Kaala Sarpa Dosha is read when all seven grahas fall on one side of the Rahu–Ketu axis, as if held between the serpent's mouth and its tail. Classical texts describe such a chart as tightly coiled — effort that circles back, delays that arrive without warning, a sense of moving through a corridor rather than open ground. The Kaala Sarpa Dosha Shanti Homa is the remedial fire the tradition prescribes for exactly this pattern. It is not a rite against your horoscope. It is a rite of reconciliation with the two shadow grahas that shape it.
In this Maha homa, priests kindle the fire, honour Rahu and Ketu by name, and offer to the Naga devatas who preside over the serpent's coil. Durva grass, black and white sesame, milk, and the prescribed samidha go into the flames with each mantra. Your name, gotra and birth star are spoken into every sankalpa, so the offering carries your chart and no one else's. The Kaala Sarpa Dosha Shanti homam is performed on your behalf at our Yagna Ashram and telecast to you live, wherever you are.
ॐ रां राहवे नमः । ॐ कें केतवे नमः ॥ Salutations to Rahu and salutations to Ketu — may the two shadow grahas turn their gaze upon me with grace.
Why Devotees Book This
Devotees come to this fire when the chart shows the serpent's hold. Here is what the tradition prescribes the rite for.
Pacifying the Rahu–Ketu axis
The homa is offered specifically to the two shadow grahas whose alignment forms the dosha, seeking their goodwill rather than their absence.
Shanti for a coiled chart
Where every graha is hemmed between the nodes, the rite is performed to ease that compression and restore balance across the houses.
Relief sought from repeated delay
Texts associate the dosha with obstruction and effort that returns unfinished. The fire is lit to ask that the path open.
Naga devata propitiation
Offerings are made to the serpent deities of the coil, honoured in the tradition as guardians of hidden karma and ancestral debt.
Steadiness in marriage and progeny matters
Families whose astrologer flags Kaala Sarpa in these houses undertake the homa before major decisions, as shanti and preparation.
An energised yantra to keep
After the fire, a yantra charged in the same homa is couriered to you, along with vibhuti and prasadam from the altar.
Brahmashree ShivaayaGuru, Head of Astrological & Spiritual Solutions
Who performs your homa
Under the guidance of Brahmashree Shivaaya
Every priest who performs your Kaala Sarpa Dosha Shanti 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.
Not every fire ritual is performed at the same scale. A Maha Homa is our largest form — more priests, a longer fire, and the complete chanting sequence the rite prescribes rather than an abridged one. This is what that means in practice.
Priests5 or 10Chanting in unison, never in rotation
The fire burnsApprox. 2 hoursFrom the sankalpa to the final aarti
ChantedIn fullThe complete sequence the rite calls for, not an excerpt
TelecastEvery minuteNothing is performed off camera
A Maha Homa is performed for one devotee and their named family, the same as any homa we conduct. What the scale changes is the weight of the offering — ten trained voices holding one hymn for two hours is a different undertaking from one voice for an hour, and it is reserved for the intentions that warrant it.
Book your Kaala Sarpa Dosha Shanti Homa
Choose how many priests will chant
Both packages are the same rite. The complete Kaala Sarpa Dosha Shantim, all thirty-one verses, over approximately two hours, with the same offerings, the same free energised Surya Yantra sealed in its silver amulet, and the same live telecast. What changes is how many trained voices carry the hymn at once.
Your packageKaala Sarpa Dosha Shanti Maha Homa5 Priests · approx. 2 hours · Free Surya Yantra
₹36,850
All prices are all-inclusive — no shipping charges, no additions at checkout. See everything included →
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You book — and send birth details at checkout.
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Within 24–48 working hours — your muhurta is confirmed by email.
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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
Kaala Sarpa shanti follows the rhythm of the nodes. These are the windows the tradition favours.
Naga Panchami
The day of the serpent deities, held across the tradition as the most fitting occasion for any Kaala Sarpa Dosha Shanti Homa.
Amavasya and Sarpa Shanti days
The new moon, particularly when it falls on a Sunday or Tuesday, is long used for propitiating Rahu, Ketu and the Nagas.
