Bodhinatha is “on the move.” he sends this brief update:

“August 3rd: Today was a midday flight from San Francisco to Salt Lake City. In the evening we went to the local Ganesha temple. The Ganesha murti was a gift from Gurudeva. We had a good group for me talk, more than anticipated for a Thursday night.”

Today he and Shanmuganathaswami fly on to Denver.

Silpi helper Chinnu completed his “tour of duty” here at the Aadheenam and five years of diligent service to Iraivan Temple and the team. He’s returning home to be with his family and hopes to start a small restaurant in India. We want to thank him for everything he has done while he was here.

The Sivakumaren Mardemootoo family is working on gold-leafing the Navagraha statues during their stay on Kauai. Yesterday morning they applied the special adhesive varnish called “sizing” to this image of Ketu and after three hours waiting for it to dry to just the right tackiness, they are applying the gold leaf.

It is always a magical process.

Bright shiny Ketu

Suriyakumar, who visited recently with his super camera, send us hi-resolution images of his “fly over” of Iraivan Temple. We will put up some really big ones in the days ahead for you all to download.

Watch now as he flys down…