Bodhinatha was lovingly greeted at the airport by Dr. & Mrs Nagaratnam and their family and Mrs. Mathini Wigeneswaran and husband. There were about 10 of them in total with beautiful garlands for our visiting swamis. It’s Bodhinatha and Palaniswami’s first trip to Sydney.

Paramacharya Palaniswami and Sadhaka Dandapani check into their hotel in Sydney. It was a long day after a few hours of waiting in airports then an almost 10 hour flight to Sydney.

We are glad to be finally here. It’s about 25 degrees celcius today. A little cooler after the 46 degree temperature Sydney experienced 3 days ago.

Sashi Velupillay helps to move our luggage. He and his family are visiting from Melbourne and they will be there to care for Bodhinatha when he visits later this month.

Meanwhile at home the second half of the team departed this afternoon at 4: 30 pm. Left to Right: Sadhaka Nilakantha, Sadhaka Jivanandanatha and Sannyasin Saravananathaswami. They are all looking forward to this first time visit to the other side of the equator.