Anticipation builds as Bodhinatha is about to go off to London. Lots of preparations underway. Fortunately he and Arumugaswami will have an over night stop in California. Previously journeys direct from Hawaii to Europe were rated very high on the “exhaustion” index.

Today was the Ekadanta Kulam report day at lunch… Sadhaka Dandapani who has been handling the remote communications and preparations for the journey, says that there is a lot of enthusiasm in England. Devotees have been calling saying they are seeing posters up in various places announcing our Satguru’s visit.

It’s kulam meeting at the Ekadanta Kulam and while the duo team of Talaivar Sannyasin Saravananathaswami and Sadhaka Dandapani discus their Sivathondu, they are also keeping their hands busy filling bags of vibhuti from the Maha Sivaratri Abhishekam… to send out as prasadam…

At lunch Swami talked about his work this phase. Recently he’s been communicating with a number of young men interested in monastic life, getting to know them better and setting up a program of study and sadhana for them to move along on the path.

Paramacharya Palaniswami holds up a cover of the Island Temple which is going to press in a few days. The new edition has updates on the building progress, fund raising and of course, the fabulous shots of the temple with the scaffolding and quick tents removed, with the Golden Vimanam shining in the sun.

We are also pleased to announce the great work of Shankar Nathan of Koloa has finally manifested and is now available at our web store. Don’t miss this fabulous DVD. Bring the tale of Iraivan to life on your TV or computer screen. You can show this to all your family and friends to give them a dramatic overview of the Iraivan Temple project.

To order your copies today go to this link where, if you wait a few minutes you can also view the trailer

Shankar Nathan, after living many years and making quite a success of his life in the US is now moving on and has gone back to India to go into business there. It was Lord Ganesha’s grace to be sure that brought him and his family to Kauai and to do this DVD. To Shankar and his wife Vidya, if you are looking in from Chennai, we send you all our love and the blessings of Lord Siva of Kadavul temple from Kauai. Don’t stay away too long! And Shankar, thank you for the DVD!