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Kadavul Temple
Kadavul Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
Deity	Lord Shiva
Location
Location	Kapaʻa
State	Hawaii
Country	United States
Geographic coordinates	22°5′18″N 159°20′16″W / 22.08833°N 159.33778°W / 22.08833; -159.33778
Architecture
Type	Jaffna-Style Temple
Creator	Kauai's Hindu Monastery
Website
www.himalayanacademy.com

The Kadavul Temple is a Jaffna-Style Hindu temple dedicated to the Shiva located on the Kauai island in the state of Hawaii, USA. It is maintained by the Saiva Siddhanta Temple which is also known as Kauai Aadheenam or Kauai's Hindu Monastery.

Description

Kadavul is an ancient Tamil word for God, meaning “He who is both immanent and transcendent.”^[1] Kadavul Temple was established in 1973 by Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. It is one of two temples in Kauai Aadheenam; the other temple is Iraivan Temple. It houses 39-inch-tall Crystal Sivalingam that will one day be the central icon in Iraivan Temple. Its Crystal Sivalingam is believed to be the largest six-sided, single-pointed crystal ever found. In the future, the Crystal Sivalingam will be housed in the Iraivan Temple.^[2] Kadavul Temple is located next to the Wailua River and 8 km from Mount Waialeale.^[1] Crystal Sivalingam is a 320 kg, 39-inch-tall, uncut quartz crystal, believed to be the largest six-sided, single-pointed crystal ever found.^[2]^[1]