It is a bright sunny day at the Aadheenam. Lots of visitors are coming during these August summer days and the Iraivan Temple site is humming with activity

When visitors walk up the path to Kadavul they can find underneath the Banyan tree on the left the beautiful statue of Lord Murugan.

And offer a few flowers at His feet.

Opposite the Banyan tree is our Banyan mandapam and Mini-mela bookshop. On retreats the families help host guests and the Mardemootoo girls love to run the mini mela gift shop, wrapping items and entering sales in the computer. They are a familiar with the routine as they are also very busy with the Mini Mela shop at our center in Mauritius. Here is Basanti

Dipanjali standing by to greet visitors with a bright smile.

The Wailua mission gathers to work on Rudraksha beads. Here is Kulamata Kavita Mardemootoo happy to be here on Kauai with her mother and father for a while and to have some quality time on vacation with the whole family.

Kulamata Isani Alahan

her daughter Priya

even two year old Jayendra Mardeemootoo helps out

Kulapatis Sivakumaren Mardemootoo and Durvasa Alahan

A wild peacock has come to the back yard.

At the temple, construction of the forms for the concrete pour of the Nandi Mandapam is in full swing.

Deva Rajan arrived on the island, and came this morning to work with Yoginathaswami to oversee the Nandi Mandapam foundation project that is underway.

Craig Kawakami’s team (that’s Craig with the tape) is building the 4-foot-high box that will hold the cement for the foundation.

The pour will be made all in one day, and the cement from 65-70 trucks will be heavy, about 400,000 pounds. So the forms have to be supported by a concrete footing they poured yesterday.

In the next few days Craig’s team will erect a massive support structure tied to the 2″ by 6″s he is straddling.

A shot from inside the box, which is 44 feet by 50 feet and four feet high. You can watch today movie of the work, and you will hear a little Hawaiian music playing on the carpenters’ boombox.