We begin a bright new phase today with homa as usual.

Bodhinatha continues with his talks that comment on various chapters and themes from the Trilogy. Today he read and commented on from Living With Siva Chapter 14 on “The Meditator.” We will post this later this phase.

He also talked about the need for proper planning, especially in business life.

Listen to some sounds from this morning’s homa

Click here for a short clip MP3 file of monks chanting Sri Rudram.

It has been relatively dry on Kauai, with only occasional light showers which means the Wailua river is low.

Nandi at Kadavul’s entrance.

The image of Lord Murugan in our Kadavul temple is a beauty.

Trishul Siddharthan, age 21, arrived from Florida for ten days of task force. He completed his pre-med studies and wanted to come to the Aadheenam for a while. He and his parents have been studying Gurudeva’s teachings for some time.

He arrived during our retreat days and fit right in on a trip to Himalayan Acres. At home he has tilled his family’s back yard, by hand, and turned it into an organic vegetable garden with a Koi pond.

He’s spending his mornings in the Ganapati Kulam and afternoons with the Siddhidata Kulam.

He worked with Arumugaswami today, making copies of youth articles in Hinduism Today to send to our new youth editor, Lakshmi, in Singapore. They listed out nearly three dozen article ideas to be done by youth.

Trishul has aspirations for a career in the public health sector where he hopes to make a difference and bring some relief, “So many people are suffering.
We really need to do something for them.”

15 minute evening timelapse over Iraivan… “Falling Stars.” The broken star paths were caused by passing clouds.

Giles and Oisin Thompson of Kansas are on pilgrimage along with mom Marianne.

Rakesh and Pranika Joshi are here visiting from Chico, California. Both are originally from Punjab. They first heard about the temple from a local resident on Kauai.

They attended the 6 a.m. homa this morning and then visited the Iraivan Temple and gardens.

Rakesh and Pranika framed by the beautiful Chitra pillars

Vellaiasamy and Pandi prepare the edges all around the bases for the red granite floor slabs which are to arrive in the next shipment of stone

White and pink lotus flowers in full bloom.

Rakesh and Pranika in front of the very beautiful granite Umbrella Ganesha on their return for the
morning puja in the Kadavul Temple.

A natural mountain stream runs beside the Narmada Lingam and Nandi. Visiting Hindus are welcome to perform abhishekam in this very peaceful, tranquil, and sacred setting.

The early morning sun lights up the golden Capstone and Gopurams of the Iraivan Temple.

We continue with our retrospective series on Bodhinatha’s trip to Singapore and Malaysia.

On the evening of the second day in Singapore Bodhinatha went for satsang and pada puja at the home of Kulapati Dohadeva Sanmugam.

Greeted at the door with a simple washing of the feet.

Singapore sishya and other devotees are present

Sivakumar Saravan and Bhani Karthigesu perform the pada puja.

Bodhinatha gives a presentation…

A moment of humor in Bodhinatha’s talk…

Blessings after the puja

Also joining Bodhinatha at the satsang are two swamis from the Johor, Malaysia, Dakshina Mantralayam Ashram. They are devotees of Swami Shankarnath, whose devotees do a lot of religious teaching and social service.

Bodhinatha makes a financial contribution to their charitable feeding program.