Tour day, April 15, Revisited
April 17, 2010[yesterday's posted was actually from a tour day severa month;s ago... here is the actual tour day of April 16th, 2010.] A beautiful group of souls came for this weeks "public tour day". With Sadhu Paksha now over the reservations were very strong. Among our guests this week were the...
Sun Two
April 16, 2010Today was Ashram Sadhana day at the monastery. All morning the monk spent cleaning, cleaning and cleaning. We also has a steady stream or pilgrims and visitors as usual. Also spring has arrived. Flowers are popping open every where and all kinds of marvelous plants are bursting forth with sprays...
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami Arrives in Delhi, March 18, 2010, and proceeds directly to Rishikesh and Omkarananda Ashram
April 16, 2010httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN_YmjJEiJE
Bronze Iraivan Takes Up Residence in the Minimela
April 16, 2010A new feature graces our Minimela visitor's center. it is the bronze model of Iraivan sitting center stage in the main room. This will eventually be place on the hand of Hanuman, another giant statue being carved, depicting Gurudeva's vision of Lord Hanuman carrying the Iraivan temple from India to...
Abhishekam Water Receptacle
April 16, 2010Here is special piece for Iraivan which sits outside the sanctum of Iraivan underneath the spout from which the abhishekam waters from the Maha spatika lingam will flow.
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2010-04-16
April 16, 2010It's ashram sadhana day. That's like spring cleaning, but we do it every month at the monastery. # Powered by Twitter Tools
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2010-04-15
April 15, 2010I uploaded a YouTube video -- 03-25-28-Haridwar to Chennai.mov http://youtu.be/b1ycTWU1EFM?a # I uploaded a YouTube video -- 04-01-Swamimalai.mov http://youtu.be/bpCWEZAjApU?a # Powered by Twitter Tools
Nartana Ritau Begins
April 15, 2010Sadhu Paksha ended today with our Sun One homa followed by the flag raising. We present the traditional excerpts from the Saiva Dharma Shastras Nartana Ritau, the season of Dancing with Siva, begins on Hindu New Year. This is the period of creation, the warm season, from mid-April through mid-August....