In real time, Bodhinatha had a free day yesterday and today until this evening when he went to the Kailash Mandir in Surrey, British Columbia, the center for the Fiji Educational and Cultural Society of BC.

We bring you photos of earlier events…Here he is at the Edmond community center…

Departing his hotel in Vancouver for evening events at the Ganesha temple.

Arriving at the Ganesha temple…

Here is Manickam Senthivel who did great service coordinating Bodhinatha’s visit. He was gracious enough to allow Aubrey Burke, who came over to Vancouver from Victoria, BC to stay with him. The two of them teamed up to run the Himalayan Academy Publications tables where our literature was given away at each event and temple.

Aubrey writes that he had a great time introducing everyone to our literature and really enjoyed the opportunity to stay with a Tamil family.

Thanks from all of us to Manickam and Aubrey for all their hard work!

Here we bring you photos from yesterday’s homa… the images tell the story.

Paramacharya Palaniswami gives the talk today in Bodhinatha’s absence.

Kartikkeya Katir is here on Task Force for a month.

Young software developer and IT collaborator from Brasil, Andre Garzia is here from Niteroi, the city just across the bay from Rio de Janiero. He has been with us for nine days, working on web development and returns home tomorrow. He enjoys coming to the temple early each morning.

Sivanadiyar Satya Subramaniam who took most of these photos poses for a shot.

Satya takes a later noon-day stroll with the camera. Here is Tiruvalluvar…

Tirumular

Endless cloud paintings….

Wailua River, just below the monastery.

He catches Andre having lunch with Sivakatirswami and Yogi Japendranatha.

Thondunatha sends scans of photos from Jaffna. He writes:

One of the early students of Sri Subramuniya Kottam who now lives in Germany visited the Kottam recently and sent us some pictures.

The Thiruvadi Temple at the Sri Subramuniya Kottam enshrines a pair of traditional Thiruvadi that Gurudeva wore during his visit to Kopay in 1982. The puja ceremonies of this temple are conducted daily by the children studying at the Kottam. The Tiruvadi temple continues to preside over all the activities of the Kottam as a symbol of Gurudeva’s everlasting benevolence and blessings to the Hindu community of Jaffna.

Rishipathi and Kulamatha Kanagaratnam

Kulamatha and three of the Kottam Students.

Shama Kumaran our guest host has some photos and captions for us:

Early morning showers brought a welcome coolness with over-head cloud cover over the island today.

Aruottianus. This beautiful flower is the only fragrant white hibiscus and is native to the island of Kauai.

Dr. Mohan Saoji, a dentist, his wife Maya and their five teenage children arrived for the morning puja. Mili, Sima, Meghana, Janaki, all girls, and one boy Amrit. Dr. Saoji is on the Board of Trustees of the Hindu Society of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. They posed for a family photo at the Nani Kauai Pond and Falls lookout. He was very impressed with the Iraivan Temple and mentioned that Sat Guru Bodhinatha Veylanswami had visited their temple in Orlando a few months ago.

Two young visitors Tanya Abernathy and Heidi Diaz also took a tour of the grounds. Here they are at the beautiful lotus ponds.

Bret and Alyssa Saks joined us at the Iraivan Temple site and posed for a photo next to one of the main Chitra pillars. Alyssa is the grandaughter of Ed and Joyce Doty from Na’Aika Kai Gardens near Kilauea on the North-East side of Kauai.

Down to the waterfalls and the sacred Wailua River before heading home.