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At the Aadheenam, there are big tents covering Kadavul temple… we are heat treating the whole Aadheenam… more new on that tomorrow.
Here is Bodhinatha in Perth…
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Ganesha Chaturthi photos are flowing in… This is from the Murugan temple in Bethesda Maryland.
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This murthi was given to the community by Gurudeva and worship was performed in homes for many years.
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He now live in the temple…
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and has a magnificent royal golden, bejeweled crown…
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Thamby Kumaran continues on here working on renovation architectural plans.
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Lord Ganesha at Sivaram’s home in Malaysia…
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On this 2005 Ganesha Chaturthi, Ganesha’s birthday, we received a drawing by 10-year-old Swathi in Michigan. She is the granddaughter of our own Tiru Nellaiappan in India. She based her work on the current cover of Hinduism Today which has a dancing Ganapati. Congratulations, Swathi.
Bodhinatha in Perth, Australia
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Ganga Sivanathan sends us some excellent photos from Perth…a big team of priests were on hand…
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Bodhinatha himself reported…
“This morning was the main ceremony of the kumbhabhishekasm. From about 8 – 1 PM. ”
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It went very smoothly, the rainy, windy weather cooperating at the key times.
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An interesting part of the ceremony for us was that they blessed the lingam four times with ghee. Each event required a ceremony in the yagnasala, parade to the temple and offering ghee with mantras.
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It was explained that it was for the four parts of the lingam: first time was for Brahma, second for Vishnu, third for Rudra and fourth for the base, for Sakti.
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The central Sivalingam shrine received a great deal more ceremonies than the other shrines.
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Afterwards, we were part of a VIP lunch for local government dignitaries and heads of other Hindu groups.
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In the evening it was time for Siva Kalyanam with parade around the temple plus honoring of the priests and the architect.
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The priest overseeing the Kumbhabhishekam Visva Somasundara Kurukkal of Colombo, Sri Lanka was very friendly and helpful throughout.
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