Dancing for Lords Ganesha and Siva
Two sisters from Arizona fly to Hawaii for a single purpose: to offer their loving talents to the temple Deities […]
Secrets of a Hindu Temple
Early in the morning on February 15, 1975, at his Hindu monastery on Hawaii’s Garden Island of Kauai, Hinduism Today’s
Maha Samadhi at 74
Beloved Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami passes away on November 12, 2001, leaving a half-century of work that sparked a Hindu renaissance,
Wailua Botanical Gardens
It is traditional for Hindu temples to cultivate nearby gardens that provide beauty, medicinal resources, fruits and flowers for daily
Island Temple Greeted with Aloha Spirit
This tiny, remote land mass of barely 60,000 people is manifesting a living vision of unity in diversity. “We are
It Takes a Village
By Choodie Shivaram It was afternoon when I visited the Iraivan temple carving site–the silence was so perfect and divine.
Artistic Offerings
Some contributions to the Iraivan temple project are gifts of abundant, natural talent. Artists Sri Indra Sharma, D.J. Khamis and
Spirit of the Garden Island
Six million or more years ago, at the most isolated spot in the mid-Pacific ocean, the volcanic island now known
‘Isle Be Seeing You’
From his verdant Polynesian ashram on the Wailua River near the foot of an extinct volcano, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami and
Charting the Progress
PHASE ONE, 1975: Gurudeva’s vision of Lord Siva births the temple. Project begins, raising $400,000 for purchase and clearing of