Here is Bodhinatha at the Hindu temple outside of Memphis. He arrives home late this afternoon and the monks are throwing a birthday party for him during dinner tonight, and we will get to hear all the tales of his journey.

Meanwhile at the Aadheenam we had beautiful day. Here we are walking to the temple site for one of the most joyous events we have each year.

It is Ayudhya puja day and the silpis did a marvelous job decorating the temple and conducting the ceremonies. We have a 92 picture slideshow (click here) which takes us through the initial puja at the blacksmith forge to the shrine of Sarasvati, with all the tools to be blessed followed by a formal stone cutting, blessing the forklift and prasadam and many joyous faces.

Palaniswami brings us some more images from the conference in Dallas in another slide show here. Here he is by an old-fashioned paddle-wheel river boat in Sacramento….

Nearby Arumugaswami stands beside a famous Sacramento River drawbridge.