Ashlesha nakshatra
The star ruled by the Nagas. When the moon transits Ashlesha, priests consider it a strong window for this offering.
Rahu Kaalam windows and eclipse periods
Nodal hours and the days around an eclipse are traditionally chosen for shadow-graha shanti, fixed by panchanga for your birth details.
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 Rahu and Ketu 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 Rahu and Ketu 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.
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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.
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Purify the amulet
Dip the silver amulet in raw milk or Ganga jal for an hour before wearing, then clean with normal water.
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Face East or North
Perform the wearing process facing east or north for maximum benefit.
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Offer dheep & dhoop
Show lamp and incense to the amulet before wearing it.
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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 Kaala Sarpa Dosha Shanti Homa is performed
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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.
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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.
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Rahu and Ketu Avahana
The Rahu and Ketu Sukta and Rahu and Ketu Gayatri are chanted, inviting the goddess's presence into the fire — by one, three or five priests as your package sets.
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Ahuti
Ghee, white flowers, akshata and honey are offered in sequence with mantra — the offerings traditional to her worship.
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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
Rahu and Ketu — the goddess of knowledge itself
Rahu and Ketu 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 — Rahu and Ketu Kataksham — is invoked through fire with your own name and birth details spoken in the sankalpa.
Sarathi, our free AI ritual guide, recommends the traditional ritual for your situation instantly. For a full reading of your chart, book a live session with our astrologers — the fee is fully credited when you book any ritual.
It is a Maha homa of the Dosha Nivarana tradition, performed when all seven grahas in a horoscope fall between Rahu and Ketu — the pattern astrologers call Kaala Sarpa Dosha. The fire is offered to Rahu, Ketu and the Naga devatas, with Vedic mantras and prescribed samidha, to seek shanti along that axis. Its significance lies in reconciliation: rather than treating the nodes as adversaries, the rite honours them by name and asks that their influence turn gentle.
The tradition prescribes this homa to pacify the Rahu–Ketu axis, to seek relief from the obstruction and repeated delay associated with a coiled chart, and to propitiate the serpent deities who preside over hidden and ancestral karma. Devotees also undertake it as shanti before marriage, before beginning a venture, or when an astrologer flags the dosha in a significant house. Outcomes rest with the grahas; what the rite offers is a complete, correctly performed observance made in your name.
Anyone whose horoscope shows the grahas confined between Rahu and Ketu, whether partial or complete, and anyone advised by an astrologer to undertake Kaala Sarpa shanti. Families often book it for a son or daughter before marriage negotiations, or for a household member facing a long stretch of stalled effort. You may also sponsor it for a parent, child or spouse — their name, gotra and nakshatra are used in the sankalpa. Qualified priests at our Yagna Ashram perform the fire on your behalf; you are not required to attend or to fast.
Naga Panchami is the most favoured day. Amavasya — especially falling on a Sunday or Tuesday — Ashlesha nakshatra, and the days surrounding an eclipse are also traditionally chosen, as are Rahu Kaalam windows on the selected day. Our priests fix the exact muhurat by panchanga against your birth details and confirm the date and time with you before the homa is performed.
The priests begin with achamana, Ganapati puja and punyahavachana, then take the sankalpa in your name, gotra and nakshatra. A kalasha is established and Rahu, Ketu and the Naga devatas are invoked. Agni is kindled in the homa kunda, and the Rahu and Ketu mantras are offered the prescribed number of times with durva grass, black and white sesame, mustard, ghee, milk, honey and the appointed samidha. A silver or panchaloha naga pratima is honoured. The rite closes with purnahuti, aarti and ashirvada. You watch the whole sequence live; vibhuti, prasadam and an energised yantra are couriered to you afterwards, anywhere in the world, at no cost.
Book online from any country. Choose the Kaala Sarpa Dosha Shanti Homa on this page, enter the name, gotra, birth star and birth details of the person the homa is for, and complete the booking. Our team confirms the muhurat and sends you the live telecast link. On the day, watch the fire from wherever you are. Prasadam and the energised yantra are then couriered to your address worldwide, free of shipping cost.
