At the Aadheenam today, it’s quiet on the inside, but there’s lots happening:

The Siddhidata Kulam is working on clearing containers that are standing by in Honolulu.

The Pillaiyar Kulam reports that more educational pamphlets have been posted at our web store at incredibly low prices. The aim is not to make a profit but just to cover costs and keep the price low enough that teachers can order lots for their classes.

Lots of Himalayan Academy Publications event promotion is coming up at conferences in the months ahead.

The Ekadanta Kulam sent out a mailing to the island residents with the Open House invitation.

Our travel department is very busy with making arrangements for various trips…

Ben and Gail la Mar are visiting from San Francisco. Today they enjoyed seeing all the changes to the grounds and Iraivan Temple since their last visit here.

Gail is a Level 1 Master Course Correspondence student and they both come once a year to Kauai.

The gilding of the left door of Kadavul Temple is underway…

The exposed wooden edges will be painted black… which is what they are working on first.

Another padma completed on the temple doorsteps.

More pictures from Mauritius arrived today. Also a new home page for our center there has been created. See:

Saiva Siddhanta Church — Spiritual Park of Mauritius

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The March 2005 Ganesha Homa sponsored by the Mardemootoo/Pallanee kutumbas turned out as usual into a memorable religious moment for many. The large black granite Pancha Mukha Ganapati looked radiant on that day.

One devotee brought some traditional Indian musicians as a love offering to entertain those present at the Park. We felt like being carried into the traditional temples of South India…

Each month on the first Sunday many new people experience the homa ceremony and burning of prayers for the first time.

The Ganesha Mandapam is always filled to capacity on these events.

Hundreds of prayers are being burnt into the Homa fire from devotees coming from all over Mauritius. Beautiful testimonies are being shared later during the testimony sessions following the Homa ceremony.

Here is one devotee lovingly sharing a testimony with those present…

This is sishya Tirumati Malini Peruman with her lovely looking daughter.

Every month some friends of the Park sponsor lunch to devotees after the Homa. Our members come forward to help the sponsors with the food serving at different food stations.

Mr Raj Sookool and his family have never missed a homa ceremony… For Raj Sookool this ceremony makes a difference the way it is being organised every month. He deeply appreciates the seva of the stewards of the Spiritual Park.

A happy couple, Tiru Vishwanaden Moorooven and his wife Tirumati Lomavadee Moorooven with their new born baby girl Venilla. They have both been long time sishyas of Gurudeva.

Tiru Sivan Murrugappa Naicken from the south of the island greets everyone…