In July, Sannyasin Shanmuganathaswami and I continued our journey to cities in North America. A home visit in Chicago was followed by a satsang in Raleigh, NC, where I presented a video of the July 2019 Publisher’s Desk “A Mystical View of Sanatana Dharma.” Next we traveled to Maryland for the final day of the Murugan Temple’s Brahmotsavam—ten-day annual festival. The ceremonies started with an elaborate abhishekam. While the Deity was being dressed, I gave a short talk on “The Significance of Holy Ash.” Next, the utsava murti was taken out to the chariot. The parade around the temple was a grand event, with thousands of Murugan bhaktars participating, many carrying traditional palkudam and kavadi. This year, more young boys participated in carrying kavadi and dancing. The following evening at satsang we shared our 22-minute video on “The Nature and Worship of Lord Murugan.” Our final satsang was in Boise, ID, with a keynote on “Hinduism: Religion or Way of Life?” We flew back to Kauai, arriving a day before Guru Purnima. The next morning started with the annual 6am parade up the San Marga path to the Svayambhu Sivalingam, with the chariot being ceremoniously pulled with ropes by devotees. An elaborate padapuja followed, with chanting of Sri Rudram. After vibhuti blessings to all devotees, one sishya received vishesha diksha and a second took her vrata sishya pledge. General contributions for July totaled $54,619, which is less than our minimum monthly goal of $70,000. Special project contributions totaled an additional $299. We are grateful to our global family of temple builders for your continued and generous support. Om Namasivaya,
   — Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami.

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By changing yourself, you don’t necessarily outwardly alter world events. But you do find where the world is and that it is functioning just as it should be, in a perfect balance of adjusting forces. From his position at the pinnacle of consciousness, my guru, Yogaswami, saw the harmony of life. From the top of the mountain looking down, you see the natural role of a raging ocean and the steep cliffs below—they are beautiful. From the bottom of the mountain, the ocean can appear ominous and the cliffs treacherous. Yogaswami looked at the universe from the inside out and saw that there is not one thing out of place or wrong. You can gain that perspective through meditation, which releases the human concepts of right and wrong, good and bad, easy and difficult. This is the perspective you find on the inside of yourself. Man is in a perfect state of being right now. The great sages and rishis found this truth. They were not more perfect than their contemporaries, just more aware. You are perfect this very moment. You are all that you will ever be. If you don’t see it that way, then you live in a difficult state of affairs, striving toward perfection and being imperfect along the way.

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Installation: of the Iraivan Temple kodimaram (flagpole) continues. Two monks test fit the copper cladding sections using a boom lift. Later the copper will be 23-karat gold leafed.

Guru Purnima: On the full-moon day in July monks and devotees gathered to honor the satguru with a parade, homa, chanting and simple offerings.

On Kauai: (top to bottom) devotees pull Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami along the San Marga path at dawn, celebrating Guru Purnima in traditional ways; The Nandi Mandapam roof is covered with a white protective tarp until the roof is waterproofed; Mina is born at the monastery, our newest addition to our small Jersey cow herd that gives us milk, yogurt, ghee, paneer, cheese and joy.

Iraivan Temple Progress
In July the silpi craftsmen focused on the 485-foot-long wall surrounding the temple. The first layer (there are two) is close to completion. The silpis are now doing touch-up work at the joints where the massive stones come together. On the Nandi Mandapam the silpis worked on the foundational stones for the Kodimaram and some detail work on the underside of the “sunshade” roof stones. The next increment of the Temple Builders’ Pavilion, the bronze silpi memorial, has arrived: six large bronze stanchions designed by Selvanathan Sthapati, our master builder in India, sculpted by Holly Young in Hawaii, cast in Loveland, Colorado, and assembled in the workshop of Bobby and Kathy Page. The stanchions are designed to hold three of the remarkable 10-foot-long black granite stone chains which will serve as handrails around the pavilion. Each chain was carved from a single stone (very carefully!). Jai to the silpi artisans who can do such magical things with their hands and hearts.

