It was tour day today and Bodhinatha did book signing after each tour.

Kauai has had several days of stormy, windy, rainy weather with periods of sunshine.

With the Yallis towering above them, just over one hundred visitors arrived for a tour of the Iraivan Temple at 9 a.m. this morning, seemingly unfazed by the inclement weather.

High above on the scaffolding sits Pandi creating beautiful kolum and flower designs around the upper reaches of the outer sanctum.

In a heart beat the weather changes. The same day, two hours later, the second tour group of 60 more guests pose in front of Iraivan’s main entrance after enjoying a wonderful tour with Sadhaka Satyanatha.

Bodhinatha sits quietly in the Manga Mandapam at about 10:30. The crowd has been informed that he will be happy to sign copies of books for them after they visit our Minimela gift shop.

He follows in Gurudeva’s footsteps on this pattern.

Guests have interesting questions we might not always expect. “How does Hinduism look at coincidences in life, things that are improbable and yet happen anyway?”

One 12-year-old girl, Natalia, wants to study Hinduism seriously.

Wonderful Hindu families. Two young girls sang songs they had practiced at home in hopes of singing for the guru.

Stepping back in time to the Siva Vision anniversary puja…

Our photographer catches some shots shortly after sunrise.

In the vision Gurudeva was sitting on the right looking up at Lord Siva sitting on this rock that has since received a daily puja every day since 1975. A beautiful Mandapam is planned to go around it with a roof above with ceiling paintings of Gurudeva’s vision. There will be a slightly raised plinth surrounding these stones which will be maintained as they are with the natural earth around them.