It is the last day of this phase. A quiet day for the monks, but with a steady stream of visitors.

Paramacharya Palaniswami and Yogi Jivanananda are on their way home and arrive back tomorrow. We have a slide show from their last day in India in New Delhi.

The Ilankovan Family with Kala’s sister, Bakialakshmi and her mother, Suseela, in front of Lord Muruga’s Vel which symbolizes the removal of ignorance and darkness from the mind. This beautiful family returns to Kuala Lampur, Malaysia tomorrow following a wonderful pilgrimage to the Kauai Aadheenam.

Pradeep and Malit Mahdavarapy, who are celebrating their first wedding anniversary today, are originally from Andra Pradesh and now live in Washington State.

After participating in the morning puja, they were off to visit the grounds and the Iraivan Temple. . .

. . . In front of the Umbrella Ganesha along the Pali Path.

The Chitra Pillars are a library in stone, circumferencing the entire temple, depicting all aspects of the Hindu religion and dharma, and so much more.

Enjoying the cool shade near the Bali Hai Waterfalls.

A distant tranquil view of the Iraivan Temple.

Pradeep stated that he could not think of a more wonderful way to celebrate their wedding anniversary than to be at such a beautiful and sacred place.

Orchids in full bloom along the Pali Path.

Pradeep and Malit outside the “Press Shop” beside the very beautiful and sacred handcarved image of Siva Nataraja.

Arumugaswami meets with Associated Press reporter and photographer from Honolulu who will be writing are article on the monastery and temple. Associated Press stories are syndicated to an estimate 1.2 billion readers worldwide.

Among the many sevaks helping with so many projects one among them is Master Course student Dora Kovacs, she is helping with the very big task of bringing authentic Hindu teachings to Wikipedia. It is a challenging area as at any moment what you write there may be changed, edited or questioned by 100’s of others around the world and everyone has a different view of things.

Sadhaka Satyanatha is guiding her work. Today we reviewed various options for additions to Wikipedia and how we might find ways to meet Wikipedia standards.

For those who may have missed it yesterday, today we are announcing again the Cafe Press Iraivan Fund Raising initiative. And who is the historic first person to place an order?

Jeyakumar N.Rajaratnam of Singapore got a mug, a Tote bag, and a magnet.

Announcing Iraivan Imprinted Products:

The monks have created some special Iraivan Temple products at Cafepress.com. Find such items as mugs and mousepads, tote bags and stickers, buttons and magnets and posters, all with Iraivan Temple art printed on them. The items are custom printed by Cafepress, one at a time, as you order them. The prices are reasonable, the products are shipped directly to you without any work by the monks, and all proceeds automatically go to the Iraivan Temple building fund. So, if you’ve always wanted a poster of Iraivan Temple art, an Iraivan Temple mug, or an Iraivan Temple tote bag, or an Iraivan temple refrigerator magnet, or if you want to buy some of these items to sell to benefit Iraivan Temple, now is your chance! Visit Iraivan’s Cafepress site.