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami’s Activities
Satguru returned from his yearly journey to the annual chariot festival at the Murugan Temple near Washington DC just in time for Guru Purnima celebrations. An elaborate pada puja, accompanied by the chanting of Sri Rudram, was done for him. His weekly talks during the second half of the month were commentaries on three chapters of Path to Siva: A Catechism for Youth: “What Is Religion?” “What Is Hinduism?” and “Is Hinduism a Religion or a Way of Life?” His commentary on all 68 lessons of the book are now on our website. It is an excellent resource for anyone using this text to teach the next generation of Hindu youth in a temple setting or at home.

Taskforce News
Dr. Maruthu Darmalingam arrived at the aadheenam from Malaysia for two weeks of taskforce seva, helping in the Siddhidatta Kulam, the group of monks responsible for the care of our gardens, buildings, vehicles and more. His visit was timed to allow him to enjoy the Guru Purnima events. Mayuresh Visswanthan finished his stay with us at the end of July. Our thanks to him for many jobs well done and for his expert help with the monastery’s aquariums.

Publications and other Activities
In July the monks of the Ganapati Kulam completed their work on the October-November-December issue of Hinduism Today and saw it off to the printer. For our “History of Hindu India” five-part video series on YouTube we are creating supplementary materials to use in the classroom. Learning that teachers like to show short history music videos to their students, we are commissioning three music videos for each of the five history videos, 15 in all. Two new online study courses have been added to our website. One is a study of Path to Siva. The other is a course on our Know Thyself booklet of enlightening lessons. See them at courses.himalayanacademy.com. The work on translating our books into other languages continues, with Path to Siva currently being translated into French. Chapter 31 has just been added to Hindouisme.org. Chapter one of Aimer Ganesha (Loving Ganesha) and Manuscrits lémuriens, Origines, histoire et destin de l’humanité (Lemurian Scrolls) have also been recently added to Hindouisme.org. Also in July, the monastery sponsored the reprinting of the Aloha poster for all of the island’s 700 school classrooms. With some recent clear weather, monks of the Siddhidatta Kulam have been making good progress constructing a new tomato greenhouse. This greenhouse, unlike our initial one, is rated to withstand high winds and has a more sophisticated design.

Blues: In July this crate arrived from Loveland, Colorado, packed with six bronze stanchions designed in Chola style and destined to hold three giant stone chains which will act as handrails for the Temple Builders’ Pavilion shown behind

Rare Sailing Adventure: Cerulean waters of Kauai surround the catamaran that monks and taskforcers took one July afternoon on a rare outing to discover Kauai island; .

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Hindu Heritage Endowment, Estate Planning

Durable Power of Attorney
When You Do Need to Give Others Control of Your Property

“Are you out of your mind?” So thought Aditya—a well-traveled engineer in his forties with an international client base—when his attorney first suggested he name someone to control his bank accounts, make his mortgage payments and complete and sign his taxes.

Too polite to speak his misgivings, Aditya revealed them in his face. “No, no. I’m not asking you to give away the store,” the attorney assured with a smile. “These powers would spring to life only when you need them.”

“For example?”

“Let’s say you had a serious accident on one of your trips. Doctors confirm you can’t manage your finances for a while. If you have completed a durable power of attorney for property management and finance, someone you have chosen could immediately pay your medical bills and mortgage.”

“And if I haven’t done this, what would happen?” Aditya queried.

“Without it, the court would have to appoint a conservator for you,” the attorney said with a grimace. “That’s called, logically enough, a court conservatorship. In some cases it’s the only solution, but, believe me, you want to avoid it if you can. It’s expensive and unpleasant. After all, they have to discuss your mental competence in public, and in the end they may appoint someone you would not want.”

“‘Power of attorney’ does not imply an actual attorney, does it?

“No. Attorney is used in the broad sense of someone acting in your place and on your behalf, not an attorney-at-law, like me.”

“How important is this document?”

“Well, once after I had given an estate planning seminar and reviewed the tools of the trade, an emergency-room nurse who was in the audience spoke up. ‘Accidents happen. Everyone should have a durable power of attorney for property management, no matter what your age, if you own property and have bills.’”

“Is it a long document?”

