Visiting Hours
• Open Everyday
• 9am to 12pm
• Open most days of the year. Closed Dec 24, 25, 26.
• Front grounds do not require a temple reservation
Attend Our Temple Services
You must make a free reservation to attend worship Kadavul Hindu Temple
Iraivan Temple is currently not open to the public. However, on some days a tour is given around 10:45am. Ask a host.
About this Hindu Monastery
Kauai Aadheenam is home to a traditional Saivite Hindu monastic order. If you plan to visit please be respectful that this is place of peaceful religious practice.
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Publisher’s Editorial: Is There Still A Need For Hinduism?
Satguru’s Publisher’s Editorial from the January/February/March, 2025 edition of Hinduism Today Magazine
Preparation for Maha Ardra
Jai Ganesha! Coming up on the 12th of January the monks will be celebrating Maha Ardra in Kadavul Temple! This festival is an important event for Nataraja, as it is the worshiping of Siva in form, as opposed to Mahsivaratri, which is for the Formless Absolute. For this, the mathavasi have been making garlands and preparing 108 coconuts, ten different types of prasadam, panchamirtham, 108 gallons of milk, yogurt, citrus juice […]
Reflections on Iraivan Temple
It is Krittika nakshatra today, and on this day each month a special homa is performed in Iraivan Temple, presided over by Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami. So it is appropriate that we share a recently created tribute to Iraivan crafted by Rajkumar Manickam. Clock on the link below to explore. https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/MPJ2dkUuSyZ7E
A Search for the Innermost Divine Self
Self-realization in three stages. Realizing oneself as the Soul, realizing oneself as Satchidananda—Omnipresent Consciousness—and realizing oneself as the Source, the Sustainer of that Omnipresent Consciousness, the Self that transcends time, form and space. Parasiva.
Balanced by Temple Worship
A temple is a meeting place of our physical plane and the invisible worlds of the Gods and angelic beings, or devas. The spiritual vibration is kept strong through the monks’ continual worship.
Fueled by Kundalini Yoga
Meditation can be sustained only if one lives a wholesome life, free from emotional entanglements and adharmic deeds. Intensive, consistent meditation dispels the antagonistic, selfish, instinctive forces of the mind and converts those channels of energy into uplifted creative action.
Charted by Monistic Theism
Hinduism, also known as the Sanatana Dharma, or “Eternal Way,” is our planet’s original and oldest living religion, with over one billion adherents.
Illumined by a Potent
Guru-Shishya System
Kauai Aadheenam is the spiritual home and theological seminary for a small band of monks, all under vows, from many nations. They oversee an international religious mission while living a strict lifestyle of daily religious worship, meditation, yoga and service.
Guided by Soul-Stirring Scriptures
Visit our Saivite Scriptures page, which contains timeless wisdom from the oldest living spiritual tradition on Earth. It includes content from the Vedas, Saiva Agamas, writings from saints, and more.
Awakened by Sadhana and Tapas
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– Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
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