Dancing for Siva
April 4, 2024It is said the greatest offering to God Siva is our love and gratitude, both of which are embedded in the traditional Bharatanatyam dance, offered for thousands of years in Hindu temples (with about 90 years hiatus when the British colonials banned it). Kadavul Temple and devotees were blessed to...
Piping Out to San Marga, Part One
April 3, 2024After over fifty years of being on this land, we are finally bringing a underground water line and fiber-optic cable out to the future site of Iraivan Temple's parking and reception center, then all the way down next to Iraivan Temple. The photos show the first stage now complete, having...
God of Love
March 31, 2024Watch Satguru's latest Publisher's Desk Video from his article in Hinduism Today magazine. This article as well as the rest of Hinduism Today's April/May/June, 2024 issue is now available online at https://www.hinduismtoday.com/.
Tractor Blessing for Himalayan Acres
March 30, 2024At our leased 400 acres across the Wailua River, a tractor is used frequently to mow grass between the rows of noni fruit trees and hardwood trees. Our Branson-brand tractor was starting to break down too frequently, so we found a John Deere tractor in the midwest of mainland US,...
March 2024 Chitra Puja
March 29, 2024Om Namah Sivaya Recently we celebrated our monthly padapuja to Sivaya Subramuniyaswami during the timing of the Chitra nakshatra. Sannyasin Tillainathaswami and Sadhaka Vatshalanatha performed the puja while other mathavasis chanted Sri Rudram. Local members and devotees brought an abundance of beautiful flowers and enjoyed the peaceful darshan of Gurudeva....
THE RAJAM ART COLLECTION
March 28, 2024Those CyberCadets who visit TAKA or read our books well know the amazing artwork of S. Rajam (10 February 1919 29 January 2010) musician and painter from Tamil Nadu. He worked on our art commissions for decades and by a small miracle we acquired his life's work, some 60 years...
All Knowing Is Within You, Part Two
March 27, 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. "Each experience that we have is a good experience,...
Our Beloved Yogaswami
March 23, 2024As we learned yesterday, this year marks the 60th since Yogaswami took his Great Departure on March 20, 1964. We opened The Guru Chronicles to visit that day and other moments in his remarkable life: One morning a man came to share his life's sorrows with Swami, complaining that he...