“It can be, depending on what you want your representative to do,” the attorney said. “But this is typical,” he added, handing Aditya something that looked like an accountant’s to-do list. It read:

• Make deposits and withdrawals from bank accounts
• Sign tax returns and appoint qualified individuals to represent the principal with the IRS in order to make investment decisions
• Deal with retirement plans, including IRAs
• Have access to the principal’s safe-deposit box
• Create a living trust and fund a previously created living trust
• Revoke or change beneficiary designations
• Vote the principal’s stock
• Forgive or collect the principal’s debts
• Enter into contracts on behalf of the principal
• Make gifts on behalf of the principal
• Disclaim gifts or bequests made to the principal
• Deal with life insurance on the life of the principal

There were a few people, very few, to whom Aditya would give these powers. He did not relish a judge he did not know making that choice for him.

“Let’s get it drafted,” he declared firmly.

Contact us to learn more about these flexible ways to support Hindu Heritage Endowment. Strengthen your family’s future and continue your support of Hindu Heritage Endowment by downloading the toolkit pdf file at www.hheonline.org/tool-kit.shtml. Learn more about estate planning and planned giving at www.hheonline.org.

Help Finish Iraivan Forward

 

The second prakaram wall is 3.5 feet tall, two feet thick and 475 feet long. It comprises 45 short pillars (the section with the pot on top) and 44 panels (the long section between the pillars). Each pillar and panel pair require 544 man-days to carve, even with the massive granite slabs being sawn to size by machine. Each panel will be inscribed (inside the ornate border shown in the photo at right) with verses from scripture and the philosophy and history of the temple.

Sponsorship

❏ One pillar section: $15,000

❏ One panel section: $30,000

Building Fund Donations

Thanks to Our July Temple Builders in 19 Countries

For the eleven months of September to July, our minimum monthly goal was $770,000. Excluding contributions directed toward special expenses, we received actual contributions of $810,797.16.

