Leili Came to the Temple Today
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We let our little new heifer out in the morning to wander around the temple ground, stretch her legs and get strong. This morning she walk all the way to the temple all of her own accord.
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Sivanathaswami says she placed both her feet over the threshold and moo’ed into the temple. He came and place a red pottu on her head and then she stepped out. It was very auspiciious.
Gajanan Receives His Ear-Rings
Yesterday's homa was particularly auspicious because Gajanan from Saint Lucia, who is here for six months on Task Force, received his ear-rings and a blessing from Bodhinatha
Yogaswami Mahasamadhi Prayers at Scott Road
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Our Saiva Siddhanta Church members participated in a special ceremony for Satguru Yogaswami's Mahasamadhi, held at the Scott Road Sri Kandaswamy Temple in Malaysia.
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Rebuilding our 7' shredder for Himalayan Acres
After seven or eight years of hard use, our heavy-duty Rhino mower was in need of major repairs. The mower deck had nearly rusted through. Over about four weeks ago, we set out with our hired farm manager Johnathan Anderson to do a thorough rebuilt, drawing on some basic knowledge of metal work augmented with a few choice YouTube videos. The work was completed and the mower is now ready to resume its rough life, good for another five years at least.
Twitter Updates for 2012-04-22
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April 2012 News Video Brief
Pilgrims from Florida
Pravveen and Shanthy Ponnusamy are making their first visit from Florida. Her family is from Jaffna, Sri Lanka originally, while his family is from Palani Hills in south India. They are both very devotional and thrilled to be here. They are recently engaged and look forward to get married soon.
Russian Merging with Siva Upgraded to Unicode
For all the Russion readers in our audience. The online version of Merging with Siva in Russian to unicode Cyrillic has been upgraded by Sishya Chandra Shekaran in Kiev. Thank you Chandran! Click here to read in Russian.
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From Our Gurus' Teachings
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