Visiting Hours – Reservation Required
• Open Everyday
• 9am to 12pm
• Open most days of the year
• Parking and entry access require a reservation
Attend Our Temple Services
For Access to Kadavaul Temple’s 9:00am Śiva Puja, you must make a “Kadavul Temple Worship” reservation on our reservation site
Iraivan Temple is currently NOT open to the public. However, on some days a tour to the temple is given around 10:45am. Ask a host. (“Late Morning Front Grounds Access” or “Temple Worship” reservation required).
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.
The monastery is a religious center where monks live, worship and work, supporting Hinduism through temple activities, cultural preservation and educational outreach.
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Today at Kauai Aadheenam
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Salangai Poojai at Iraivan Temple, Path Timelapse
Young budding bharatanatyam dancers from the Hawaiian island of Oahu, flew to Kauai with their teacher and parents so they could perform the Salangai Pooja at Iraivan Temple. Sarithra and Piyusha are fourth and fifth graders and officially received their bell anklets today from their teacher acharya, Dr. Janani Lakshmanan. They were accompanied by special guest dancer, Kavya Bhagawatula. The family prepared a beautiful pamphlet to commemorate the occasion. Below is […]
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A Digital Solar System
https://www.himalayanacademy.com/planets Aum Namah Śivaya We’ve recently built this free Vedic astrology tool that runs in your browser. You can open the live solar system and click on any planet, sign, or lunar mansion to read about it. You can also set the time manually to see what the planets will be doing at any given time. On the solar system page you can select your rising sign (which you can calculate […]
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Our New Sivanadiyar!
Jai Ganesha! Jai Kailasa Parampara! A wonderful day for Brahmachari Arinein as he makes his Sacred Pledge as a Sivanadiyar. This pledge declares his intention to pursue a life of monasticism as he begins the final stage of preparation for becoming a Postulant. From the Sacred Pledge: “The supplicant’s foremost objective is to strive for mastery of the charya marga, or path of service. This begins with the avoidance of wrongful […]
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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