AUSTRALIA
Ramudu & Marie Bhanugopan	US$108.00
Nagaratnam Jeyasreedharan	20.00
D. Karthigesu Family	100.00
Yassoden Veylen Kownden	50.00
Rama Krishnan	30.00
Mahesh Kulkarni	101.00
Vimala Muniandy	32.00
Gunavinthan Siva Thirumalai	100.00
Thanavinthan Siva T. Thirumalai	100.00
Essen Subramanian Valayten	2.71
BELARUS
Tatjana Melenaja	50.00
CANADA
Anonymous	150.35
Peter Christian	25.00
Eric Elbers	100.00
Renganayaki Kannappan	20.00
Rathinappillai Logeswaran	50.00
Ioana-Gabriela Manoliu	33.00
Raj & Nanthini Mathavan	108.00
Changam & Kamachi Naidu	50.00
Mr. & Mrs. Pranavan	25.00
Raghavan Ramanathan	364.15
Thevagi Satkunendran	100.00
Vijaya & Thiru Satkunendran	25.00
Thambimuttoo & Thavam Sivagnanam	51.00
Sivakumaran Sivalingam	21.00
Sayanthan & Anupama Sivanathan	11.00
Sara K. Sivasurier	145.66
Saravanamuthu Somasundram	50.00
FIJI ISLANDS
Anonymous	25.00
FRANCE
Anonymous	171.00
GERMANY
Tharsika Chelvarajah Vasanthan	20.00
INDIA
Anonymous	5.00
Lakshmanan Nellaiappan	10.00
Maragatham Nellaiappan	10.00
Kanmani & Jiva Rajasankara	30.00
INDONESIA
Mahadevan Gengadaram	75.00
IRELAND
Konstantin Usacovs	50.00
ITALY
Cristina Ma Puja Canducci	20.00
MALAYSIA
Anonymous	100.00
Arulmani Devi Arumugam	72.00
P. Barathi Balasegaran	24.09
Balamurali Balasupramaniam	24.09
Hemakheshaa Naatha Batumallah	24.09
Mekaladeva Batumallah	24.09
Rathidevi & Veerasamy Batumallah	48.18
Arulmani Chandra Kumar & Sujith Arulmani	23.83
Theevhiyaa Chandrasekaram	48.18
Umaabati Chandrasekaram	24.09
Kathiravan Darmalingam	24.09
Sasikumar Darmalingam	24.09
Chandran Ramamurthy, Sai Janany, Sai Hamsiny & Kalpana Devasagayam	178.25
Omaya Devasagayam	35.40
Leena Lakshmi Devasagayam & Anand Kumar Letchumana	141.93
Annapoorani Ganesan	23.66
Yoga Rubin & Chandra Ganth	24.09
R. Jayakumar & Yoga Bhavani  Family	24.09
Muthukumar Jeyapalan	2,500.00
M. Shanmuganathan & A. Kamalambikai	48.18
Anbu Kandasamy	28.00
Amaraysh, Kumutha & Jerry Lai	23.66
Nameegri Marimuthu	47.31
Bathmavathy Batumalai, Deevesh, Likel & Ramesh Murthi	23.66
Logadasan Murugesu	36.13
Puvana Murugesu	23.66
Gowri Nadason	47.31
Kamalaharan Nadason	47.31
Ponnamah Nadason & Family	23.66
Rasiah Vallipuram & Pathumanithi Nagalingam	47.67
M. Suranthiran Naidu	71.30
Nalakini Niranjana	47.31
Nagarasan Poonusamy & Saroja	24.09
Mogan Raju	69.00
Sai Ram	23.66
Supramaniam Ramoo & In Memory of Neelavathy Thangavelu	47.31
Raagini Ravindren & Senthil Ravindren	23.66
Jayaraj Kantharaj & Saranraj S-O Jayabalathilagam	39.15
Sanjana Saravan	35.40
Lachmi Savoo	35.40
Mohanasundari Selvaraj	12.00
Parimala Selvaraj	30.00
Ambikabathi Shanmugam Pillay	48.18
Raja Singam Raja Ratnam & Shreema Rasiah	47.31
Saraswathy & Ramesh Sivanathan	12.07
Mohana Sundari & Sivasekaran	47.31
Roshan Sivayogam	194.50
A. Sockalingam & Chandrasekari	47.31
Devi & the late Selvadurai Subramaniam	23.66
Vasanta Tanggavelu	72.28
Remalah A. Thinathayalan	23.66
Saroja Vasudevan	24.09
Vikneswaran A. Vinsent	47.31
Yuvanes Waran	20.00
Darrshan Letchumanan & Yuvan Letchumanan	23.83
MAURITIUS
Anonymous	54.39
Soondiren Arnasalon	6.77
Soundarajen Arnasalon	5.42
Thirujnanam Arnassalon	5.42
Gunavadee Caremben	28.53
Moorghen Caremben	9.51
Ragini Caremben	19.02
Somasoundarum Caremben	19.02
Sukanta Caremben	19.02
Jegadessa Chenganna	13.54
Shree Saroja Devi Doorgiat	2.71
Kunal & Sanyogeeta Ghurbhurn	2.93
Amrit Singh Jaypal	6.77
Rohit Jogessur	2.71
