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Kadavul Temple was established by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, a Hindu monk who was born in the United States. He was a former ballet dancer before being initiated into Shaivism by Guru Yogaswami in Sri Lanka. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami established the temple on Kauai in 1973 after he was instructed by Guru Yogaswami to build a "bridge ...
Kauai Hindu Monastery is situated in Kauai, Hawaii and is home to two temples: Kadavul Temple and Iraivan Temple. [9] The Kadavul Temple was established in 1973 by Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. [10] [11] The construction of Iraivan Temple began in 1990. It is the first all-stone, white granite temple to be built in the western hemisphere. [12] [13]
It is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built without power tools or electricity, and it's nestled on one of the smaller islands in Hawaii surrounded by lush gardens and ...
The San Marga Iraivan Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located on Kauai, an island in the state of Hawaii, USA. "Iraivan" means "One Above All," and is one of the oldest words for God in the Tamil language. It is the first all-stone, white granite temple to be built in the western hemisphere [1] whose construction began in 1990. [2]
Kadavul (transl. God) is a 1997 Indian Tamil language film directed by Velu Prabhakaran. The film stars Velu Prabhakaran, Manivannan , Arun Pandiyan , Mansoor Ali Khan and Roja . It was released on 5 December 1997. [ 1 ]
Sculptures of the Karanas performed by the god of dance - Nataraja - at Kadavul Hindu Temple, on Kauai, Hawaii. Karanas are the 108 key transitions [1] in the classical Indian dance described in 4th Chapter named "Tandava Lakshana" of Natya Shastra. Karana is a Sanskrit verbal noun, meaning "doing".
The Ganesh temple of Hindu Temple Society of North America is the oldest Hindu temple in the Western hemisphere, in Flushing, Queens, New York City. Swaminarayan Akshardham in Robbinsville , New Jersey , U.S., is the world's second-largest Hindu temple and the largest and most-visited Hindu temple outside Asia .
The earliest surviving chaitya arch, at the entrance to the Lomas Rishi Cave, 3rd century BC. In Indian architecture, gavaksha or chandrashala (kudu in Tamil, also nāsī) [1] are the terms most often used to describe the motif centred on an ogee, circular or horseshoe arch that decorates many examples of Indian rock-cut architecture and later Indian structural temples and other buildings.