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Bodhinatha arrived yesterday. He and Palaniswami and Sadhaka Dandapani are all well. It was a long trip so they had a good rest and today, Sun One we are happy to have the whole monastery together again.
Today’s TAKA brings you photos from the last events of the mission: The World Saiva Conference in Sydney, Australia and other visits in that beautiful city.
World Saiva Conference
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Jan 27 (Sydney); This morning Palaniswami and Sadhaka Dandapani went to interview the Nallai Aadheenam kartar (head) of Sri Lanka.
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He is a wonderfully sweet soul full of love of Lord Siva.
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Then we met with another wonderful soul, Santhalingaswami, head of the Peerur Aadheenam in India.
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Translating swami’s wisdom from Tamil to English.
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The Nagaratnams join in the photo.
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Then in the afternoon it was off to the Sydney Murugan Temple for the opening of the World Saiva Conference
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2 tavil and nadaswaram team lead the procession.
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Flag raising is one of the first events.
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Nandi flies high showing Saivism is alive, well and strong.
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Santhalingaswami.
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Back to the temple’s cultural hall.
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Welcome speeches by the 3 visiting kartars.
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That evening Bodhinatha met with some of the core members of the temple youth group who came to ask for guidance.
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January 28th: The conference begins.
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Bodhinatha delivering his keynote speech using his laptop and projector.
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The talk focused on the challenges and opportunities of Saivism, the theme of the conference, and was well received by the crowd.
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Palaniswami chats with Sri Manickavasagar, who shares more stories of his encounter with Yogaswami.
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Sundaresan, middle, set up and ran with the help of the youth a display table with Himalayan Academy’s publications.
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That evening a meeting with some devotees. Here’s the dynamic Prashant Shanmugan
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Then a meeting with the Nagaratnams.
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And Chandran and Mathini Wigneswaran and their family.
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Then it was off to the Vedanta Society to meet with Swami Domodaranandaji (87 years old) (far left) and other swamis of the Ramakrishna order.
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it was a joyous meeting for all.
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January 29th (sydney): Bodhinatha began the day with a visit to one of the local Sai centres where he gave a talk and answered some very insightful questions. It was a beautiful sunny day in Sydney.
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Then Palaniswami and Sadhaka Dandapani visited the Royal Botanical Garden.
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Hundreds of bats graced the tree tops in one section of the gardens.
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Then it was off to the conference again.
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