Kadavul Hindu Temple

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      Kauai's Hindu Monastery of America

      This is a brochure describing Kauai Aadheenam written in Tamil by Shanmugam Baskaran. It his dissertation submitted for the partial fulfillment of the requirements for his Degree of Bachelor of ...

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      Skanda Shashti 2011 Abhishekam

      Abhishegam of Lord Murugan during Skanda Shasti celebration at Kadavul temple in 2011 ...

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      Automatic drum and bell machine

      The Raja Mela Thalam is an automatic drum and bell machine made in India. Our devotees from Singapore helped acquire one for Kadavul Temple at Kauai's Hindu Monastery. After assembling ...

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      Gurudeva Pada Puja 9-1-11

      We bring you a short iPhone video with highlights of our monthly puja to Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami's sandals at his shrine in Kadavul Temple at Kauai's Hindu Monastery on the ...

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      Vaikasi Vishakam, 2011 - Vel Muruga

      Vaikasi Vishakam, 2011 at Kadavul temple. ...

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      Skanda Shashthi 2009

      Skanda Shashthi festival at Kauai's Hindu Monastery held early in the morning on October 23, 2009. Veil is paraded around fire, coches are blown, chanting and more. ...

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      Padapuja to Gurudeva, April 2009

      In honor of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, founder of Kauai's Hindu Monastery, a padapuja is offered to express gratitude and invoke his subtle blessings for every living creature, everywhere. ...

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      Kadavul Temple's Kodimaram (Flag Pole) Gilding

      A 15-second timelapse of the gilding of the Kadavul Temple kodimaram. Weather made it hard to capture, but you can see the scaffolding, and glimpses of the priming and gold-leafing. ...

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      Kadavul Temple Ganesha TAKA

      A devotee of Kadavul temple wrote a special song in Tamil and had the recording done by Tamil playback singer Michael Fernando. He then used this as a sound track ...

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      Lama Norbu Visits Kauai Aadheenam

      Ven. Norbu Lama came to the United States to explore the world, meet people from diverse backgrounds, and teach the essence of Buddha Dharma. His path brought him to Kadavul ...

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      Gurudeva Mahasamadhi Aratis, 2008

      Puja aratis (passing of the flame) during the annual October, 2008, observances in memory of the Mahasamadhi of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. Ceremonies performed by Kumar Gurukkal, a Sivacharya priest from ...

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      Gurudeva Mahasamadhi Abhishekam, 2008

      Kumar Kurukkal performs the abhishekam to the sacred Paduka of His Holiness Satguru Subramuniyaswami on the occasion of the annual observance of his Mahasamadhi at Kauai's Hindu Monastery, Kauai, Hawaii ...

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      Kadavul Temple Sivalingam Abhishekam

      An abhishekam to the crystal Siva Lingam of Kadavul Temple, Kauai, Hawaii, performed at the feet of Lord Siva Nataraja during a puja. ...

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      Bodhinatha's 2003 Mahasivaratri Talk Part 1

      Part 1 of an inspired talk about God Siva, worship of Siva, how ceremonies in the temple and the devotion of those present open a hole to the inner world ...

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      Introduction to the Monastery

      Tropical rainforests, soaring cliffs, cerulean seas, cascading waterfalls. This remote island is home to Kauai's Hindu Monastery, a center of global outreach for Hinduism and intense spiritual practice leading to ...

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      January 2013 News Video

      Our January 2013 news video covers events in December 2012, including: BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir inauguration in Chino Hills, CA; Ardra Darshanam and Pancha Ganapati festivals at the monastery; launch of ...

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      February 2013 News Video

      The February 2013 news updates features the following: work on the nandi mandapam for Iraivan temple at the carving site in Bengaluru is almost completed; celebration of Thai Pusam cavadee ...

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      October 2013 News Video

      Our October 2013 news video covers events in August and September 2013 including: Satguru Bodhinatha's and Shanmuganathaswami's recent travels, including initiations, vows and the Aloha dinner in Mauritius, Bangaluru temple ...

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      2013 Gurudeva Mahasamadhi Observances

      Every year on the Chitra nakshatra in October-November, our Gurudeva, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, the founder of Kauai's Hindu Monastery, is honored and remembered with special ceremony. The monks worked hard to ...

