Bodhinatha On His Way Home
August 20, 2011Bodhinatha and Shanmuganathaswami spent at day at Niagra Falls with Satish family and will be coming home tomorrow. ~~~~~~~~~~~ END OF PHASE Today is the last day of our phase. This edition of TAKA will remain posted over our coming two-day retreat, until Dasami Tithi, Sun One, Tuesday, August 23rd.
Mauritius Land Development Progress
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Utharam Nandi Mandapam Beams for Iraivan
August 20, 2011This is a ornamentation design on the bottom face of the utharam or the beam stone. Stapathy Manikandan marking the design. He is Manikandan, our supervisor who has been with us since inception of the Bangalore carving site. Silpi Chelakannu continuing work after detail marking of this design. Shtapati Selvanathan...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-08-19
August 19, 2011The south fork rim of the Wailua River near the monastery. http://t.co/Ol7w4UQ # Powered by Twitter Tools
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-08-18
August 18, 2011Paramacharya Sivanatha watches the flag raising. He quipped, "Here we are, happy jivas on Jivana Ritau!" http://t.co/qEHRYir # http://t.co/dJWwlo1 Our contractor, Pradeep (blue shirt) installs a concrete box for electrical connections as we upgrade. # Powered by Twitter Tools
Summer Visitors Galore!
August 18, 2011These families are from Los Angeles and Boston. Some of them know our good friend Janahan Balasingam who has performed special pujas for us in the past. The young lady in the middle just had her arangetram last week and took dance lessons from Janahan's wife. This is just one...
Yesterday's Tour
August 18, 2011With the end of Sadhu Paksha the gates of Kauai's Hindu Monastery open wide for our first Public Tour in three weeks. Guests are always so grateful and seem to sense how special is this land they tread. Another group of divine souls who now know about Iraivan Temple, a...
Word of the Day
August 18, 2011Go Lexicon