Meeravadee Koothan	5.42
Mooneenagen Koothan	5.42
Poospawadee Koothan	2.71
Sooreshen Koothan	27.08
Amravadee Kownden	48.75
Vel Mahalingum	13.54
Kulagan Moonesawmy	2.71
Seedha Lutchmee Moonesawmy	2.71
Jayaluxmi Mooroogen	5.42
Goindamah Moothoosawmy	2.71
Mardaymootoo Mootoosamy	2.71
Revathi Mootoosamy	1.35
Vadivel Mootoosamy	2.71
Karoumee Pareatumbee	6.77
Naden Seeneevasen Pillay	1.35
Dayalen Renghen	4.06
Ezilveylen Renghen	8.13
Jagadissen Renghen	8.13
Madhevi Renghen	8.13
Siven Renghen	8.13
Varaden Renghen	8.13
Vega Renghen	4.06
Kannen Valaydon	27.09
Saroja Valayten	2.71
Toshadeva Valayten	1.35
Ulasa Valayten	1.35
NETHERLANDS
Prekash & Sabita Baladien	15.00
NEW ZEALAND
Raman & Sushila	20.00
NORWAY
Anuradha Badhwar	10.00
Meetu Badhwar-Hansen	10.00
RUSSIA
Dinanatha Borzunov	108.00
SINGAPORE
Singapore Mission	11.00
Bijamati Pareatumbee	10.00
Padmini Pareatumbee	20.00
Kala Ramasamy	50.00
Sivakumar, Lavanya & Easan Saravan	400.00
Kavitha Darshini & Amitpal Singh	36.31
Kamala Devi Vaiyapuri	50.00
UNITED KINGDOM
Shree Vishna Rasiah & Sharmila Harry	47.31
Chandraleela Hoezoo	108.00
Georgiana Lukshmi Dorothy Barnes & Theeba Ragunathan	100.00
Clive & Puvaneswary Roberts	175.00
Sharavanan Selvadurai	200.00
USA
Krishnan-Shah Family Foundation	5,000.00
The Kulkarni Foundation	2,008.00
YourCause	234.00
Golden Gate Mission	10.00
Wailua Mission	12,657.00
Anonymous	3,574.55
Abhijit Adhye	50.00
Venkat Rao Aekka	151.00
Pradeep, Rajna, Ajay, Ayushi & Atul Agnihotri	501.00
Vel & Valli Alahan	25.00
Palani K. Aravazhi	105.00
Balan Aravind	25.00
Chitrammal & Sangarapillai Asokan	100.00
Sashi & Gitika Balasingam	101.00
Arvind Bhakta	51.00
Srinivas Bhamidipaty	11.00
Tansukh & Minaxi Bhavsar	101.00
Anca Botez	20.00
G. Chadha	21.00
Mallik Chaganti	20.00
Asha Chaku	75.00
Paarul Chandra	75.00
Debanik Chaudhuri	250.00
Naren Chelian	51.00
Sharath Chigurupati	123.00
Govinda Chinnadurai	101.00
Charles Close	108.00
Kaika & Nilufer Clubwala	101.00
Curt & Marie Colby	25.00
Shyamadeva & Peshanidevi Dandapani	54.00
Deepak Dave	108.00
Ed DeDeo	35.00
Amarnath & Latha Devarmanai	101.00
Aiyasamy Dorairajan	25.00
Ramya Subramani & Rajesh Ekambaram	211.00
Barry Paul Finlay	100.00
Raju & Heena Gandhi	250.00
Suketu & Mita Gandhi	51.00
Panshula Ganeshan	14.00
Balraj Yadav Gardilla	50.00
Rajendra Giri	20.00
R. Gopalkrishnan	101.00
Krishnarao Gorrepati	50.00
Krishnan & Vijay Goyal	101.00
Toshadeva & Kamala Guhan	18.00
Dheeraj Handa	11.00
Kriya & Sharyn Haran	125.00
Daniel Skooglund & Katherine Hogan	201.00
Usharani Iswaran Magaña	20.00
David Jaffe	108.00
Chandrashekhar Jairaman	51.00
S. Jeyendran	302.00
Rajan & Dipti Kalia	501.00
Ken Kanagalingam	300.00
Haran Kandadas	51.00
Latha Kannan	51.00
Srinivas & Shanthi Karri	90.00
Sundari Katir	20.00
A. Kaul	502.00
Kavya Kaza	11.00
Richard Kennedy	10.00
Siva & Jana Kesavan	1,000.00
Andrzej Kraja	101.00
Shrawan Krishna	51.00
Rajagopal Krishnan	123.00
Vidyul L. Krishnan	101.00
Vijay Kumar	11.00
Gregg Lien	50.00
Gerard & Zhena Linsmeier	54.00
Abha Lokhande	32.00
Yulia Machalaba	40.00
Chandra S. Malladi	25.00
Rajiv & Manisha Mangla	50.00
Lokesh Marigowda	20.00
Laura Devi Marks	108.00
Cindy McGonagle	25.00
Chandra Mohan Mehrotra	51.00
Vinay Modak	50.00
Amitav & Krishna Mukerji	101.00
Palani & Selvarany Nadarajah	15.00
Nitya & Becky Nadesan	150.00
Manish M. Naidu	11.11
Rama Chandran & Rema Nair	2,000.00
Rajesh Narayan	100.00
