Visiting Hours
• Open Everyday
• 9am to 12pm
• Open most days of the year
• Front grounds do not require a temple reservation
Attend Our Temple Services
You must make a free reservation to attend worship in 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 a place of peaceful religious practice.
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Today at Kauai Aadheenam
New Culvert Before Rishi Valley Area
After coming down the concrete road between the huge palm trees before Rishi Valley, on the right side there is a side dirt path for accessing fruit trees, landscape maintenance and connecting to other roads. A stream runs right through this area next to a huge breadfruit tree. For a while the stream ran under the path naturally. It was damp, but we could usually drive over it without getting stuck. […]
Welcoming Sadhaka Sabanatha, Our Newest Monk!
Jai Ganesha!Vel Muruga!Jai to the Kailasa Parampara!Aum Namah Sivaya! After six months in the Supplicancy program and several months sitting by the wall, begging entrance to the monastery, Sadhaka Sabanatha passed his review by the senior monks and has been accepted as a full monastic into Kauai Aadheenam. Today the monks gathered to witness his vow taking. Through this process he becomes a Postulant. His title is now Sadhaka Sabanatha. This […]
Bhairava’s Turns Two Years Old!
Jai Ganesha! On 10th March, the Siddhidata Kulam’s mathavasi celebrated our dearest Bhairava’s birthday. He enjoyed a peanut butter cake and a handsome bow tie. Bhairava is more than just a dog for us, he is like another monk and gentle protector. Having Bhairava with us is a great blessing for all us. Even though it was last week you’ll can still wish him a happy birthday, and we make sure […]
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.
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