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Garuda Homa

Also spelled Garuda Homam

गरुड होम

The wings that no venom can touch. Garuda is called into the fire for you — for shelter from drishti, occult harm and the negativity you cannot name.

  • Performed for you alone — never a group ceremony
  • Muhurta fixed from your own birth chart, confirmed within 24–48 working hours
  • Free energised yantra, sealed in a silver amulet, shipped worldwide at no charge

The Ritual and Its Weight

Garuda Homa is a protection rite. Garuda, the great eagle who carries Vishnu, is the traditional refuge against poison, sorcery and unseen malice. Where he arrives, serpents scatter. In the homa, his mantras are offered into consecrated fire with ghee, herbs and specific dravyas while your name, gotra and nakshatra are recited — so the shelter is asked for you by name, not in general.

Devotees turn to garuda homam when a household feels heavy for no reason. Sleep breaks. Work that was steady begins to unravel. A child is unsettled after a crowd. The tradition does not always name a cause; it prescribes a remedy. Garuda puja and this fire rite belong to that older, practical layer of worship — you do not argue with the darkness, you light something stronger and stand behind it.

ॐ पक्षिराजाय विद्महे स्वर्णपक्षाय धीमहि। तन्नो गरुडः प्रचोदयात्॥ We contemplate the king of birds, we meditate on him of golden wings — may that Garuda inspire and impel us.

Why Devotees Book This

The garuda homam benefits described in tradition — and the reasons devotees write to us — centre on shelter, clarity and a quieter home.

Shelter from evil eye

Garuda is invoked against drishti — the heaviness that follows envy, crowds or unwanted attention on your success, your child, your new home.

Against sorcery and occult harm

The tradition prescribes this rite where black magic, abhichara or deliberate ill-will is suspected. The mantras are offered for the removal of such influence.

Freedom from psychic disturbance

Devotees seek it for recurring nightmares, unexplained fear, a sense of being watched, or a room in the house that never feels right.

Protection for the household

Garuda pooja is offered for the whole family — children, elders, those who travel, those living far from home under your care.

Steadiness in body and mind

Garuda is the classical remover of visha, poison of every kind. Devotees offer this homa when illness lingers without clear cause, alongside their medical care.

Courage to act

Fear makes people wait. The garuda homa is asked for the nerve of the eagle — to move, to decide, to stop shrinking from what must be faced.

Brahmashree Shivaaya, Guru and Head of Astrological & Spiritual Solutions at AstroBhava
Brahmashree ShivaayaGuru, Head of Astrological & Spiritual Solutions
Who performs your homa

Under the guidance of Brahmashree Shivaaya

Every priest who performs your Garuda Homa is trained in a traditional Padashala and personally recruited by Brahmashree Shivaaya — Guru and Head of Astrological & Spiritual Solutions at AstroBhava. Your ritual is conducted at our own Yagna Ashram — never a rented venue — with temple rites performed across our seven temples in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

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Book your Garuda Homa

Choose your homa in two steps

Step 1 How many priests will perform your homa?
Step 2 Enhance with the 48-Day Anushthan? (optional)

* Copper yantra plate approx. 1–2 inches, rolled and sealed inside a silver amulet approx. 2–4 inches. Sizes are approximate and the amulet's design varies between supplier batches — shape, metal and consecration remain the same.

Your packageTrayi Garuda Homa3 Priests + Free Yantra

All prices are all-inclusive — no shipping charges, no additions at checkout. See everything included →

1

You book — and send birth details at checkout.

2

Within 24–48 working hours — your muhurta is confirmed by email.

3

The day before — your telecast link arrives by email.

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After the homa — tracking email with your personal time to wear the yantra.

Sacred Timing

Any day the fire is lit with sankalpa carries weight, yet the tradition favours certain windows for Garuda worship.

Garuda Panchami

Shukla Panchami of Shravana, the day set aside for Garuda and for freedom from serpent-fear. The most sought-after date for this homa.

Saturdays and Ekadashi

Days sacred to Vishnu carry his vahana with them. Devotees favour these for garuda puja through the year.

Shravana and Punarvasu nakshatra

Stars associated with Vishnu worship are chosen when protection for the whole household is the intent.

At the onset of trouble

When drishti or occult harm is suspected, the rite is not postponed. Our panchanga team fixes the nearest clean muhurat for you.

Every package, and the 48-day option

What you receive

The sealing of the yantra

When your homa concludes, the yantra that stood in the fire is rolled and locked inside its silver amulet according to Agama vidhi — the practice by which the energies raised in a ritual are held within a consecrated object rather than dispersing. It is why a homa performed at our ashram can still reach a devotee ten thousand miles away: what the fire raised travels to you, sealed.

Personal sankalpa

Your name, gotra & nakshatra — for you and up to five family members.

Live telecast

Watch your own homa in real time from the ashram. Streamed openly on our YouTube channel by default — or request a private, unlisted telecast at checkout.

Free energised Garuda Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet

Consecrated over three days — Jala (holy-water consecration with mantras), Prana (life force through pranayama & chants) and Jeeva Pratishta (awakened with 108 recitations & offerings) — then present through your homa, receiving the energies raised in the fire. Immediately afterwards it is rolled and sealed inside a silver amulet by Agamic rite, locking those energies within, and shipped to you with your prasadam.

Prasadam, shipped free

Sacred vibhuti, sandalwood powder & kumkum from your fire — delivered to any country.

48-Day Anushthan (optional)

Daily temple worship for 48 days — the 27 Nakshatras + 12 Rashis + 9 Planets — then sealed in a silver amulet of approximately 2–4 inches.

