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What Happened Today at the Monastery?
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A quiet day at home… the focus is on Iraivan and the work of Selvanathan Sthapati who departs tomorrow.
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Selvanatha Sthapati fine tuning various parts of Iraivan.
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He’s very precise….
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The island of Kauai has many differing environments. Each year our monks take a few days break and go to stay at the west side and up to Kokee for a few nights. Watching sunset from the Kokee look out is always a highlight of these trips.
While there is still light, Sadhaka Nilakantha catches the bottom of this incredible nearly 360 degree rainbow… as the colors plunge into the famed Kalalau Valley
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When the sun hits the horizon, it seems to the minds eye to speed up…
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Slipping quickly below the horizon, the next few minutes are precious moments when God Siva’s daily Sunset Light Show is something awesome behold.
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There are some hi-tech installations up here in the mountains…this is a NASA tracking station.
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The last rays before darkness sets in.
Ganesha Visarjana, Northern California
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Janaka Param sends us these photos from California from Ganesha Visarajana. We are running them at full size. they tell their own story. He writes:
” It was such a beautiful day. The Siddhi Vinayaka temple of Sacramento, California celebrated Ganesha Visarjana on Sunday, September 23, 2007. The Golden Gate Mission joined them.”
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The Visarjana took place at Folsom Lake, northeast of Sacramento.
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