CONGREGATION UNMATCHED🔗

In India we have one crore temples and ashrams where congregation happens everyday! We don't believe in holiday religion. No! Every day congregation happens - one crore inner science laboratories and one crore scientists working on this technology, who are working with these mantras, these great truths and one billion people following this technology.

Top: Gathering to glimpse the Kodikkan Ratha Yatra - procession of Sri Anandeshwara and Anandeshwari prior to consecration at Bangalore ashram. Taken in 2006.

Bottom: Devotees stand in queue with milk pots to offer to the naturally formed Shiva Linga at the Anandeshwar Temple during Paramahamsa's Jayanti celebration. Dec 2007.

For enlightenment

You are by your nature purna, which means fulfillment, the Whole. You cannot relax until you experience purna, till you experience the Wholeness. Unless you experience the Wholeness, you will not be able to relax. Fortunately, God has designed your system in such a way that you will not feel complete till you become enlightened. That is good. Otherwise you will stop on the way!

Indian temples are famous for profuse sculpture and magnificent proportions. Master craftsmen with a fine sense of balance and skill have created over thousands of years, magnificent temples with intricate workmanship. The history of Indian Temple Arts dates back to 5000 B.C. As per Vedic tradition of ancient India, Indian Temple Arts have brought to life, expressions of Existence for one to experience.

Nithyananda Sacred Arts is set up to propagate and preserve ancient temple arts; to produce awe-inspiring temple art works. It offers deities, vahanas (vehicles of Gods), temple structures, flag staffs, temple jewelry, puja items and more. Dedicated and skilled artisans work under the guidance of veteran sthapathis professionals in temple arts for up to 9 generations. They dedicate their very lives with endless gratitude to support this divine vision.

The entire work is based on Agama Shastra - the ancient science of temples and deities. The gamut of operations includes generation of line drawings for temple arts, stone quarrying, stone, metal, sheet metal and wood work, making of temple jewelry, clothing for deities and more.

All this coupled with order processing and shipment are directly controlled by the institution. Produced with striking quality to competitive prices, the products offer the ambience of ancient Vedic heritage for the modern man.

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At Rasipuram, Paramahamsa visits the artisan's workshop and makes the first mark on a stone with a chisel and hammer, symbolically flagging off the forming of the stone for the temple's sanctum sanctorum structure. Picture taken in 2006.

The upcoming sanctum of the Anandeshwara temple in Bangalore ashram, 2006

Paramahamsa personally interacts with the artisans and supervises their work. Through day and night, one can hear the sound of the chisel and hammer when the workmen are on the job.

Molten metal is prepared to cast temple deities

Here, Paramahamsa is seen with Sri M.S. Sivaprakasam, expert in sacred arts related subjects, who has taken up the Anandeshwara temple work. He has to his credit, the making of the tallest temple tower in the world, of the Srirangam Temple in South India,

Temple jewelry and other decorative items

The deities and other temple items once finished are sent to Chennai - port of loading, to ship to the Vedic Temples around the world. At Chennai, the items are prepared for shipment and packed by a professional shipping agent under the direct supervision of the ashram brahmacharis.

Life Bliss Galleria in the new Vedic Temple in Los Angeles

When your mind is tuned to the physical level, you see material objects; when you are tuned to subconscious level you see dreams; when you are tuned to higher spiritual levels you see God.

Paramahamsa

Brahmacharis move all the deities from Bangalore ashram to Chennai, to ship them out to Los Angeles and other Vedic temples in North America.

VARADAMOORTI Blessings from Existence

Paramahamsa was captured in a unique photoshoot wherein he released tremendous amounts of energy. He declared that the picture taken of him at this time would be called 'Varadamoorti'. It is a manifestation of the Existential Energy. It would fulfill any prayer that is offered to it. It would give people the intelligence and power of discretion to ask for what is good for them while praying. Even if they decide to go against their intelligence and ask otherwise, it would help them follow through without bringing any harm to them. It is pure Cosmic Intelligence that he is making available to people.

Farewell gathering for world tour sendoff 19 Feb 2006, Bangalore ashram, India

Don't invest time in them

Look into the blue sky beyond the clouds. You look into the clouds and also see all forms that you want to see. People ask me, 'Swamiji, I saw the cloud in this form, that form, in Shiva form, in elephant form, what is the meaning?' I tell them, whatever you want to see, you project and see.

Do not get caught in the clouds. Clouds are like thoughts. Clouds are like dreams. People come and ask me, 'Swamiji, I saw this in my dream. What is the meaning? Please tell me what the importance of the dream is.' I tell them, even the waking state is not important, then why are you bothered about the dream state? Why do you waste your time in interpreting your dreams?

Only those who do not have any work, sit and interpret dreams.

Bilva linga. This is a bana linga - naturally formed Shiva Linga found in the banks of the sacred river Narmada in North India. Paramahamsa bought this and installed it at the entrance to the Bangalore ashram, under a Maha Bilva tree - a bilva tree having 9 leaves in a stalk as opposed to normally 3. Picture taken in 2007.