Bodhinatha about to give his morning talk on Sun One, the beginning of our phase.

It is a very auspicious day as Lord Muruga is about to arrive in person…

The Nakshatra today happens to be Krittika…

Video is taken of Bodhinatha each phase….

Our silpis have come, as they do each morning, for blessings at the temple before starting work…

The devotees brought some exquisite garlands today…

With Paramacharya Palaniswami

Rohini and her husband Jean-Marie from Montreal..

Look! a giant shipment from India has arrived… Inside that big box is Lord Murugan!

He is in the form of Shanmuganathan… the Six-Faced Lord…

He is destined to be placed under the banyan tree on the west side of Tiruneri path.

We found a small opening through the many banyan roots coming down…

Going in, under the tree…

OK… perfect…

To be revealed in the days to come…

We continue our report of Bodhinatha’s trip to California. We begin at in San Diego, where the small group of devotees is overjoyed to have a visit from our Satguru. Being off the standard travel routes, they have not had a visit for many years. They have been planning for many months for this special reception…

it was extra special for everyone as Bodhinatha was traveling during his own Jayanthi time…

Here’s Dasan Mahadevan who played a big role in helping to make the trip a great success. He and his family were always available to help with the minutest details.

Shakti Mahadevan (pictured here) and Usha Katir turned the reception venue into a beautiful room with their professional creative decorations.

Dhanya Nadesan (right) shares a fun moment with Dayavati Murugan. Thank you, Dhanya, for your excellent organization and coordination skills.

Janahan Balasingham drove down from Orange County to spend two days with us.

The devotees in San Diego bought a gift of a brass “aum” with bells for all who came in appreciation of their support of the aadheenam and its various projects.

Guests start to arrive.

Hema and Suresh. They were recently on Kauai for their daughter’s wedding and spent a couple of days at the aadheenam with their family.

The venue for the event was at Humphrey’s Half Moon Inn. It was a beautiful day in San Diego and our banquet room overlooked the bay.

Thousands of boats graced the water. Bodhinatha remarked later when he came home that he had never seen so many boats!

Mahesh Viswanathan and wife, Krithika.

Phani Peesapathi and family.

Shelah Young just began the formal Master Course correspondence course and was happy to meet Bodhinatha in person.

Josan Feathers who will be joining Bodhinatha on the next Innersearch to Australia and New Zealand shares stories of her Indian Innersearch with Lisa Marston and Janahan
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Ravi Rahavendran meets with AD and Katie Williams. All three are dedicated supporters of Iraivan temple.

Lots of birthday wishes for Bodhinatha today from everybody who came.

For some present it was their first meeting with Bodhinatha and it truly was a memorable day for them.

Sadhaka Dandapani begins the event with a short prayer.

Janahan does a blessing chant and beautifully explains its meaning.

Shivali Trivedi…

and her brother, Shailesh, came with their parents.

The response to the invitation was so good that we had to get a bigger room. About 95 people turned up for the event.

Corine and Ashley Baumann. Sadhaka Tejadeva’s mother and sister drove down from LA to attend the event.

Many drove more than two hours to get to the event. To all those who came, thank you for your support and it was wonderful to see you all again.

Mohan Ekambaram also came down from LA. He makes it a point to come and see Bodhinatha each time Bodhinatha visits California.

Sadhaka Dandapani with Radha Trivedi and Velu