Sat Siva Guru Bodhinatha departed this morning for Canada with the well-wishes of the swamis, yogi and sadhaka of the Kauai Aadheenam and a few local devotees who were fortunate enough to be there.

Our first visitor of the day, Sundararaj Palanisamy, arrived just in time to have his picture taken with Bodhinatha as he was leaving for the airport, much to Sundaraja’s delight.

Sundararaj is working as an Agricultural Scientist at the University of Idaho. He originally came from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, South India and presently lives in Parma, Idaho.

Due to his tight schedule, he was given a whirlwind tour of the Iraivan Temple building site where he was able to converse in Tamil with the silpis and learn more about the sacred art of stone carving.

He was amazed at the progress of this wonderful temple and said that the “Iraivan Temple was definitely a must for every Hindu on the Globe to pilgrimage to.”

For all the chocoholics, this is the orchid that smells like chocolate. It really does!

And this is the one that smells like grapes…

Saravan and Bhavani Veylan had their last morning with us before leaving today.