Children in Jaffna Getting Set Up with Hi-Tech
October 30, 2009Sri Subramuniya Kottam received a digital camera as a gift so the Kottam children can take pictures and email to Kauai Aadheenam. Anushanthan, age 13 has been trained to use this camera. Here you can see Anushanthan taking pictures. This camera is a gift from Jothi and Vasuki Sendan of...
Bodhinatha Traveling
October 29, 2009Bodhinatha is in California with Shanmuganathaswami. See our Twitter updates below for news shared by them from the road.
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2009-10-29
October 29, 2009Bodhinatha arrived in CA and is chatting about marketing and promotion in this photo. http://yfrog.com/5nfejxj # Bodhinatha is in San Rafael today. # Bodhinatha and the monks meet with Phil Murphy, HHE's planned giving consultant. http://www.hheonline.org http://yfrog.com/7b492jj # Today we meet with @AdrienneBiggs, a book publicist. We are at the...
Follow us on Twitter!
October 29, 2009In case you haven't noticed, the monastery has opened up a Twitter account. Follow us on Twitter to receive numerous updates each day about what is happening at the monastery and to follow Bodhinatha's movements and activities when he is traveling. For those still in doubt of Twitter's usefulness, we...
Tour Day
October 29, 2009The silpis are continuing their push on the floor. They have made much progress in the past few months and are getting faster at this. The angles of the floor are critical, to be sure the almost daily tropical rains drain out of the temple and not leave puddles...
Diwali in San Diego
October 29, 2009Balboa Park in San Diego was the setting for the second edition of the Diwali Festival on October 25th. Some of Bodhinatha's devotees went to join in the fun. The event began with a procession of members of the local Indian immigrant population organized by state of origin. The Diwali...
Bodhinatha Safe and Sound in California
October 28, 2009Bodhinatha writes that they had a successful trip. He and Shanmuganathaswami have landed safely in California.
Annual Hawaii Farm Bureau Conference
October 28, 2009Arumugaswami and Yoginathaswami attended the annual conference of Hawaii Farm Bureau today. It rotates through the islands and is held on Kauai every five years. It was a good opportunity for networking with our many acquaintances in the agricultural community Mayor of Kauai was there along with the mayors from...