Traditionally, in Skanda Vale, during the first weekend of Shiva festival the Kali procession takes place where Mother Kali goes on a journey from the Shakti temple to visit the other temples of the ashram. [...]

Pilgrims from various parts of Switzerland and Europe gathered at Somaskanda Ashram to celebrate Mahashivaratri. Here are some impressions of an unforgettable night. [...]

On 20 and 21 October, we celebrated the second anniversary of Somaskanda Ashram. There were havans and every single aspect of the Divine residing in the temple received a Kumbum Abishekam. Take a look at [...]

On Sunday, the temple of Somaskanda took another step forwards in its development when a large vel (or spear of Lord Subramanium) was inaugurated to take its place alongside the other amazing murthis in the [...]

27 July, 2018 Guru Purnima is always the culmination of the Shiva festival and each year the intensity of devotion escalates at Somaskanda. This year saw the first dedicated Shiva shrine during the festival and [...]

A lovely group of people went for a retreat and spent some days experiencing the Divine out in the early spring nature, in shared Satsang and in deep devotion. Take a look at the images [...]

Before the puja could be performed on January 29th, Nandi had to be freed from an almost three meter thick duvet made of snow... In bright sunshine, the pilgrims made their way up to the [...]

October 2017 On a sunny day in autumn, Mohanji and his family came to Somaskanda Ashram and we all could spend time in their presence. It was a lovely day full of joy, satsang and [...]

October 2017 For three days we were celebrating the first anniversary of the inauguration of the temple. It began with a special puja to Nandi followed by havans and kumbum pujas to Lord Ganesh and [...]