Yogaswami sang:

“My Guru, Peerless Chellappar, I saw at Nallur,
beneath the sacred Chariot of Murugan.
He gazed at me in grace, my wise Teacher–
Him do I praise engulfed in bliss.”

The Ganapati Kulam gave a report today. The trip to India brought some energy into different projects. Here are covers for the hard bound copies of the Trilogy being reprinted by Motilal Benarsidas in India. They will be feature with the rest of the Motilal line at the up-and-coming book fair in Delhi.

Mr. and Mrs. Sivasubramaniam from Toronto talks with Paramacharya Palaniswami.

They are here on pilgrimage for seven days and will be coming to the temple every day.

Natarajnathaswami focused as ever on his Hinduism Today articles.

Sivakatirswami shows the couple some of the work he is doing with Natchintanai and Tamil… They are originally from Sri Lanka, in fact Amma is originally from Alaveddy where Gurudeva start his first mission. She is also a trained classical dancer.

Today we were visited by Jagadish and Jyothi Bandhole, their three-month-old daughter Isha, and Jyothi’s parents.

The Bandhole family lives in California and the parents are visiting from India.

They are all originally from Bangalore and were proud to see the Iraivan Temple stones coming from their area.

Iraivan shines beautifully in the morning sun…

From our mission in Kopay, Sri Lanka, we have these photos and news from Thondunathan who writes:

Sri Subramuniya Kottam Celebrates Gurudeva’s Mahasamadi Day.

This October 31st the Sri Subramuniya Kottam celebrated Gurudeva’s Mahasamadhi with a grand puja at the Kottam’s Thiruvadi Temple. The Thiruvadi Temple at the Sri Subramuniya Kottam enshrines a pair of traditional Sandals that Gurudeva had worn during his visit to Kopay in 1982.

A grand abhishegam was done for the Thiruvadi accompanied by a puja.

Over the years hundreds of families have worshipped at Gurudeva’s Thiruvadi Temple drawing strength and inspiration from Gurudeva’s spiritual presence at this little temple which was miraculously spared from the ravages of war.

Gurudeva’s Thiruvadi shrine at the Sri Subramuniya Kottam presides over all the activities of the Kottam as a symbol of Gurudeva’s everlasting benevolence and blessings to the Hindu community of Jaffna.