Sun 3 Today… another quiet one at the Aadheenam.

Rains of the tropical sort swept the island hard in the early hours before dawn, but before our meditation ended it had stopped and the clouds blew off the mountain, revealing 4-5 dozen waterfalls on the cliffs. Can you see them?

The river swelled again, turning from emerald green to cocoa brown.

Wailua River in spate.

We took a short video to capture the rushing waters.

Siva’s tropical dance.

While we were out we thought to walk to the GK and the PK for a chat with the monks there, and went by the Guru Peedam fireplace.

Into the Ganapati Kulam building.

At the entry the monks were working hard on archiving Gurudeva’s hundreds of videos.

Taking them from Mini DV tapes to DVD, a necesary precaution since magnetic tapes deteriorate in the humid island weather.

Gurudeva was on-screen, laying the foundation stone in August of 2001, in Denmark. The mystical lady there is Amma, founder of this new temple to the Goddess.

Gurudeva gave a potent talk afterwards, all about raising chilren with love and without ever striking or hurting them, even with words.

Then off to the PK, passing the Kadavul Temple pool.

With Saint Sambandar dancing in joy of his Siva consciousness.

To the Banyan Mandapam, near our giant banyan tree.

Inside Sadhaka Dandapani has worked hard lately to renew the exhibition displays, lots of new images to give visitors a visual history of Iraivan.

Sadhaka did the woodwork too in our carpentry shop.

A few feet away Gurudeva watches from a lifesize light box.

Below is a case holding the chisel and mallot Gurudeva used to make the first chip on the first stone in Bangalore, India. We gold-leafed the mallot.

Down at the Pillaiyar Kulam we discover the ubiquitous Lord Ganesha in his white marble form.

He is part of a shipment that Sadhaka Jivananda had brought from Hardwar, India, boxes of sacred items.

There are bells and lingams, wooden boxes,

Mother of Pearl containers for puja items and such.

The wooden boxes are inlaid with brass.

A 510 gram Tier’s Eye Ganesha, a rare find.

And beads of all colors. All items for our MiniMela visitor’s center. You can see more at:
our web store.