Holiday Guests
December 19, 2010This family, originally from Tamil Nadu and now from Phoenix, is one of this morning's group of guests. The December holiday season is the busiest in the year. Light refreshing showers fall as they trek out to see Iraivan temple.
Bountiful Harvest
December 19, 2010Our citrus orchards are super productive and this year is no exception with tons of oranges and grapefruit. Our Siddhidata Kulam provides the monastery with an ever steady stream of fresh fruit and vegetables. Harvesting and picking is a never-ending task on their weekly roster. Over they years they have...
Subramuniya Kottam 30th Anniversary
December 19, 2010Photos: Recently, the Kottam school in Jaffna celebrated the Teachers' Day. The children garlanded the teachers and thanked them for their service. Also, the children gave speeches honoring their teachers, and read poems. Thondunathan writes: Vanakkam, This year our Sri Subramuniya Kottam celebrated its 30th anniversary. As you know, the...
Mauritius Improvements
December 19, 2010Kulapati Manon Mardemootoo send picture of work in Mauritius. The river front access and safety platform will be finished by the end of the month. A new entry sign. It says: Saiva Siddhanta Church of Mauritius Spiritual Park and Hindu Monastery
An Appeal from our Editors
December 19, 2010As you might imagine, creating and sharing an articulate and graphically elegant repository of Hinduism is neither easy nor without costs. Yet there has never been a greater need, with youth learning their spiritual ABCs online and millions discovering Hinduism digitally. That's what our annual fundraising campaign is all about....
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2010-12-18
December 18, 2010Time to gear up for Pancha Ganapati (12/21-25)! Read our festival feature PDF. http://bit.ly/hY39z2 # http://twitpic.com/3h88kn Monks are sending out a DVD to the 2010 Kauai Innersearchers today. This is our official photo at Kokee. # Listening to our contributors: A Compelling Testimony from Padmaja Patel on the Impact of...
Sun Five
December 18, 2010The holiday season is bringing lots of visitors and Pancha Ganapati celebrations are on everyone's mind.
Padmaja Patel on the Impact of Our Online Resources
December 18, 2010There are no words to describe how much I have benefited from the free online resources from Kauai's Hindu Monastery. It is definitely a big part of my daily life, from reading TAKA, daily Master Course lessons, using quotes and relevant material for my Facebook status updates and the Master...