Day Four of Mahasamadhi observances began with the morning aarti for Gurudeva. During Bodhinatha's satsang he give a copy of Guru Chronicles to each pilgrim family.

A team of ladies from Perth: Sornavanita and Thamilmani and Malaysia: Nalakini, Brahmacharini Barathy her sister Sarkunavathy joined to create small kolams outside of Kadavul on the floor of the Nandi Mandapam.

In the Ganapati Kulam a team from California worked with Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami with brainstorming plans for the complete overhaul, re-design and renovation of the publications building. This work space is a 50-year old "lanai" that is due for an upgrade.

In Kadavul, Kumarswamy Gurukkal is busy making extensive preparation for the incredible puja to come later in the day, wrapping kumbhas with colored thread.

The final grand puja for Gurudeva began at 3:30 PM in the afternoon of the 25th. Kumarswami Gurukkal conducted a long and powerful sankalpa and kumbha homa. His powerful chanting and very focused invocation of the guru definitely opened the doors to the inner worlds. With repeated invocations of "Aum Shrim Satguru Hawaii Sivaya Subramuniya, Svaha!" and other mantras which he called for everyone in the room to repeat after him, we could feel Gurudeva's presence with full power and grace as if he had stepped down from the devaloka and came right into the temple.

After the homa, Bodhinatha carried the kumbha around Nandi. Then came the abhishekam and final aarti. After four and a half hours, we were all entranced in bliss, bathed in joy, raised up in a deep sense of love and gratitude for the gifts of our Parampara as we sang rousing bhajans while prasadam was being passed out to all.

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Day Three of Mahasamadhi observances began with another powerful aarati for Gurudeva in the morning.

Later at the morning Siva puja, three sishyas received samaya (mantra) diksha from Bodhinatha. Satguru Bodhinatha whispered to each one instructions Into the right ear about chanting "Namasivaya" 108 times daily.

This is the first of two dikshas that formal sishyas in Saiva Siddhanta Church prepare to receive. The second diksha is vishesha diksha, which is full initiation into the Subramuniya Gotra and instruction to perform daily personal Atmartha Puja.

Bodhinatha's satsang presentation this morning feature his Publisher's Desk on "Controlling Thoughts" and a discussion on the superconscious mind, along with answering written questions by the devotees.

In the afternoon Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami too everyone to San Marga. He explained Gurudeva's visions there and showed the painting recently commissioned from India. Then he took everyone to the new Siva Darshanam Vanam area for a tree planting of 15 trees which were blessed by our priest.

In the afternoon we took Gurudeva to Iraivan temple and then to the Swaymbhu Lingam for homa. We present you with nearly 90 slides to enjoy this powerful day with us.

Today was the second day of Gurudeva's Mahasamadhi, 2011. This is the tenth anniversary of his return to Siva's realm. He himself predicted this would be a turning point for his successor Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami coming into his own in the advancement of the Paramapara.

This mornings events were an early morning pada puja arati. Despite having nearly 100 people present, several people observed something rather unusual. There was a profound silence during the meditation, both inner and outer showing a depth of maturity in all the individuals and the group.

Later in the morning Bodhinatha gave a seminar on character development. We hope to deliver to you recordings of these in the days ahead.

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Welcome into our Saivite Hindu family, Gajanan Nataraja! Gajanan joins his mother Toshadevi Nataraja as a new member of our faith and global family." />

Day 1 of the annual Mahasamadhi observance for Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami began with an auspicious homa and induction of Gajanan Nataraja, from St. Lucia into our Hindu faith. Gajanan has been studying the Master Course for several years. Now, he has complete his legal name change and spoke out his vows of commitment to Sanatana Dharma before the whole group.

Welcome into our Saivite Hindu family, Gajanan Nataraja! Gajanan joins his mother Toshadevi Nataraja as a new member of our faith and global family.