Dear friends,
We are opening registration for the rituals “Blessings of the Divine Mother”, which will take place in temples of India
from September 19 to 30.
Registration is open until September 15, 2025.
What Awaits You in These Rituals
Friends, each time we do our best to choose new rituals in the sacred places of India!
During Pitru Paksha, the most auspicious time to honor ancestors, we will hold ceremonies for the departed in Trivandrum, at the legendary Parashurama Temple.
On the day of the solar eclipse, we will perform a sacred lamp-lighting ceremony.
The great festival of Sharad Navaratri will be celebrated in several temples of Trivandrum, Kerala.
And ahead of us are new rituals - yajnas - in the holy sites of the Himalayas!
Festival "Nine Nights"
(Navaratri Festival)
Dear friends, one of the most important Vedic festivals, widely celebrated across India, is approaching — and we can also take part in it!
There are several types of ceremonies in Indian temples.
The main ones are divided into 3 types:
- Archana
- Pooja
- Homa/yagya/havan
Archana - "veneration, glorification." This is a ceremony of exalting the symbol or image of the Deity with the utterance of mantras, as well as the name and nakshatra of the one who ordered Archana. Done in front of the appropriate altar during the service.
Pooja - "worship". This is a ceremony of deeper and more intimate appeal to the image or symbol of the Deity with the recitation of a series of mantras, offerings in the form of fruits and flowers, as well as repeated recitation of the name and nakshatra of the one who ordered the Puja. The impact of the puja is considered to be stronger and more lasting than the Archanas.
Homa is a fire ceremony or fire sacrifice (feeding the fire, which gives food to the gods to whom Homa is addressed). Often a separate altar or hearth is built for the homa. This is the most profound, intimate and powerful appeal to the Divine. Homa is usually ordered not for 1 person, but for the whole family.