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      April 2016 Monthly News Video

      Our April 2016 video covers March news from Kauai Aadheenam. The monks celebrated Gurudeva's Siva Vision Day; hosted several taskforcers who spent several weeks with us, helping out in the ...

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      Bodhinatha's 2003 Mahasivaratri Talk Part 2

      An inspired talk by Bodhinatha on the night of Siva. Bodhinatha explains how to live Saiva Siddhanta: cultivation of devotion and practising profound meditation. Bodhinatha reminds us of the four ...

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      February 2014 News Video

      Our February 2014 news video covers events in January 2014, including: The monastery's Tai Pusam celebration, Brahmachari Girish taking his vows as a supplicant, progress on the Media Studio renovation ...

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      October 2016 News Video

      Our 2016 October News Video covers events in September 2016 including travels by two of our monks to the Mainland US and Canada, the return of Satguru from his recent ...

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      Gurudeva's Mahasamadhi Observance 2016

      The monks and devotees of Kauai's Hindu Monastery have completed this years mahasamadhi observance for Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami who left his body in September of 2001. A long-time church member ...

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      November 2016 News Video

      Our November 2016 news video covers events from October, 2016, including five brother monks from the BAPS Swaminarayan fellowship visiting the monastery; our satguru's 74th jayanthi celebrations and satguru Sivaya ...

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      February 2017 News Video

      Kauai's Hindu Monastery brings you news from January, 2017, including: the monastery's Ardra Darshana celebrations. This grand yearly festival goes beyond our monthly Nataraja abhishekam to include several hundred more ...

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      March 2017 Monastery News Video

      Kauai's Hindu Monastery brings you news from February, 2017, including: Two monks don the yellow robes of tapas and take their next step in monastic life-that of the Yogi Tapasvin; ...

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      July 2017 Monthly News Video

      Kauai's Hindu Monastery brings you news from June, 2017, including: Vaikasi Visakam On June 7th the aadheenam's swamis, yogis and sadhaka celebrated Vaikasi Visakam with an abhishekam to Lord Murugan ...

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      November 2017 News Video

      Our November 2017 News video covers recent events in October 2017 including: our annual Gurudeva Mahasamadhi celebrations, Satguru Jayanti, Skanda Shasti and our upcoming Innersearch Travel study program to Sri ...

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      Cultivating Bhakti, or Devotion

      The beginning of Bhakti is our understanding of the temple and Deities and the three worlds. The goal is to become good friends with the Gods. You open up to ...

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      Pujas to Gurudeva

      Tomorrow is our monthly pada puja for Gurudeva on Chitra nakshatra. So, we're thinking about Gurudeva and the future. Gurudeva has been appearing in the monks dreams and talking about ...

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      Kauai Aadheenam's Vibration

      We have had some recent visitors to the monastery who have been praising us for the experience they have when they come here. Gurudeva's wonderful technique of passing on the ...

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      Vedic-Agamic approach to temple tradition.

      Bodhinatha gives a talk during the Guru Purnima Festival and the day of the 2005 open house. He begins by diferentiating between the Vedic-Agamic and the Puranic approaches to Hinduism. ...

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      January 2019 News Video

      Our January 2019 news video covers events in December 2018, including: recent progress on Iraivan Temple; our change of seasons; and the aadheenam's celebration of Ardra Darshanam. ...

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      2019 Thai Pusam Abhishekam

      Kauai Aadheenam's 2019 Thai Pusam abhishekam held in Kadavul Temple. ...

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      May 2019 News Video

      Our May 2019 news video covers events in April 2019, including: Recent progress on Iraivan Temple's Kodimaram, the continued work around our bronze Lord Hanuman and our observations for the ...

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      Worship of Lord Murugan

      Today we share Gurudeva's inspired upadesha after this morning's Skanda Shasti homa and puja. Gurudeva talks about Lord Murugan, as well as about the characteristics of both the Kadavul Temple ...

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      Gurudeva Interviewed by Loni Petranek, Part II

      This is Part II of a radio interview conducted by Loni Petranek with Gurudeva. The interview gives an overview of Gurudeva's worldwide mission. Today Loni asks Gurudeva to tell a ...

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      The Kauai Kadavul Temple

      When Chennai artist A. Manivelu was visiting Kauai Aadheenam, he was impressed with the disciplines of worship and sadhana at the monastery's Kadavul Temple. He asked Gurudeva to tell the ...