God Siva's Temple Blesses and Inspires
October 27, 2009Inspired and happy guests today included Dr. Kailash Pande from Phoenix, AZ making his fourth pilgrimage to the Aadheenam. Also Dr. Rakesh K. Singh and Dr. Bhavana J. Dave, both Professors of the Nebraska Medical Center, are here visiting for the first time. (left) Sahasrananda and Bhaghi Rathy are...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2009-10-27
October 27, 2009Nandi basks in the afternoon sun as we prepare for tomorrow morning's homa. http://yfrog.com/1371816474j # Enjoy a video of the Skanda Shashthi puja last week at Kauai Aadheenam. http://bit.ly/4DEGhY # Watch a video of prayer burning at the Kadavul Siva Homa this morning. http://bit.ly/4DsQy6 # Bodhinatha, Shanmuganathaswami and Yogi Jivanandanatha...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2009-10-26
October 26, 2009Today was a joyous and quiet retreat day at the monastery. Cleaning, walking, meditating, cooking, painting, working on special projects. # Powered by Twitter Tools
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2009-10-25
October 25, 2009A very beautiful last day of the phase at Kauai Aadheenam. Bodhinatha is getting ready for his trip to California. # Powered by Twitter Tools
End of Skanda Shashthi Phase
October 24, 2009We've come to the end of a very auspicious phase and the aftermath of Skanda Shashthi is still in the air. ~~~~~~~~~~~ END OF PHASE Today is the last day of our phase. This edition of TAKA will remain posted over our coming two-day retreat, until Navami Tithi, Sun One,...
Skanda Shashthi Video
October 24, 2009httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_jyXxwz-YQ
The Presence of Murugan Across India
October 24, 2009Valli Sendan makes this wonderful contribution today: Prostrations to Lord Vighna Vinayaga. Vel Muruga! Namaskaram Bodhinatha, Happy Skanda Shasti to You and all of the Mathavasis. Thank you for the wonderful Muruga festival this week. In September, we visited Markandeya in Chicago, where he moved earlier this year for a...
A Miniature Iraivan Temple in Bronze
October 24, 2009You will remember from previous TAKAs that holly young is making a bronze model of Iraivan. Here is her almost finished wax model. We take you now on a journey of how the temple, which will one day sit in Hanuman's hand, goes from wax to metal. It's an...