Hindu Festivals Initiative
July 9, 2010Hinduism Today subscribers have by now seen our April Festivals Feature issue. This initiative continues to grow as more and more people are ordering the 32-page reprint of this feature article. (Click here to order copies for distribution in your community.) What you see here to the left is not...
Indian Restaurants Opening on Kauai
July 9, 2010Surprise! in the past few months two, count them... TWO new Indian restaurants have opened on Kauai. We want to thank the sponsors of today's lunch which we ordered from the new Shivalik in Kapaa. Our member say it is a clean classy Indian restaurant and we can confirm the...
A Visit to Kauai's New Shivalik Restaurant
July 9, 2010A little later in the afternoon the entire Wailua Mission, students, silipis, and friends of the Monastery were invited to a free "all you can eat" lunch buffet. It's the island's newest (and second) Indian restaurant, after all these years. Naresh Chand, the owner of "Shivalik," greets Wailua Mission members...
Magic of Rainbows
July 9, 2010The other morning we had a light shower moving from west to east just past Iraivan temple. When this happens when the sun is in the east we sometimes get incredible rainbows that seem so close you could almost reach out and touch them.  
Swami Chidatmananda Visits Kauai Aadheenam
July 8, 2010Swami Chidatmananda has finished a tour of Chinmaya Missions across the USA. He is permanently stationed at one of the Chinmayananda Missions in India. He was able to fulfill a long held wish to visit Kauai Aadheenam when his program came to a close. He met with Palaniswami and the...
Hinduism Today Lifetime Subscribers Meet Bodhinatha
July 8, 2010Rajesh and Manjula Giare from Maryland, Lifetime subscribers to Hinduism Today magazine, came for darshan of Bodhinatha and to see the progress of Iraivan Temple construction.
Fifth Annual Saivite Retreat in Southern California
July 8, 2010  The Fifth Annual Memorial Day Saivite Retreat was held in Corona, California this past Memorial Day weekend.   Twenty participants of all ages attended this three day Retreat which was conducted by Rishi Thondunathan.   Events included classes for children, philosophical discussions for adults, Hatha Yoga, group meditation, games...
Scanning Rajam's Kailasa Parampara Art
July 7, 2010The Ganapati Kulam is hard at work on the Kailasa Parampara biography. Now that we are nearing the end of the writing and editing process, the artwork for the book is coming into focus. Today, Senthilnathaswami is scanning all of the original watercolors that renowned artist S. Rajam painted for...