Saiva Siddhanta Church is a spiritual institution dedicated to protect, preserve and promote the Saivite Hindu religion. It is based on the precepts of the Nandinatha Sampradaya, and led by Gurus from the two thousand year-old lineage of the Kailasa Parampara.
The Church was founded in 1949 by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, a traditional hindu leader, who urges devotees to "Know thy Self" through self-inquiry, meditation, traditional temple worship, scriptural study and selfless service. The name of the Church is from the Sanskrit language and could be roughly rendered in English as "The Church of God Siva's Revealed Truth."
Kauai Aadheenam, also known as Kauai's Hindu Monastery, located on the Garden Island of Kauai in Hawaii, is the headquarters of Saiva Siddhanta Church.
SaivaSiddhantaChurch is a spiritual institution dedicated to protect, preserve and promote the SaiviteHindu religion, to nurturing its own Church missions and membership internationally and to serving, through its publications and web sites, the broader community of Hindus throughout the world.
SaivaSiddhantaChurch, founded in 1949, was incorporated under the laws of the United States of America in the State of California on December 30, 1957, and received recognition of its US Internal Revenue tax exempt status as a church on February 12, 1962.
Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami is the founder of SaivaSiddhantaChurch and Kauai's Hindu Monastery.
Behind him are Kauai's volcanic jungles on the church's hearquarters and the white granite Iraivan temple.
The Church was founded in 1949 by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, a traditional U.S. Hindu leader, who adopted Saivism, as a young man, who urges devotees to "Know thy Self" through self-inquiry, meditation, traditional temple worship, scriptural study and selfless service.
The name of the Church is from the Sanskrit language and could be roughly rendered in English as "The Church of God Śiva's Revealed Truth."
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