Today at Kauai Aadheenam

The vibration is very high at the Aadheenam as the auspicious Guru Purnima day approaches. Rajen Manick writes from Mauritius:

Jai Ganapati!

I am happy to wish Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami a happy Guru Purnima 2009.

I am really blessed to be always guided by Bodhinatha in my life to fulfill both my family obligations and my seva to our Church.

I have just started learning graphics with photography last week and I am sending Bodhinatha my very first attempt to creative photography using special effects. It is not really perfect but I am happy to created something different with Bodhinatha’s photo and feel inwardly good about this first trial. See photo attached.

Thank you Bodhinatha for everything. aum.

Rajen.

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We call this photo “Bodhinatha in the Ocean of Consciousness” Click here or on the photo to see a higher-medium resolution image of this graphic.

The Sriskandarajah family was back today for more activities on the Aadheenam grounds, starting with collecting water from the stream…

…to bathe the Narmada lingam

Then driving up San Marga path. Our cow Nandini happened to be nearby and came trotting over to be fed some konrai (golden shower) tree leaves.

Then visiting the Svayambhu Lingam, first offering golden shower flowers to Ganesha and Muruga,

then to the Sivalingam

At Bali Hai falls…

and down to Wailua River

and the large pond

The gold leaf work is complete and how magnificent it is! Pilgrims this morning commented “Photos can never do justice to what they really look like!”

But we have a slideshow below that can help you visualize what the real temple looks like.

Here is the Vimanam.

Rajagopuram

This is a Chinna Gopuram before…

and after! We want to thank all the donors for their generous help to turn Iraivan into a shining manifestation of the Sivaloka here in the Bhuloka!