Lift Off to Australia
November 30, 2009Bodhinatha leaves for Australia in less than 14 hours, departing from the Aadheenam tomorrow morning t 7am. Announcement Sadhu Paksha begins also tomorrow and there will be no Sun One Homas or public tours for the next two weeks. ~~~~~~~~~~~ END OF PHASE Today is the last day of our...
College Students Visit From Honolulu
November 30, 2009On Sunday we had a small contingent of students led by Sarah Hadmack who is a Religious Studies Instructor from Windward Community College and University of Hawaii. Sarah believes coming to Kauai is a wonderful educational opportunity for her students and many more wanted to come. After giving the group...
Wailua Mission Iraivan Day
November 30, 2009Iraivan morning is held each month by the Wailua Mission of Kauai in an effort to do something creative as a group to help with the building of Iraivan. Here Kulamata Amala Seyon shows Tandu and Uma's granddaughter Leila how to string a necklace. Academy Students Leanora Orr and Faith...
Sun 4 - Two Days to Lift Off to Australia
November 29, 2009The Ganapati Kulam gave their report today. Paramacharya Palaniswami and Sannyasin Senthilnathaswami continue preparations for the coming Parliament of the World Religions. Kumarswami is working on the Paramapara book. Arumugaswami is working on the next installment of the Hindu History lesson. Sivakatirswami has been taking care of Himalayan Academy student...
Gurudeva Speaks on Iraivan
November 29, 2009Today we received some photos from the team in Colorado who are putting the final patina on the amazing bronze model of Iraivan temple. We will share the entire story of this work next month. For now enjoy Gurudeva's sweet words spoken in 1999 as he envisions the spirit of...
Sun 3 - Three Days to Lift Off to Australia
November 28, 2009Bodhinatha has been working on his presentations in Australia and Paramacharya Palaniswami has also been working hard on his presentation on Religion and Media that will be presented at the Parliament of the World Religions. We hope to have a movie of that to play for you on the day...
Yesterday's Tour Day
November 28, 2009Our host, Kulapati Deva Seyon writes the captions for our tour days: "Meeting initially in the Banyan Mandapam guests get a basic introduction to Kauai Aadheenam, the life of a monk, our founder, our current Satguru, Iraivan Temple, and a brief introduction to Saiva Siddhanta and our publications. We had...
Autumn Visitors
November 28, 2009The Iraivan Temple has become a famous pilgrimage site for Hindus the world over, and even though this great Siva Temple has not quite been completed, guests and pilgrims continue to arrive from all over the world to enjoy the sacredness of this great spiritual sanctuary. Pilgrims feel spiritually fulfilled...