Incredible guest day today… and the last day of this phase….

Bodhinatha has been busy the past few days. Yesterday he attended the fledging new interfaith gathering of religious leaders and today he attended the Kauai Action Planning Alliance meeting, of which he is one of the directors. He also announced that he has accepted the invitation to go to Perth, Australia on his next trip to Singapore and Malaysia, and that travel arrangements had all been settled.

END OF PHASE
Today is the last day of our phase.
This edition of TAKA will remain posted
over our coming three-day retreat,
until Dasami Tithi, Sun One, Monday, April 18th.

Alright… there is no holiday, it a Thursday in the middle of a week, the school season is in full session… but, guess what: over 100 guests today…

What’s going to happen this summer?!

The growing number of tour guides with entries for Kauai’s Hindu Monastery are bringing a very broad spectrum of visitors from all over…

While many have little exposure to Hinduism, everyone is very respectful and open to learning more.

Of course at this time of year we notice lots of young and older couples, with no children… fewer families.

Chris and Brooke are from Lake Tahoe, not far from where Gurudeva was born. Chris grew up on Kauai and use to come to the monastery often when he was a young boy. It’s his first visit back here after moving to the mainland. He was most impressed with all the changes and both of them are very interested in Gurudeva’s trilogy and plans to buy and read the Master Course when they get home.

Sam and Katie got married 5 days ago and here on Kauai for their honeymoon. They visited the monastery a few days ago and we invited them to come back today to join the weekly tour.

Terry Parish came today to his magic on the landscape around the front of the Aadheenam.

Work rolls on at the temple…or should we say “chips on…”

One temple supporter, after viewing the Vimanam on the web, felt we needed even more gold! So he is sponsoring more gold leaf to do more of the Vimanam…

The magic of TAKA and the internet.. keeping everyone informed… and, we want to thank our generous sponsor!

Work on the next Chinna Gopuram roof stones…

Sadhaka Haranandinatha offers a ride to some who have difficulty walking that far…

For the next gopuram…

We will be back again after our retreat, which is also a “Iraivan Day” retreat, when we will all be working together pushing forward the Iraivan Temple Project… see you on Dasama Tithi (Monday).

Aum Namasivaya!