A quiet day at home… the focus is on Iraivan and the work of Selvanathan Sthapati who departs tomorrow.

Selvanatha Sthapati fine tuning various parts of Iraivan.

He’s very precise….

The island of Kauai has many differing environments. Each year our monks take a few days break and go to stay at the west side and up to Kokee for a few nights. Watching sunset from the Kokee look out is always a highlight of these trips.

While there is still light, Sadhaka Nilakantha catches the bottom of this incredible nearly 360 degree rainbow… as the colors plunge into the famed Kalalau Valley

When the sun hits the horizon, it seems to the minds eye to speed up…

Slipping quickly below the horizon, the next few minutes are precious moments when God Siva’s daily Sunset Light Show is something awesome behold.

There are some hi-tech installations up here in the mountains…this is a NASA tracking station.

The last rays before darkness sets in.

Janaka Param sends us these photos from California from Ganesha Visarajana. We are running them at full size. they tell their own story. He writes:

” It was such a beautiful day. The Siddhi Vinayaka temple of Sacramento, California celebrated Ganesha Visarjana on Sunday, September 23, 2007. The Golden Gate Mission joined them.”

The Visarjana took place at Folsom Lake, northeast of Sacramento.