Sun One began with a powerful morning homa.

Today we had a number of Hindu families join us.

Elderly Amma, writing prayers for the homa.

Bodhinatha give his weekly discourse. The topic is stories about Yogaswami.

As the morning moved on we had an absolutely beautiful day. Mount Waialeale was looking majestic, reminding of the peaks of inner life.

We have a special pilgrim here all the way from London. John Locke

John was blessed meet Gurudeva and Bodhinatha in UK.

His Hindu name is Jiva Shanmuga.

Jyoti and Nishi Bhatia, their daughter Rani Bhatia, and Jamna Taneja (Nishi’s mother) from Dallas, Texas. All are originally from near New Delhi and here on a week[‘s pilgrimage visiting the Aadheenam. There were joined by another young couple visiting this morning (on the right)

Today they enjoyed the 6:00 a.m. homa followed by a wonderful talk by His Holiness, Bodhinatha Veylanswami. They then attended the 9:00 a.m. Siva abhishekam which was followed by a tour of the Iraivan temple site and grounds which they all thoroughly enjoyed. At about 11:30 am they were invited into the Guru Temple where they were blessed to receive the darshan of Bodhinatha.

Jyoti is a retired software engineer, Nishi is a Teacher and Rani begins attending the Washington University in Dallas Texas where she hopes to graduate as a biomedical engineer.

This lovely family has been subscribing to Hinduism Today which Jyoti says is a “wonderful magazine!”

Palaniswami went on a photo shoot on the last day of last phase, we share his photos and captions today and tomorrow.

Siva above us
Siva below us
Siva to the left of us
Siva to the right of us
Siva in front of us
Siva behind us
Siva outside us
Siva within us

Siva in the Sivaguru.

Siva in the noble devotee’s heart.

Bodhinatha and Saravananathaswami went to a special meeting today, an island-wide group seeking to make strategic improvements in the community. Bodhinatha has been helping them for the past three years.