Jeyendrapuriswami Visits the Aadheenam
May 21, 2024The spiritual head of Kailasha Ashrama in Bengaluru arrived on the island yesterday for a three-day visit. He is traveling with two swamis, the head priest of the Rajarajeshvari Temple, and the manager of their Tiruvannamalai Ashrama. This visit is a significant confluence, as Kailasha Ashrama, initially led by Trichyswami...
May 2024 Chitra Puja
May 20, 2024This morning we celebrated Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami with our monthly pada puja during the Chitra nakshatra. In Kadavul Temple Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami and his monks gathered with local members for an abhishekam. While the monks chanted Sri Rudram Sannyasin Tillainathaswami and Nirvani Tejadevanatha performed the puja, pouring pranic substances such...
Gurudeva Narrating Some Dancing with Siva Lessons
May 19, 2024We are inching closer to adding Gurudeva's original audio narration of certain Master Course trilogy lessons to the online text version. After that we will use his new digital voice clone to narrate the rest. First we are cleaning up his narrated lessons of Merging with Siva from the late...
Supplicant Pledge Renewal
May 18, 2024Aum Namah Sivaya Several days ago Satguru returned from his recent trip to California with Sannyasins Shanmuganathaswami and Siddhanathaswami. With Satguru back, today we held the pledge renewal for Sivanadaiyar Shankara. He had to renew his 6-month supplicancy pledge since he has two more month before eligibility to take his...
New Counter for the Satguru
May 17, 2024Kanda Alahan has been here working on the installation of new cabinetry for Bodhinatha's quarters. Kanda crafted all of it back in his California workshop, shipped it disassembled to Kauai and worked under the supervision of Vishvanathaswami to assemble and install it. It was finished yesterday. Congratulations to the Siddhidatta...
Rajen Manick Reminisces Kauai Aadheenam Grounds
May 16, 2024SSC sishya Rajen Manick recently completed his taskforce period and returned home to Mauritius. Upon arriving, he sorted through the many photos he had taken of the grounds and events, and shared the cream of the crop with us. Below is the first half of his collection. While here, Rajen...
Around the Aadheenam, May 2024
May 13, 2024Aum Namah Shivaya! Today is Sun Five of our 5-day lunar phase (our Aloha Friday in local parlance). Our monk's now enter two days of retreat, working on different projects and enjoying some extra time for Sadhana and a little more rest. Here are some random photos from around the...
Recent Activity at Iraivan Temple and Vegetable Gardens
May 12, 2024Our newest pre-monastic Aspirant, Kodiswara Selvanathan, took a stroll with the monastery camera to capture scenes of Kadavul Temple puja attendees being shown Iraivan Temple afterwards in the late morning. Then he headed over to our original Annapoorna vegetable garden and the newer greenhouses where the Siddhidata Kulam is planting...