Ganesha is coming soon! Get ready for Pancha Ganapati. Click here to download the PDF with instructions for this modern day Winter Solstice Hindu Festival.

A space just opened up on our 2008 Asian Odyssey for 1 person (a male to share a double occupancy room with another male). Here’s your chance to join Bodhinatha on this exotic adventure. A journey through ancient temples in Cambodia, mystical classes on meditation in Langkawi and Kerala, a devotionally drenched Thaipusam festival that is out of this world and a journey through South India to some of the most sacred temples in the world, joining in some of their grand sacred pujas.

If you are ready to go, please email Sadhaka Dandapani (danda@hindu.org) or call him on 808-822-3012, Ext 239. It’s on a first come first serve basis so don’t hesitate.

Please see our Innersearch websitefor more info.

From our Holy Order of Sannyas:

“All that I have and all that I am I now give unto my God, my Gods and my guru. I have no family except the Divine Father Siva and Mother Sakti who dwell in Kailas and on earth the sangam of Saivite devotees. I have no home except the stillness of Being. I have no possessions except my faith and dedication. I have no desires except my desire to serve and to realize God.”

For a close look at another Siva Lingam,
watch this slide show on San Marga’s Swayambhu Siva Lingam.

A Brass Naga Abaranam (five headed Cobra) was recently installed over the Sri Shanthi Lingam (which Gurudeva installed personally in 1983) in a special ceremony in the temple in Kopay, Sri Lanka.

This mystical five-headed cobra is a Saivite symbol for the primordial Kundalini Shakti that grants enlightenment. It is now installed in the Shanti Lingam shrine and is beautiful to behold.

Kulamatha Sivalosani Kanagaratnam carries the Nagabaranam to the Temple.

Sri Shanthi Lingam with the Nagabaranam

Priest doing the Puja.