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
Iraivan Temple is currently NOT open to the public. However, on some days a tour to the temple is given around 10:45am (no reservation needed). Ask a host.
To attend worship in Kadavul Hindu Temple You must make a free reservation
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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Yoga Conference at Germany
Jai Ganesha! A day ago, Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami and Sannyasin Tillainathaswami departed for Germany to attend a World Yoga Conference. There, Sadasivanathaswami will be giving a short presentation on yoga, while Tillainathaswami will be conducting a meditation class. The journey takes a grueling 50 hours, starting with a flight from Lihue to Honolulu, then from Honolulu to San Francisco, followed by a direct flight to Frankfurt, Germany, a short flight to Hannover, […]
The Lotus of the Heart, Part Four
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly upadesha in Kadavul Temple at Kauai’s Hindu Monastery in Hawaii. It is part of a series of talks elaborating on the inspired teachings of Satguru Śivaya Subramuniyaswami as found in his book Merging With Śiva. “How do you avoid unhappy states of mind? By consciously flowing awareness into the radiance, the light emanating from the self-effulgent being within the lotus of the heart. Direct awareness […]
Iraivan Temple Grass Update
Jai Ganesha Today we explored around Iraivan Temple, and while doing so, we noticed that the previously muddy areas are now filled with grass. Our hired workers have been seeding and watering them every day, and now the grass is growing faster, filling in the gaps and making the area look beautiful. As you can see in the picture, there are still a few parts that need some work, so the […]
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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