Mahasamadhi Observances 2011
October 21, 2011  The official observance begins tomorrow. Most of the devotees have arrived already. Today everyone joined to help with the preparations. Our temple decoration team did a marvelous job. Tandu Sivanathan's floral arrangements are beautiful! Because our group is so large, this year we will be holding large satsangs in...
Kadavul Temple's New Raja Mela Thalam
October 21, 2011The Singaporean devotees brought with them the new Raja Mela Thalam which the Aadheenam purchased for Kadavul Temple. The Thalam was manufactured in Kanchipuram and shipped to Singapore. There the devotees dismantled it to fit in their luggage. Here it is being re-assembled. What is it? You are probably asking....
Himalayan Academy Email News
October 21, 2011  Yogi Jothinatha and the Pillaiyar Kulam just sent out the latest Himalayan Academy e-newsletter to 3000 subscribers. It reports on yet another spectacular accomplishment by Mauritius, as you can see from the above picture showing the introduction to the report. Click here to see this issue of the newsletter...
Dandayuthapani Poster
October 21, 2011At the Aadheenam we have many beautiful pieces of art, including some exquisite images of the Gods. This is one of our favorites, an image of Dandayuthapani, the Deity of Palani Hills, dear to renunciates and all who are inspired to do yoga, tapas and self-purification. Click here to download...
New Year's Day, 2011 (April)
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Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-10-20
October 20, 2011Watch our Monastery News Video for October 2011 http://t.co/68jbBHkU # Powered by Twitter Tools
Maha Sivaratri 2010
October 20, 2011We thought you might all enjoy singing some older slideshows as we test including these right inside Taka. To view captions, click the small "i" icon. Captions will then appear (if the image has one). Click on an image to go full screen. Then click again to go back to...
Monastery News Video: October 2011
October 20, 2011Our October 2011 news video covers events in August and September, including: Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami's travels to Trinidad and Guyana; the release of our latest book, The Guru Chronicles; two swamis' presentations at the Hindu Mandir Executives' Conference in Columbus, Ohio; an interview in Toronto with Dr. James George, who...