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Here is Bodhinatha, arriving in Mauritius where he was greeted with giant garlands….

Rajan Manick writes from that beautiful island…

Today is 14th September…. a memorable day because Bodhinatha is coming to Mauritius. It is 16.25 hours and everyone is patiently waiting to see Satguru Bodhinatha coming from the VIP lounge. The Guru is expected at any minute….

Here arrives Kulapati’s Manon’s Mercedes. The Guru alights from the car…

Everyone is filled with happiness and rush forward to meet Bodhinatha and touch His Holy feet.

A little Guru bhajan is in the air… Welcome to Mauritius Bodhinatha and Saravananatha swami! Thank you Bodhinatha for visiting Mauritius every year.

While Bodhinatha and swami left for Grand Bay, a group on leaving the airport met at Gold Crest hotel with the management to finalise seminar activities Bodhinatha is conducting there.

Back To Malaysia

Stepping back in time we bring you the last set of photos that Saravananathaswami sent from Malaysia….

Some beautiful broad-leafed, low growing bamboo at the Saujana Selangor hotel where we are staying

Morning exercise walk at the hotel

Sivaneswaran, Vennila and Niranjana family. Vennila is from Mauritius

Eight-year-old Hiranyavaha has Bodhinatha sign his personal copy of the Dancing with Siva pocketbook

Though only age eight, Hiranyavaha has already learned a lot of English at home and is an avid reader. He wanted to read a lesson out loud from Dancing with Siva. He did quite well!

The whole family–Balu, Parimala and Hiranyavaha

Kulapati Murugesu and Kulamata Valliamah family. Daughter Mohanavilashiny just got married a few days ago to Navakarasu, sitting nexy to her. Murugesu’s son, Vickneswaren is currently working in the US and came over for the wedding.

Navakarasu and Mohanavilashiny meet with Bodhinatha separately. Here they are reading their wedding vows out loud.

Navakarasu signs the vows

Bodhinatha applies vibhuti blessing

The happy couple

Shawl blessing for a long, happy life together

Nagappan family–Kulapati Sivajnani, Kulamata Amala, children Yajatadeva and Tuhina

Yajata starts to form a smile…

Sivajnani wanted another photo taken with the family camera

Now we are having lunch at the Temple of Fine Arts in Brickfields area of Kuala Lumpur. The head, Swami Shantanand, had his mahasamadhi, transition, in late July, so the group is in a natural mourning period.

The whole family. From left, Kulamata Vasanthy, Juvasdeva, Kulapati Selladurai, Puventhira and Thivya Uma

The shrine at the Temple of Fine Arts

A. Selvam of Sampoorna Printers, standing just to Bodhinatha’s right. They print our Master Course books in full color. His son Prakash accompanies the meeting, along with a couple friends.

Later that afternoon, we meet with Selladurai and family. In this photo, Puventhira is having his school pencils blessed by Bodhinatha because he is about to have exams.

In the evening we are called to the Sithi Vinayagar Temple in Petaling Jaya to attend a special meeting with leaders of the Malaysia Hindu Sangam and other Hindu organizations

Just received prasadam from the temple priests

Entering the temple hall for the meeting. Dato Vythilingam next to Bodhinatha.

A prayer begins the meeting

Bodhinatha first gave a brief overview of the service we perform at Kauai Aadheenam, and then the floor was opened for dialogue.

This man oversees the ATMAH project which is in the midst of a five-year action plan to reach out to more Hindus in Malaysia. He asked for help in creating a syllabus/curricula for teaching Hinduism to young children. Bodhinatha said we would be happy to help edit their material

Other questions arose about getting youth interested, etc. Bodhinatha passed on Gurudeva’s wisdom that everything we want to teach children should be put into their minds before they reach age 12 or 13. Also that we must teach young parents themselves, not just the children.

Bodhinatha kept stressing that more important than anything else, is how the parents practice Hinduism in the home. For example, if the family worships together every day in the home shrine, it will be much for natural and easy for the child to attend the temple at least once a week.

A group photo at the end of the very productive dialogue session

Young couple Saravana Kumar and Usharani Kuppusamy. Saravana is a dikshasishya and Usharani is almost finished with Level One of Master Course Correspondence Study, on her way to becoming a formal sishya


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