After the pada puja, Bodhinatha gave the annual State of the Church address, which Gurudeva traditionally gave at this time at the beginning of each new year.

Yogi Japendranatha and Sadhaka Jivanandanatha performed the puja today.

Yogurt abhishekam.

Yogaswami sang:

“”Transcending all mutations of form and attribute,
Surpassing all finite measure is the GURU,
An embodiment of the highest wisdom.”

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniayswami Jai!

Saint Tirumular wrote:

“He who is beyond the worlds, He dwells
In the hearts of the saints in benign grace
So that all may attain liberation.
He is the speechless Guru, the immaculate Sivam.”

“The Beauteous boon of ‘Siddhi and Mukti,’
The upright way of Grace and Truth,
The wealth of Wisdom and Bliss divine,
Can be attained by Grace of God with Form.”

Saint Manicavacagar sang:

“In grace, He came in humble human form to me,
That I may be rescued from fleeting pursuits.
Hail Luminous One who came down,
To dwell with me in meekness fine.”

The woman saint Auvaiyar wrote:

“The Sat Guru shows the true way and his presence is
your saving grace.”

“The SatGuru alone can show you the direct way to Siva, who is ever inseparable and yet veiled to others.”

We bring you first-hand photos from Batticaloa from the Murugan Bhaktar, and proponent Patrick Harrigan who writes to us by email today… with a focus on Kalladi which is about 80 miles from where our Thirunavukkarasu orphanage was:

As you probably do not have anyone reporting directly from the East Coast of Sri Lanka, perhaps it would interest you to view the photos and occasional reports I have been publishing from Galle and from Trincomalee district southwards (I am presently in Batticaloa). Just now I am uploading files to the Kataragama Pada Yatra web site http://padayatra.org taken today south of Batticaloa. I thought of you because I was anxious to see the condition of the Kalladi Tiruchendur Murugan Temple. The devastation in Kalladi is the worst I have seen anywhere on the east coast, perhaps because Kalladi is a densely populated suburb of Batticaloa, where houses and temples where built directly upon beach frontage facing the full brunt of the tsunami. The devastation at Kalladi is as though it was situated near ground zero of a watery nuclear bomb.

The Kalladi Tiruchendur Murugan Temple, I am sorry to say, has been completely destroyed. Fortunately, there was no loss of life within the temple premises, but I am told that 800 perished in Kalladi alone.

Presently communications are still very bad and we are unable to get any accurate information directly from the Batticaloa area. We have asked Patrick to see if he can get news on our orphanage there.

The Murugan temple Garbha griham (main sanctum) was completely severed from the main mandapam (worship hall)

Year 2005 started off auspiciously for all of our Malaysian members with a New Year Satsang at Kulapathi Murugesu’s residence on the evening of January 1st.

Kulapathi Silvaraju performed the Satguru Tiruvadi Puja at the Satsang. Abhishegam for Tiruvadi Puja included 7 items…

Vibhuthi abhisegam was one of them…It is always a nice sight to see Satguru’s Tiruvadi covered with vibhuti…

The crest of every puja is showing of the Aarti where Guru Mantra is chanted with intense vibration, invoking the lineage of Kailasa Parampara to be present at that moment..

Devotees takes the Arati then with the vibhuti prasadam and thirtham from Satguru’s tiruvadi abhishegam.

The puja is concluded and each devotee takes turns to prostrate on Satguru’s Tiruvadi….Natchinthai also is sung during the prostration session..

“Put the past behind and set a new resolution for the coming year…” Annual vasana daha tantra

Burn all your negative,disturbing or upsetting thoughts through Vasana Daha Tantra….Lets Begin the New Year with positive thoughts..”

Pushparajan, a participant of the recent Himalayan Academy Study Retreat who got to know Gurudeva through Kulapati Thanabalan from Sungai Petani, also joins u
s for satsang. He shares his experience of the recent Teluk Batik retreat he attended with Satguru Bodhinatha and how expresses his gladness in being with us today….

No satsang is Malaysia is complete without a great meal from our Amma’s!!! Renu Rai, soon mother to be, enjoying her meal with Lalitha Ponniah whom also gave birth to our little Parvathy recently..More souls are being born to continue serve our Guru Parampara… Quite Evident!!