Visiting Hours
• Open Everyday
• 9am to 12pm
• Open most days of the year. Closed Dec 24, 25, 26.
• Front grounds do not require a temple reservation
Attend Our Temple Services
You must make a free reservation to attend worship Kadavul Hindu Temple
Iraivan Temple is currently not open to the public. However, on some days a tour is given around 10:45am. Ask a host.
About this Hindu Monastery
Kauai Aadheenam is home to a traditional Saivite Hindu monastic order. If you plan to visit please be respectful that this is place of peaceful religious practice.
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Today at Kauai Aadheenam
Blessing Our New Skid Steer
This morning, the monks of Kauai Aadheenam gathered to celebrate and bless their newest piece of equipment, a Kubota SVL 97-2 skid steer, with a sacred Ganesha Puja. The machine was parked in front of a beautifully adorned murti of Lord Ganesha near the Siddhidata Kulam’s new shop, Hale Hana. Satguru, several monks and Vel Mahalingam, observed the traditional blessing, while Mayilnathaswami offered flowers and incense to invoke Lord Ganesha’s blessings […]
Greenhouse 2.0 Update
Jai Ganesha! Several days ago, we captured a moment of the monks of the Siddhidata Kulam working on the greenhouse. Mayilnathaswami and Nirvani Tejadevanatha were installing the shades that drape down the sides of the building .They are an important part of the greenhouse because they actively control the temperature depending on the level of sunshine, maintaining a regulated environment for the tomatoes and peppers. Our team is working tirelessly to […]
The Hindu Festival for Your Holiday Season
The holiday season in Western countries can be confounding for Hindu kids and families. Unfortunately, due to social pressures and lack of alternatives, many Hindu families follow this Christian cultural juggernaut. So Gurudeva created a five-day gift-giving Hindu festival in December. It has found its way around the world, as our ai-generated slideshow proves (OK, intimates)! Here is a Hinduism Today editorial from Gurudeva that explores the issue and his solution […]
A Search for the Innermost Divine Self
Self-realization in three stages. Realizing oneself as the Soul, realizing oneself as Satchidananda—Omnipresent Consciousness—and realizing oneself as the Source, the Sustainer of that Omnipresent Consciousness, the Self that transcends time, form and space. Parasiva.
Balanced by Temple Worship
A temple is a meeting place of our physical plane and the invisible worlds of the Gods and angelic beings, or devas. The spiritual vibration is kept strong through the monks’ continual worship.
Fueled by Kundalini Yoga
Meditation can be sustained only if one lives a wholesome life, free from emotional entanglements and adharmic deeds. Intensive, consistent meditation dispels the antagonistic, selfish, instinctive forces of the mind and converts those channels of energy into uplifted creative action.
Charted by Monistic Theism
Hinduism, also known as the Sanatana Dharma, or “Eternal Way,” is our planet’s original and oldest living religion, with over one billion adherents.
Illumined by a Potent
Guru-Shishya System
Kauai Aadheenam is the spiritual home and theological seminary for a small band of monks, all under vows, from many nations. They oversee an international religious mission while living a strict lifestyle of daily religious worship, meditation, yoga and service.
Guided by Soul-Stirring Scriptures
Visit our Saivite Scriptures page, which contains timeless wisdom from the oldest living spiritual tradition on Earth. It includes content from the Vedas, Saiva Agamas, writings from saints, and more.
Awakened by Sadhana and Tapas
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– Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
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