Today Sadasiva Kurukkal with family and friends visited Kauai Aadheenam from Vancouver, British Colombia, as part of their pilgrimage to the Subramanya Temple in Fiji, where they are all from originally. He brought his five month old baby for blessings from Bodhinatha.

It is a very happy, beautifully-dressed, devout and easy going group. They sang bhajans energetically in Kadavul Temple during the 9am puja, then excitedly toured Iraivan Temple and surrounding grounds.

The climate and plant life here is similar to that in Fiji, so they all felt right at home.

At the Iraivan Temple foundation several of them gleefully tried out chipping some granite stone.

It was a very memorable visit and one of the older men in particular said that he was very moved by the feeling he had being on the Kauai Aadheenam property, how all worrisome thoughts about family, duties, etc. just disappeared.

He said he has visited so many temples in India and elsewhere, but never felt a vibration like he did here.

Hugging the Rudraksha trees will sooth the heart…

Dakshinamoorthy

Everyone comes for a joyous satsang and darshan with Bodhinatha.

In the 80s, Sadasivam Gurukkal was brought to USA by Gurudeva along with Tirthadeva Gurukkal who is still serving in Fiji. They were young men then, about 19… They were both taught puja at the Aadheenam and then sent to San Francisco for further training by Pundit Ravi Chandran and have become successful priests and spiritual leaders in their communities. The small Murugan temple in Vancouver has over 200 families connected with it. They all visited the publications building to see the high-tech side of the monastery and were given some small gifts.

It is inspiring to see such extended family unity!