswami
April 13, 2012As mentioned in our announcement last November "A few of the swamis are taking new names. Eventually, all of the monastics will have the word "natha" in their name, denoting we are all of the Nandinatha Sampradaya. This is a similar tradition as in other orders, where "ananda" or "das"...
Gurudeva's Gift to the Island
April 13, 2012Gurudeva gave many gifts, spiritual and practical, to Kauai island. And his spirit of giving continues in this story from a blog posted recently and printed in a local newspaper. It is a story by Anne E. O'Malley. And it is about six granite signs that dot the island, radiating...