Sanjaya K. Nath	11.00
Emma & Narendra Nemivant	25.00
Neelam Oberoi	21.00
Neela Oza	75.00
Rao Pachigolla	51.00
Gurudas Pai	101.00
Satya & Savitri Palani	21.00
Sriram Panchagnula	30.00
Cassan Pancham	2,016.00
Pankayatselvan Family	25.00
Easvan & Devi Param	101.00
Jothi Param	51.00
Samkhit Pata	101.00
Dhiraj Patel	101.00
Vinay & Hansa R. Patel	101.00
Salik & Sanjia Pathak	51.00
Y. Perinpanayagam	200.00
Venkat Pichairaman	11.00
Richard Henry Pratt	25.00
Parthasarathy Rajagopalan	50.00
Deva & Gayatri Rajan	1,001.00
Mohan Deepak Ram	11.00
Ika Rama	101.00
Sita H. Rama	101.00
Janevi Ramaji	101.00
Jeyashree & Venkat Ramakrishnan	50.00
Rajesh & Yatra Raman	11.00
Jothi Nadarajah & Ramesh Ramanathan	108.00
Kasi & Vidya Ramanathan	51.00
Partab & Chandra Ramsinghani	27.00
Jaywant Rao	1,008.00
Prakashchandra M. Rao	101.00
Rama Pemmaraju  Rao	108.00
Sudharsanam Rathinam	101.00
Aditya Raval	25.00
Sriram Ravuluapati	251.00
Y.B. & Padma Reddy	200.00
Chamundi Sabanathan	895.00
Aran Sambandar	54.00
Arthi Sanjeevi	20.00
Vikram Santurkar	51.00
Silver Vel Satsang	30.00
Aran & Valli Sendan	25.00
Deva & Amala Seyon	51.00
Salil Shibad	21.00
Iraja & Nilani Sivadas	108.00
Jai Sivakumara	200.00
Homa, Hotri, Hridaya & Tejasinha Sivalingam	10.00
Jnana Sivananda	100.00
Lakshana Chetana Sivananda	51.00
Nathan & Sulena Sivananda	108.00
B. Sivaraja	10.00
Kandiah Sivarajah	51.00
Padmapriya Srinivasan	25.00
Shallini Shankar & C. Srinivasan	101.00
Joseph W. Steelman	75.00
Klaus E. Stoermer	200.00
Yasotha & Thevarajah Subarajan	51.00
Nandi Deva Sundaram	50.00
Savithri Sundaresan	51.00
Karthik Suresh	108.00
Shanthi Suresh	101.00
V.R. Swaminath	100.00
Pravina & Baldev Thakor	1,008.00
Vijayalakshmi Vadrevu	101.00
Rama Vangala	21.00
Vayudeva Varadan	102.00
Kavetha Velavan	101.00
Sundari & Velayudhan Velu	108.00
Anand Verma	2.00
Mahesh Viswanathan	25.00
Madhu & Narendra Vivek	101.00
Aditya Voleti	25.00
Michael Wasylkiw	108.00
Richard Bosworth & Kerri Watts	101.00
Guy West	50.00
David Wiekrykas	1,008.00
Jinny Petcharat Wonwong	11.11
Sundeep Yalamanchi	116.00
Lakshmi Yanamadala	1,008.00
Shelah Young	51.00
Michael Zimmermann	5.00
Total Building Fund	$54,486.68
Iraivan Temple Endowment
Anonymous	65.00
Frank Burkhardt	10.00
Gunasegaran Chitravelloo	11.65
Amey Surendra Gangal	11.00
Dinesh Kumar Jayaram	7.00
A. Paranthaman	4.65
Jayaram Rajaletchumi	11.65
Indrani Shanmugasundram	11.65
Total Endowment Funds	$132.80
SPECIAL PROJECT DONATIONS
Valliammah Kandasamy	23.66
Silvarajoo Muniandy	36.09
Gowri Nadason	238.77
TOTAL SPECIAL PROJECT DONATIONS	$298.52
Grand Total	$54,917.80

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Iraivan Temple is a punya tirtha, a sacred destination for devout pilgrims. The vision of Lord Siva on San Marga that Gurudeva was blessed with in 1975 is sustained and made manifest by the daily sadhanas of 19 resident monastics from five nations. Kadavul Hindu Temple and the many sacred areas of San Marga are available to Hindus for worship, meditation, japa and quiet reflection. It is best, if you are planning to come to visit us, to email us in advance to make sure the days of your visit coincide with our open times. And, if you want to have darshan with Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, to check if he is in residence and to make the necessary appointment. Please see our visitor information pages for more details.