Silent Sages
July 27, 2009The first two granite pieces to ever be made for Gurudeva are Saint Tirumular and Saint Tiruvalluvar, whose statues grace the entrance to the Aadheenam courtyard. Here is Tirumular who is said to have stayed deep in meditation for 3000 years only to come into the conscious mind once a...
Pandit Jasraj Sings for Siva
July 26, 2009Pandit Jasraj, one of India foremost vocal artists sang in Kadavul temple today. Bodhinatha honored him with a shawl at the end Pandit Jasraj (born January 28, 1930) is the foremost exponent of the Mewati Gharana of Hindustani classical music. His spell binding voice has a spirit of devotion that...
Siva Acharya's Last evening before departing Kauai
July 26, 2009Left to right Vel Mahalingam, our sweet Karma yogi, the gracious Sundaramurthi Siva Sivacharya and Sadhaka Nilakantha pose for Taka. Sivacharya has been at the monastery for a few days soaking up Siva's perfect peace. He mentioned next visit will be for five days to really enjoy all the monastery...
A busy summer
July 26, 2009These two lovely families arrived from Cerritos, CA to attend the morning puja and later toured the Iraivan Temple. Hamendra and Rekha Doshi were here with their daughter, Vidhi and are originally from Mumbai. While Suresh and Anju Bansal and their daughter, Nisha are originally from Delhi. Both families felt...
Beauty everywhere
July 26, 2009Beautiful Hawaiian flowers brighten up the pathway leading to the Kadavul Temple. These Guzmanias were a gift from the owner of a giant nursery on the Big Island, wanting to share his abundance with the monastery. Thanks, David!
Last Day with Sundaramurthy Sivam Sivacharya
July 25, 2009< Today was Sundaramurthy Sivacharya's last day with us. He had darshan with Bodhinatha this morning. While chanting, he honored Bodhinatha with a shawl. And then gave blessing of holy ash. They chatted together briefly about the state of the study of the Agamas in Tamil Nadu. He wanted to...
Joe Russell Visiting Kauai Aadheenam
July 25, 2009< Joe Russell from San Franscisco works with a consulting firm. He has been helping Senthilnathaswami for some time manage our network, server, hardware, trouble shooting our Apple computers. Previously a free-lance consultant, he recently started working for Rocket Science Consulting in San Francisco. He has come to Kauai to...
Pilgrims From London Return After Ten Years
July 24, 2009Vadivambigai and Konesh came with 24 family members and friends from London to vacation in Hawaii, including visiting Kauai Aadheenam. Vadivambigai and Konesh visited 10 years ago right after getting married. See this link for that visit when they came for their honey moon and met Gurudeva and Swami...