ShivaFan
17 December 2012, 07:58 PM
http://WWW.KALIMANDIR.ORG
Namaste
Kali Mandir 20371 Sun Valley Dr, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (Laguna Beach, California)
I have never been to this temple, though I have obviously been to Laguna Beach California many times. I only found out about this Kali temple when I discovered a translation of the Uddhava Gita by an author who is a monk of the Saraswati branch of the Dasnami Vedantic order, he appears to be a Westerner but is dressed as a renounced Saiva (The Uddhava Gita "The Final Teachings of Krishna", Translated by Swami Ambikananda Saraswati, Ulysses Press, Berkeley CA 2002, I have a posting on this in the "Scriptures" section).
Visiting the web link above, I find this temple seems to be very active and is attended by both Westerners (probably predominately) and Indian born Hindus. It was founded by Eliszabeth Usha Harding in 1993 (according to the website) who is the author of “Kali, The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar”. I do not know anything about her, but by the name it appears she never took a Hindu name, not sure – but I am pretty sure I have seen her book in book stores in the Hindu sections.
I am curious if anyone knows anything about this Laguna Beach temple, or those involved. Their Parampara is stated by means of this same Swami Ambikananda Saraswati (who appears to me to be Caucasian or “Westerner”) to come though this Swami as a disciple of the late Sri Haradhan Chakraboti and Swami Aparananda Puri of the Ramakrishna Order and Swami Bhajanananda is his Guru. They claim disciplic succession going back to Adi Shankaracharya and the Dasnami Sannyasis, and specifically back to Dasnami Naga Sannyasi.
Let me know if you have any information about this temple. Below is a picture of Kali at this temple. I may visit this temple the next time I am in LA area.
Om Namah Sivaya
http://www.kalimandir.org/wp-content/themes/kalimandir/images/shrine_ma_1.JPG
Namaste
Kali Mandir 20371 Sun Valley Dr, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (Laguna Beach, California)
I have never been to this temple, though I have obviously been to Laguna Beach California many times. I only found out about this Kali temple when I discovered a translation of the Uddhava Gita by an author who is a monk of the Saraswati branch of the Dasnami Vedantic order, he appears to be a Westerner but is dressed as a renounced Saiva (The Uddhava Gita "The Final Teachings of Krishna", Translated by Swami Ambikananda Saraswati, Ulysses Press, Berkeley CA 2002, I have a posting on this in the "Scriptures" section).
Visiting the web link above, I find this temple seems to be very active and is attended by both Westerners (probably predominately) and Indian born Hindus. It was founded by Eliszabeth Usha Harding in 1993 (according to the website) who is the author of “Kali, The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar”. I do not know anything about her, but by the name it appears she never took a Hindu name, not sure – but I am pretty sure I have seen her book in book stores in the Hindu sections.
I am curious if anyone knows anything about this Laguna Beach temple, or those involved. Their Parampara is stated by means of this same Swami Ambikananda Saraswati (who appears to me to be Caucasian or “Westerner”) to come though this Swami as a disciple of the late Sri Haradhan Chakraboti and Swami Aparananda Puri of the Ramakrishna Order and Swami Bhajanananda is his Guru. They claim disciplic succession going back to Adi Shankaracharya and the Dasnami Sannyasis, and specifically back to Dasnami Naga Sannyasi.
Let me know if you have any information about this temple. Below is a picture of Kali at this temple. I may visit this temple the next time I am in LA area.
Om Namah Sivaya
http://www.kalimandir.org/wp-content/themes/kalimandir/images/shrine_ma_1.JPG