Bell Tower Roofing
June 11, 2024This week, Acharya Kumarnathaswami has been working to add the tile roofing to the Redwood Bell Tower. As you may know, this hand-built masterpiece will house the granite bell that was carved with Iraivan Temple. Visitors will be able to ring the bell with a wooden mallet. See this post...
Annual Fruit Tree Fertilizing
June 10, 2024Fruit trees are to be given extra nutrients right when new fruits start forming, a boost for vigorous growth. A lot of mulch from local tree trimming projects is delivered to us regularly, so after it breaks down for a while, the Siddhidata Kulam applies a pile of this dark,...
Darshan Session with Satguru
June 9, 2024Aum Namah Sivaya Over the last few days, Swami Prabhakarananda Saraswatiji from Kerela and Brahmachari Senthuraan Ponnampalam from Jaffna have been visiting the Aadheenam on a short pilgrimage. Swami said that many years ago, he had arrived in Jaffna just as Sivaya Subramuniyaswami had finished his stay there. Swami was...
Devi Marks Visits the Monastery
June 8, 2024Devi Marks arrived from Santa Cruz to visit Sadasivanathaswami, her brother. She is having a rich stay, with lots of talkstory, picnics with Paramacharya, tours of all the new things since her last visit, joining the morning meetings with the Ganapati Kulam, practical time planting things in the garden and...
The Story of Awareness, Part One
June 7, 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. "The average person who is not a mystic lives...
Siddhidata Kulam New Office Construction Underway
June 4, 2024We start with showing beautiful Iraivan Temple Nandi from yesterday afternoon's bi-weekly Pradosha Puja. The subsequent photos illustrate framing of the new second-floor offices for the Siddhidata Kulam in the Hale Hana metal building. Local contractors are moving quickly and will soon attach plywood to the framing in preparation for...
More Photos from Jayendrapuriswami's Recent Visit
June 3, 2024Aum Namah Sivaya On Swami's recent visit to the aadheenam, he and his entourage had time to explore the many areas around the property, including our temples, the Wailua River, the publication's offices, the gardens, the rudraksha forest and more. Swami was also able to attend Vaikasi Visakam while here...
Botanical Event Today!
June 2, 2024For the first time, our Amorphophallus kojak has blossomed at the monastery. It's called the "Corpse Flower" since it smells like a dead rat, a trick the plant plays to attract flies to pollinate it. The larger species, titanum, only blossoms once in a decade or so, and when it...