Sivasri Muralidharan Bharadhwaj Gurukkal

Preparing pavitra ring for Satguru

Some of the utsava murtis

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami has returned to the St. Louis metro area on a short trip. He is chief guest for the prana pratishtha of the utsava murtis at the Hindu Temple of St. Louis. Flights were delayed, but he was able to attend the main event on Sept 15 from about 9am to 2:30pm. The event was the second yagashala puja followed by abhishekam of the utsava murtis. In the middle Satguru gave his talk on “Why Do We Need Hindu Temples?” About eight hundred devotees in attendance—they had expected five hundred.

There were three priests involved. One of them, Sivasri Muralidharan Bharadhwaj Gurukkal, had participated in Iraivan Temple’s prana pratishtha events last year.