END OF PHASE
Today is the last day of our phase.
This edition of TAKA will remain posted
over our coming two-day retreat,
until Dvitya Tithi, Sun One, Friday, March 20th.

Uday and Gita Sagi with their two children, Rahul age 9 and Ajay age 2 +, and Sri Devi Penmatcha, Gita’s mother. All originally from Hyderabad, India and now living in Dallas, Texas.

Uday read about the Iraivan Temple and the Aadheenam on Internet and decided to bring his family on a pilgrimage to Kauai to visit the temple.

It is more expedient to cover the 51 acre property on the people mover when time is a factor or during inclement weather.

We bring you two slide shows today. The Ganapati Kulam has been much involved this phase with computer upgrades and our first slide show shares some of this with you.

Join the 2008 Asian Odyssey for your opportunity to study personally with Bodhinatha the way of the ancient Hindu mystics.

The Spiritual Park, Saiva Siddhanta Church, Mauritius, is very quiet other than the Ganesha Homa days. On such days visitors come for personal worship at the Ganesha Mandapam.

Our youth are there for their Saivite Hindu Religion classes. There is a short break in between sessions. Here are a few who are around for a photo near the pond. They have just had a lesson on Yama 1, Ahimsa. They played a nice game where they were presented with several currents situations drawn from their home and school life and had to react in the light of Yama 1. They were then given an assignment to practice at home from Merging With Siva, where Gurudeva said:

‘Judge every action that you make, judge every word you speak, with this law: ” Is it true? Is it kind? Is it helpful? Is it necessary?”

The next session is on Hatha Yoga….

Gurudeva developed a set of asanas or postures to tune and prepare the body for meditation.

The cobra posture…

In this posture they are to visualize purple color ….

The head-to-knee pose ….

The lotus posture or padmasana…. Young Mevin sometimes fidgeting in class is learning to stay still and calm.

Nileivani and Giradevi ….

Everyone sits thus still for a few minutes.

We leave the Park……Now we are in Quatre Bornes in the centre of the island, at the residence of Ananda Mootoocurpen. His wife and himself are studying with Satguru Bodhinatha through the Master Course. They have organized a religious ceremony at their place to which their relatives and also Church members and students were invited.

They are putting a new granite Ganesha murthi in their yard and a Sivacharya has been hired to perform an elaborate ceremony..

The photo of Bodhinatha is placed near the kumbhas and the priest chants special mantras for the family Guru.

A stone peedam with water running at the base has been built for the Ganesha murthi.

Many of our Church members were present singing devotional songs to Lord Ganesha.

Kulapati Moorghen was invited to give a talk for the occasion. He talked about the Pancha Ganapati at the Spiritual Park and how every month devotees come forward to give testimonies about how Ganesha is helping them in their life.

Ananda, Anandi, and their two sons. The family is planning to join the Church membership after completing their Master Course studies with Sat Guru Bodhinatha.