Saturu's May 2024 Travels
May 11, 2024Currently, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, Sannyasin Shanmuganathaswami and Sannyasin Siddhanathaswami are traveling in California. They are currently in San Francisco. They've been visiting with devotees and also our HHE investment team. Aum Namah Sivaya. } ];
Russian Language Initiatives
May 10, 2024The team in Moscow continues to repurpose our Himalayan Academy work energetically. Their team leader, Dinanatha Bodhiswami, emailed a few days back sharing that they wish to add the Saivite Hindu Religion, Book One to their list of books. Having done the entire trilogy and Loving Ganesha, they seek to...
Ganesha & Murugan Decorations
May 9, 2024Some of our new monks were inspired to capture recent scenes of everyday decorations on Ganesha and Murugan. Variations of cloth colors, pottus, turbans, flowers, etc. Aum Gam Ganapataye Namaha! Aum Sam Saum Subramanyaya Namaha! } ];
New Vratashishya
May 6, 2024Jai Ganesha! Jai Kailasa Parampara! Aum Namah Sivaya! Currently, Madan Ganesan is visiting Kauai Aadheenam from Bengaluru. He's here with his wife Sumathi and their son and daughter. For several years now Madan and his family have been very focused and devoted in furthering their association with our guru parampara....
Water and Fiber-optic Piping Completion
May 5, 2024The piping to carry county water and fiber-optic cable out to rudraksha grove entrance and out to Iraivan Temple has been completed. The photos show Pradip, our contractor, trenching the final stretch. Yoginathaswami has been following with a GPS survey device to map exactly where the trenches are located. The...
Quad Copter Piloting
May 4, 2024Aum Namah Sivaya! Yesterday, Sivanadaiyar Kodiswara had some afternoon piloting lessons with Sannyasin Tillainathaswami. The monastery has a small, DJI mini 3 pro drone which we use for all our day to day aerial photography, and it's also a perfect copter to learn with. It's light, sturdy and somewhat difficult...
From Lanka to Kauai
May 4, 2024Today Sinnathamby came with his family for a first-ever visit, along with his wife Devika, son Aravindran, daughter Sandya and her spouse Praveen. They are of course enjoying the temples and pujas and came over to the Media Studio to say hi. Some sweet time was spent talking story. Paramacharya...
The Purpose of Life, Part Two
May 2, 2024Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly upadesha in Kadavul Temple at Kauai’s Hindu Monastery in Hawaii. It is part of a series of talks elaborating on the inspired teachings of Satguru Śivaya Subramuniyaswami as found in his book Merging With Śiva. "See awareness as a lotus flower. The lotus flower...