Our photo documentary retrospective on events in San Antonio continues today. Here is Bodhinatha circumambulating the temple.

All the necessary abhishekam kumbas are ready for the auspicious time to bath Ardhanarishvara

the priests are ready.

let the abhishekam begin, Jai

Devotees are spell bound

Awesome view from the shrine

what a sweet face

almost the last kumbha

arati before Ardhanarishvara is wrapped in fantastic silks and garlands

bhajans filled the air throughout the Kumbhabhishekam

Now the really fun part begins, dressing Ardhanarishvara 🙂

looking good, looking really good

Blessed prasadam

final arati

The temple structure is also blessed

Bodhinatha performs the final final arati

Back to the main temple for a talk given by Bodhinatha

first a visit to Ganesha

Dr Rao is the MC today

Bodhinatha’s talk is on Service and Giving to the temple

Before returning to the Comfort Inn the Pemmaraju family requested a picture with Bodhinatha and Ardhanarishvara. Thank you Pemmaraju family for taking such good care of Bodhinatha.

Later the same day Bodhinatha met with Venkat Subramaniam and his two sons

Marybeth, an Innersearcher who went to India with us came for a visit yesterday.

Checking out the ball in the mouth of the lion pillar.

With her friend…

Vignettes from around the Aadheenam.. Nandi in front of Kadavul.

Natarajnathaswami out for a walk…

A view of the garden…

Iraivan in the distance.

banana flower…

Rudraksha everywhere!

Sri Subramuniya Kottam – Sri Lanka

These photos were taken during the Thiruvembavai festival at the Sri Shanti Lingam Temple last December.

One of the favorite festivals of Sri Subramuniya Kottam’s children is the Thiruvembavai. Thiruvembavai is a ten day festival that falls between the last week of December and the first week of January.

Everyday for the ten days of Thiruvembavai the Kottam’s children and other villagers arise early in the morning, and gather at the Sri Subramuniya Kottam. From the Kottam the group will walk a parade route that ends at the Sri Shanti Lingam temple while singing Saint Manikavasagar’s Thiruvembavai songs.

Then they all attend the puja at the temple.

On the last day of Thhiruvembavai, known as Thiruvathurai special abhishegam and puja is done at the temple.