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Nallur Festival in Maryland

Bodhinatha and Shanmuganathaswami began their participation with the Nallur and Katiragama festival with Ganapati homa, Ganapati abhishekam, Muruga homa and Muruga abhishekam on August 10, 2012. This festival has an endowment with Hindu Heritage Endowment (fund #45): http://www.hheonline.org/funds/fund_45.html

Bodhinatha gives a presentation to children's one day summer camp in Baltimore

Bodhinatha and Shanmuganathaswami visit Dubai


It was our first visit to Dubai, a stop-over on our way back from Mauritius, and we were fortunate to be hosted by Iraivan temple builder Anil Kumar. He graciously invited us to his home in Al Sharad for breakfast, and Bodhinatha signed his set of the Master Course trilogy books and Loving Ganesha. Anil found Loving Ganesha online in 2005 and has been ardently following TAKA and reading the monastery newsletter.

Anil is an electronic engineer and has lived in Dubai with his wife, son and daughter for 15 years. He gave us a first class tour of Dubai in his car, and we visited the famous artificial archipelago, the Palm Islands. Read about these interesting works of constructive artwork herehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Islands Anil also took us to the Burj Khalifa, currently the tallest tower in the world: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa

We were able to experience a "mountain-top perspective" from the 124th floor of the Burj Khalifa. It was Ramadan month in Dubai, and the devout Muslims were observing a month long fast which did not allow eating or drinking (even water) during the day until sunset. We were impressed in how they could observe this sadhana in weather that reached 114.8 degrees during our visit. We determined that the Ramadan fast had begun in 2012 on the first tithi after the new moon (prathama) in July. Each year it moves backwards about 11 days. The crescent moon in the window would be the opposite of the crescent moon seen on the first day of Ramadan which would look more like this (but smaller):

Anil took us to two Hindu temples in Dubai, discreetly tucked away near the Dubai museum behind a mosque. Dubai has a large Hindu population, and Anil introduced us to a couple of his friends who we met at our hotel. From left to right, Anil, Mohan, Bodhinatha, Shanmuganathaswami and Arun. Anil posed many questions to Bodhinatha about astrology, eclipses, naga shrines, navagrahas and other mystical themes which Bodhinatha explained about at length. Thank you Anil for making our visit to Dubai an enjoyable and memorable experience.

Twitter Updates for 2012-08-11

  • http://t.co/QJipxfgj In bloom today, our ever-curious White Bat Ears plant, peeking out of the jungle near Iraivan temple. #
  • http://t.co/SDSqyTQC It's a remarkable creature, with 2-feet-long whiskers. And it has a brother, called Black Bat Ears. #

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New Fence Finally Going Up


For nearly two years the Siddhidata Kulam has been chipping away at the dense growth along the northwest border of our San Marga property that runs adjacent to the University of Hawaii Agriculture Research station. The fence line that was originally here was completely deteriorated and engulfed by the jungle decades ago. The property line was an open gateway for wild boar and possible vandals. Fortunately, we rarely have human intruders, but for the security of our property we needed to install a proper fence. Also, by law, to enforce a no-trepassing policy, you must have clearly visible property line boundaries. As it was, anyone wondering through that area would have no idea they had entered the San Marga land.

Twitter Updates for 2012-08-05

  • http://t.co/4Lp8t9wx Lord Muruga's magical Vel with three powers: iccha, kriya & jnana (desire/will, action & wisdom). #
  • http://t.co/BRrK2RjW Dawn atop Muruga Hill with the 12' tall Shakti Vel & sacred bamboo. A place for sadhana during Sadhu Paksha. #
  • Orchids on banyan trees greet us this wet Sadhu Paksha morning. http://t.co/fqeNeSlE #

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