Visiting Hours – Reservation Required
• Open every day of the week and the weekend
• 9am to 12pm
• 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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A Joyous Final Day of Gurudeva Mahasamadhi Observances
Our final day began with the early morning small Guru puja at the samadhi shrine, followed by satsang with Satguru Bodhinatha in the late morning in the Guru Peedam room. Then at 3:30, Kumar Gurukkal, assisted by Pravin Kumar Gurukkal, began a nearly five-hour process of sankalpa, purification of self and surroundings, invoking Ganesha and Varuna to bless the proceedings and honoring Siva’s abundant provision through the substances produced by the […]
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Annual Guru Puja 2026
Jai Gurudeva! Join us at 3:30pm (Kauai time) for the final event of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami’s annual founders puja (mahasamadhi puja).
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Gurudeva Bronze in India
On this second day of our 25th Annual Guru Puja honoring the Great Departure of Gurudeva, we were delighted to receive two simple photos from a small shop in Tamil Nadu where an amazing bronze silpi and his team are making a perfect copy of the life-size murti you have all seen here at Kauai Aadheenam. The new murti is destined for the Spiritual Park in Mauritius. It is being cast […]
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
For those seeking a deeper understanding of our spiritual path, Himalayan Academy provides Online Study Programs to get you started. You can also sign up for our lessons by email.
– Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
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