The Center of Rational Spirituality

We provided educational materials, instruction, guidance, and oversight for The following: remote courses and retreats. Visitors to The visitor Center: approx. 18,000 visits to our websites averaged 10,040 per month visits to michael mamas' blog averaged 606 per month visits to meditation instruction page averaged 93 per month

Dr. mamas continued his third year of weekly podcasts. Pandit prasad continued his daily, weekly,monthly and annual ceremonies on The same schedule as usual. Many visitors to The temple volunteered to help us in serveral ways at The student union,including cleaning and making food available for others. It is still difficult to acquire help, especially help that is in alignment with our focus, vision, and purpose. We have managed to find some very good employees. The maintenance crew kept up with The landscaping and staining needs for The decks at The student union and yagyashala, maintaining The student union, upper and lower levels, The visitor Center, cottages and temple. The landscaping in The outdoor area around The temple has been improved, and there are plans to continue with improvements including shaded areas and outdoor areas that are protected from The rain. These all help make visitors more comfortable. We continued The process of establishing an online reservation system. Our plan is to complete The website updates to have The online reservations available within The upcoming year. The mountain view room at The visitor Center continues to be available to The visitors, especially during times that The student union building is closed. A variety of events were carried out by The temple which supported cultural integrity and harmony, including annual events such as mahashivaratri, toli ekadashi, guru purnima, shravan maas, krishna janmashtami, ganesh chaturthi, sharad navaratri-dussehra, diwali, annakoot, kaarthika maas, to name a few. Monthly events such as gowri tritiya, havan for sarvadevatas, karthikeya puja, pradosham, sankatahara chaturthi and satyanarayana puja along with The daily events, archana, rudrabhishekam and aarathi. This year pushkara kumbhabhishekam, The 12th anniversary of The sri somesvara temple, was celebrated may 15 - 17, 2023.