Gurudeva's Podcast Regenerated
April 7, 2011Years ago we had a collection of 365 talks by Gurudeva. These were the best of his TAKA upadeshas in answer to Cybercadet questions along with his recordings of Merging with Siva. The RSS feed was to roll-over and start again each year, but it did not. We finally have...
Vasaant trains at the monastery dairy
April 7, 2011Vasaant has been helping the Pillaiyar kulam this past week. One of his morning activities is to begin the work day at the monastery dairy farm. For the past three days Vasaant has been learning how to milk. Vasaant is a quick-learn, and after observing Shanmuganathaswami for one day, and...
Nandi Mandapam Carving Update from Bangalore
April 7, 2011Our Nandi Mandapam is highly ornate. For those who have been to temples in places like Courtallam, we aspire to come close to these exquisite carvings. Kulapati Jiva Rajasankara sends this update today. Here are photos taken during Selvanathan Sthapati's visit to Bangalore. The sunshade is being marked so that...
Mauritius Ganesha Homa April 2011-Spiritual Park
April 7, 2011Welcome to the Spiritual Park of Mauritius! Every month it's a unique family spiritual experience with the Ganesha Homa ceremony which mystically uplifts everyone attending the event. The flowers and garlands speak of themselves, expressing a living testimony of love offerings from thousands of devotees. Mantra chanting pervades the...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-04-06
April 6, 2011This morning: outing to a desert arboretum in Phoenix with Bodhinatha. # Wonderful outing with several families in Phoenix. http://t.co/rpJjN9I http://t.co/YiP7Z8Y http://t.co/KzbNnHE http://t.co/v9cVw4e # Powered by Twitter Tools
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-04-05
April 5, 2011Darshan with the Chandrasekharan and Erasenthiran families last night and the Visswanathan family this morning. # Lunch out with the Visswanathans soon. # We are on the way to Chellappa Deva's home for satsang. # Pada puja begins http://t.co/jm4WWnE # http://t.co/E7Z78IE http://t.co/nhBGizZ # Bodhinatha begins his upadesha by talking about...
Bodhinatha Arrives in Phoenix
April 5, 2011Bodhinatha complete three busy days in Houston and moved on to Phoenix where he is holding a private satsang with a few devotees there. Here the priest of the local temple comes to perform pada puja at Chellappa and Banudevi's home.
Pilgrims from Edmonton Canada
April 5, 2011Shanmuganathan, wife Gnanamanohari and son Hareishun from Edmonton, Alberta's Maha Ganapathy Temple Society. They are originally from Sri Lanka. Shanmuganathan is the current President of the Maha Ganapathy Temple They came on a pilgrimage for the first time, April 2nd and 3rd to the Aadheenam. Gnanamanohari sang some beautiful bhajan...