More photos from the Innersearch Program's visit to Naguleswaram Temple. Each Innersearch pilgrim was given a small kumbha with abhishekam milk. Lead by Satguru, pilgrims walked from Keerimalai Madham to the Naguleswaram Temple where the offering was performed by the priest for the Sivalingam. After the offering Innersearch pilgrims sat to enjoy the darshan of the temple. Naguleswaram is one of the oldest shrines of the region. After puja, Bodhinatha conducted a class at Keerimalai Madham.

Gurudeva's work appears in numerous magical ways. This came in to Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami during the trip to Keerimalai. It's a pocketbook of Hinduism's tenets on God and Soul in a question and answer format and is both simple and profound. This booklet coincidentally was given out during the 1981 Innersearch. Gurudeva stands majestically on the back cover and the inside has both English and Tamil versions.

On March 21st, the eighth day of the innersearch, pilgrims were brought to Keerimalai located at the northern tip of the Jaffna Peninsula. Spring water from the Keerimalai pools are renowned mineral water that is believed to have healing properties. There are separate swimming areas for women and men. Later in the day pilgrims were blessed to visit the Naguleswaram temple.

Mahasivaratri Upadesha
The Nature of Mahasivaratri

During their time in Jaffna, Innersearch pilgrims could wake up really early to catch rides on the pre-arranged Tuk-Tuks (auto rickshaws) before the 5:00 am puja at Nallur Temple. The pre-dawn temple tower scenes are just stunning with the blue light hour as a backdrop. Pilgrims from Innersearch got to attend at least four days during their stay in Jaffna. As the full moon day gets closer, it is shown as the backdrop for the tower and its kalasa .

Last week the Innersearch visited the Vedanta Madham an institution related to our lineage. Kadaitswami had a sishya that they called Sergeant Swami who was originally in the Jaffna police force. He founded this madham which follows the Tirumular interpretation of Vedanta.

This is a group photo taken on March 22, 2019 at The Thinnai Hotel in Jaffna. With a busy daily schedule of Temple visits, parade, puja and homa participation and classes the group managed to gather at the grand entrance of the Thinnai Hotel for a group photo.

Day Seven of the Innersearch included a visit to Kadaitswami's Samadhi Temple in Jaffna. Kadaitswami abdicated judgeship and walked out of a courtroom, never to return and never practice law again when he could bear the karma to commute a death sentence. This powerful Siddhar gave fiery marketplace talks enlivening and defending Saivism in missionary times. By the inner direction of his guru he strengthened people's religious lives and was a worker of miracles. Decades ago, it was Gurudeva who climbed up a rickety ladder to the top of this temple and consecrated it with a Kumbhabishekam.

Recently, Satguru Bodhinatha and all our Innersearch pilgrims traveled to a place familiar to him and Gurudeva. The Kumbalavalai Ganesha Temple in Alaveddy, is close to the home of Kandiah Chettiar family that adopted Gurudeva in 1948. This is where Gurudeva had his early introduction to the Saivite Tamil culture.

On Monday, March 18 evening, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami was accompanied by Innersearch pilgrims to visit Sivathondan Nilayam at 434, Kankesanthurai road in Jaffna.