Monastery Twitter Updates for 2009-10-21
October 21, 2009Vel Muruga! Today is the third day of Skanda Shashthi. # Day 4 of Skanda Shashthi # Powered by Twitter Tools
Sun Two
October 20, 2009The Pilliyar Kulam reported on their activities today. Shanmuganathaswami and Yogi Jivanandanatha have been focused on preparations for their trip to California. Muruganathswami reports postive traffic in donations and book buying through our web site. Yogi Jothinatha is working hard to finish all the advertising pages for the January issue...
Recent Guests and Pilgrims
October 20, 2009Sysumu and Thelma Myashiro are from Huntington Beach, CA visiting with their friends, Fred and Reiko Fujimoto, from Oahu. This is their second visit to the temple in three years. Sri Ram and his wife Usha, from Bloomfield, MI, arrived with Bindumati Kikani, who traveled all the way from Mumbai...
Carrying On the Culture in Malaysia
October 20, 2009Our young cross cultural family Eswaran family in Penang is doing a wonderful job nurturing cultural advancement in their community. We have this inspiring report of Vijayadashami activities. "On Sunday, September 27, 2009 in conjunction with Vijayadashami Prayers also known as Ayudha Pooja, Tirumati Devika Eswaran, invited all her Bharathanatyam...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2009-10-20
October 20, 2009Plans are a foot for the Parliament of the World's Religions in Melbourne in December, at which Bodhinatha is a major speaker #pwr2009 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Another Phase Begins
October 19, 2009We began another phase after a full retreat which include Iraivan day and Chitra puja. Today's homa is conducted by Yogi Jivanandanatha
Chitra Puja
October 19, 2009On the first day of our retreat, Sadhaka's Tejadevanatha and Satyanatha perform the pada puja for Gurudeva. Bodhinatha chants Sri Rudram with the monks. After the chanting is over, the rest of puja is conducted in silence, which is traditional for this Guru puja. As the abhishekam is performed one...
Wailua Mission Iraivan Morning
October 19, 2009The Wailua mission held their monthly "Iraivan Morning" this month in the Banyan Mandapam outside of Kadavul temple yesterday. Uma Sivanathan, and two Master Course students, Faith Collier, and Leonora Orr, making jewelry from rudraksha beads Tandu Sivanathan, Aran Sendan, and and Master Course student, Justice Collier, filling the racks...