A note on sacred tradition

As per strict Agama vidhi, no videography is permitted inside the temple sanctum — this preserves the pure sacred energies and undisturbed divine focus of the ritual. The main homa is respectfully telecast live from outside the sanctum; the daily rituals of the 48-day Anushthan are performed with full devotion but are not telecast.

Homas are telecast openly on our YouTube channel so that devotees everywhere may witness the rituals — and because we believe you should be able to see our work before you trust us with yours. Your sankalpa names you and your family, so if you would rather your ceremony were not public, choose the private telecast option at checkout and it is streamed as an unlisted link visible only to you.

We state this plainly — transparency about what tradition forbids filming, and about what is public, is part of performing these rituals honestly.

After it arrives

How to wear your energised Garuda Yantra

The energised yantra is carefully rolled and sealed inside a sacred silver amulet before shipping. Wearing it is itself a small ritual — and even its timing is set for you personally.

01

Your auspicious time to wear it

Our astrologer marks the auspicious date and time to wear the yantra according to your birth details — sent to you in the email carrying your shipment's tracking number.

02

Purify the amulet

Dip the silver amulet in raw milk or Ganga jal for an hour before wearing, then clean with normal water.

03

Face East or North

Perform the wearing process facing east or north for maximum benefit.

04

Offer dheep & dhoop

Show lamp and incense to the amulet before wearing it.

05

Wear it

Around your neck or waist, on a thread or chain.

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Keep the energy intact

Repeated offering of dheep and dhoop keeps the energisation alive.

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If you prefer not to wear it

Place the amulet at your puja altar, or keep it in your wallet.

Inside the fire ritual

How your Garuda Homa is performed

01

Sankalpa

The priest states your name, gotra and nakshatra — and those of up to five family members — with the intention this homa is performed for.

02

Ganapati Puja

The customary invocation to Ganapati, clearing obstacles before the goddess is approached.

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Agni Pratishtha

The fire is consecrated in the homa kunda and Agni invoked as the carrier of every offering that follows.

04

Garuda Avahana

The Garuda Sukta and Garuda Gayatri are chanted, inviting the goddess's presence into the fire — by one, three or five priests as your package sets.

05

Ahuti

Ghee, white flowers, akshata and honey are offered in sequence with mantra — the offerings traditional to her worship.

06

Purnahuti

The final complete offering seals the sankalpa stated at the opening.

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Aarti & Dispatch

Aarti is performed live on your telecast. Vibhuti, sandalwood powder, kumkum and your energised yantra are then packed and shipped free to your door.

Who is invoked

Garuda — the goddess of knowledge itself

Garuda is one of the Tridevi and the mother of the Vedas — the presiding deity of knowledge, learning, memory, speech, music and every art. She is depicted in white upon a white lotus, holding the veena, a book, a rosary and a water pot, with the swan of discernment beside her.

In this homa, her grace — Garuda Kataksham — is invoked through fire with your own name and birth details spoken in the sankalpa.

The complete guide

Garuda: story, mantras & how to chant

Her full mythology, the beeja mantra and Garuda Gayatri word by word, and how devotees chant at home — on our Garuda Mantra guide.

Read the Mantra Guide →
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Questions

Frequently asked

Yes. The Garuda Purana is a Vaishnava scripture and may be kept in your puja space with the respect given to any sacred text — clean cloth, raised shelf, clean hands. The common belief that it must not enter a home arises only because portions of it are read during death rites, so families associate it with mourning. Keeping the text is not inauspicious. Note that the Garuda Purana is a book of scripture; the Garuda Homa is a separate fire ritual invoking the deity himself.
Garuda Homa is a Vedic fire ritual in which Garuda — the golden-winged king of birds and the vahana of Vishnu — is invoked through mantra and offerings of ghee, herbs and specified dravyas. Its significance lies in Garuda's role as the destroyer of poison and the fearless guardian who scatters what is hostile. The rite is traditionally prescribed as a protective measure for individuals and households facing negative energy, evil eye or occult interference.
Tradition prescribes garuda homam for protection from evil eye and drishti, for relief from suspected black magic and abhichara, for freedom from nightmares and psychic disturbance, for the safety of the family and its travellers, and for courage where fear has taken hold. Many devotees search for garuda homam benefits in telugu and other languages — the shastric intent is the same in every tongue: refuge, and the strength to stand. The rite is an offering, not a guarantee.
Anyone who feels the need for protection may sponsor it — there is no restriction of age, gender or region. It is commonly booked by those who suspect drishti or ill-will, families moving into a new home, parents worried for a child, people recovering after a long unsettled period, and those advised by an astrologer following a chart reading. You sponsor the homa; qualified priests perform it on your behalf at our Yagna Ashram.
Garuda Panchami in Shravana is the foremost day. Saturdays, Ekadashi and Vishnu-related nakshatras such as Shravana and Punarvasu are also favoured. When the need is immediate, tradition does not ask you to wait — our panchanga team selects the nearest auspicious muhurat and tells you the date and time before the fire is lit.
The priests begin with achamana, Ganapati puja and punyahavachana, then a sankalpa naming you, your gotra and your nakshatra. Garuda is invoked into the kalasha and honoured with garuda puja — shodashopachara. Agni is kindled in the kunda and the Garuda mantras are offered with ghee, samidha, black sesame, rice, dried herbs and protective dravyas prescribed for this rite. Purnahuti closes the fire, followed by rakshabandhana and mantra pushpam. The energised yantra and prasadam are then packed for you.
Book online from any country on this page. Send your name, gotra and birth star at the time of booking. We confirm the muhurat, then telecast the homa live to you wherever you are — you do not need to travel. Afterwards, the prasadam and the energised yantra are couriered to your address worldwide, free of charge.
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