Sun One Begins a New Phase
September 9, 2010We began a new phase today, without homa, deferring our high ceremonial till tomorrow morning's Chitra puja for Gurudeva this month. Bodhinatha, Shanmuganathswami and Siddhanathaswami will also be departing for California tomorrow for their annual mainland "Donor Appreciation" events, and another leg to meet devotees in Oregon and Seattle. Meanwhile...
Decorating Ganesha in California
September 9, 2010Kartikeya Katir's Ganesha's were put to us in Californiaas devotees there prepared for Ganesha Chaturthi tomorrow. Gowrie Sankara, holds up a clay Ganesha getting ready to be painted. Preparing paints A red head crown for Ganapati.
Monastery Archway Images
September 9, 2010A quite step back in time on the day of the installation of the archway pillars.
September Ganesha Homa at Spiritual Park
September 9, 2010Preparations are going full swing at the Spiritual Park of Mauritius in view of this coming's Sunday grand celebration of Ganesha Chaturthi at the Park. Today we had our September Ganesha Homa, a large crowd of devotees as usual ...... and Lord Ganapati looking splendidly striking with all the garlands and...
Nandi’s Stall Under the Chisel in India
September 9, 2010Siva's 4-foot-long Nandi will have a private pavilion at the front of Iraivan Temple. The first course of stones is in place and the other courses are being worked on in Bengaluru. This is an upper course. This is the sun-shade course, very fancy one. The potugais that sit atop...
Twitter Digests
September 9, 2010For those who follow the monastery here on our TAKA blog, the plug-in for our blog software that automatically posts a digest of our Twitter updates here at the end of each day recently stopped working. Please visit our Twitter page for recent updates. After performing some software updates, we...
Monks' Photo Shoot
September 6, 2010Today we did a photo shoot of the monks and updated the page with all our pictures. Click here to check out the team of Lord Muruga's Soldiers of the Within!
Pilgrims' Darshans Today
September 6, 2010Ganesha and Radha Krishnan are visiting from Scottsdale, Arizona. They have supported Iraivan Temple for a long time and had the Ganesha murti that our late Gurudeva sent to Arizona in their home for over a year. Gyanendra Kumar and Sushila Joshi are visiting from Connecticut. They are also longtime...