Mr. and Mrs. Ranganathan with daughter and grandson from Washington D.C. meeting with Bodhinatha. They are devotees of the Maryland Murugan Temple. Mrs. Ranganathan is very eager to teach Saiva Siddhanta to the younger generation and contributes articles to Murugan Temple newsletter.

Rangan and Lakshmi Padmanabhan from Texas were among our many guests today. It’s their 3rd visit to the island and our aadheenam and they were quite amazed by the progress on Iraivan Temple since their last visit here. They also had an opportunity to meet with Bodhinatha and share their thoughts with him.

It was tour day today. One of our guests makes a sketch of Iraivan

Another 100 visitors today….

Raji Sivaparan sends seven photos and captions from Bodhinatha visit to the Jeyendran home in Chicago.

Pada Puja is being performed to Satguru Bodhinatha
Veylanswami.

Theepa Aarathi is being performed

Satguru Bodhinatha is blessing a 1 month old Sumithra Luxmi Sivakadadsan.

Satguru Bodhinatha, Shanmuganathaswami and Dr. R.S. Jeyendran.

Satguru Bodhinatha gave a talk and answered questions.

Satguru Bodhinatha with the children.

Satguru Bodhinatha is blessing Kirthika Jeyendran and other devotees.

Our monthly August Ganesha Homa at the Spiritual Park of Mauritius was held on the first Sunday of the month. As usual it is a big religious event for thousands of devotees who unfailingly attend to recharge their spiritual batteries at the Holy Feet of Lord Pancha Mukha Ganapati.

The first devotees arrive at the small Pancha Mukha Ganapati Shrine where sishyas lovingly attend to their offerings…. At peak moments a huge crowd is seen around this shrine….

Meanwhile other devotees are seated inside the Mandapam ….

A little rain is falling outside, but the devotees stayed in their place…

Bhajans start to build up the devotional vibration…

After the homa, time for testimonies. Here is Venilla from Malaysia giving a testimony about an event related to her husband at the airport for which Lord Ganesha answered her prayers.

Kulapaties Manon, Koothan, Moorghen and Kulagan sit around the homa. Hundreds of notes are burnt into the fire…

Another lady talked about how Lord Ganesha helped her son to pass a tough examination with distinction at a medical college in UK. She came to the Park today with an offering to thank Lord Ganapati!

Kulapati Manon reading one of Bodhinatha’s Talk to the public….

Two enrolled Master Course students, Sanjay and Chaya. Sanjay is a University lecturer in Mauritius.

Bala and Poobarlene having some lunch after a busy time helping at the small Ganapati Shrine.

One of the busy food stations where food is sponsored by the public.

One of Bodhinatha’s students, Adisankara giving a musical performance at MGI auditorium during which were officially released his own books, DVD and CD.

Those items were released on that day… Kulapati Manon officially launched the DVD show which was recorded in Chennai.

Back to our Ganesha Mandapam at the Park. A quiet atmosphere prevailing…

Our youth are there for their Saivite Hindu Religion class. Today’s lesson was on “Truthfulness”… from one of Satguru Bodhinatha’s Talk.