A joyous and profound Maha Sivaratri to the whole world!

END OF PHASE
Today is the last day of our short four-day phase.
This edition of TAKA will remain posted
over our coming two-day retreat,
until Dvitya Tithi, Sun One, Friday, March 11th.

The latest edition of Hinduism Today has “hit the streets” and this issue is getting a lot of praises, especially for the Parenting Insight section. Bodhinatha’s educational initiative is taking dynamic shape…

This elderly couple came to Kauai for Sivaratri. Appa is over 80 years old and a true Siva Bhaktar…

They joined everyone for the tour today.

And later had darshan with Bodhinatha

Tour day brought a huge crowd of visitors

Try to chip granite “Wow, that stone is really, really hard!”

Slowly the scaffolding is coming down and the golden Vimanan is revealed.

Hugging rudrakshas tree…

Narayandas and Sangeetha Kamath are here on pilgrimage from Toronto, Canada for 7 days. Here they are helping with Mahasivaratri decorations. Narayan promised Bodhinatha last year when he met him in Toronto that he would visit soon. So, they came for Mahasivaratri to fulfill that promise.

A view up at the East Gopuram

Shanmugam Sthapati, the man it is putting it altogether, first in his mind, then in reality.

And the steady, tireless team…

Time for a nature walk… the weather is still cold at night, but days are warming up and the plants are all coming to life.

Though we have no snow in Hawaii, it does get cool and our garden slows down… It is starting to pump again… fabulous looking cabbage!

Lettuce can be challenging, but our Siddhidata Kulam is producing some beautiful varieties.

Kale doesn’t mind the cool weather.. and is growing really well.

An overview of Anna Purna Gardens….

Some beds are deliberately left fallow to “rest” while others are planted in rotation. The same species is usually not planted twice in the same bed…

An offering from one of the devotees…

Have a wonderful Maha Sivaratri night and go deep within to the source and come closer, and closer to the Lord Siva within…