The Tara homa is a fire rite offered to Tara, the second of the ten Mahavidyas, whose name means both 'star' and 'she who ferries across'. In the śāstra she is the goddess of the spoken word and of the mind that stays awake — the light a traveller fixes on when the road is dark. Students, scholars and candidates facing examinations have turned to her for centuries, because her worship is prescribed for vāk (speech), medhā (retentive intellect) and dhāraṇā (the power to hold attention on one point).
In the tara homam, the priest builds the fire, seats Tara in it through her bīja mantra, and feeds each āhuti with ghee, samidha and the substances her vidhi calls for. Every offering is made in the devotee's name, gotra and nakshatra. Where study feels scattered, where a subject refuses to stay in the mind, where an examination has been attempted more than once, tradition places this homa as the remedy — an act of surrender before the goddess who carries the seeker across difficult water.
ॐ ह्रीं स्त्रीं हुं फट् I call upon Tara, the saviouress — awaken speech and intellect within me, and cut away the confusion that clouds my mind.
Why Devotees Book This
Parents book the Tara homa for children in board and entrance years; adults book it for themselves before licensing and competitive papers. These are the intentions the tradition assigns to the rite.
Steadier Concentration
Offered so the mind settles on the page and stays there, instead of drifting between a dozen open thoughts.
Retentive Memory
Tara is invoked as the giver of medhā — the intellect that takes in what is studied and returns it when called for.
Clarity in Examinations
Traditionally performed before board exams, entrance tests, interviews and professional papers, when everything must come together on one morning.
Confident Speech
As the goddess of vāk, Tara is worshipped by those who must speak — vivas, presentations, oral rounds and defences.
Obstacles in the Path of Study
For repeated attempts, stalled research, interrupted courses and applications that keep slipping — the rite is offered to clear the way forward.
Calm Before the Paper
Devotees seek her steadiness for the nervous stretch before results and the night before an examination.
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Who performs your homa
Under the guidance of Brahmashree Shivaaya
Every priest who performs your Tara 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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* 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 Tara homa3 Priests + Free Yantra
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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
Tara's worship follows her own calendar. Our priests fix the muhurat against your nakshatra and the date of the examination you are preparing for.
Tara Jayanti
Her appearance day, observed in the bright fortnight of Chaitra, is the most charged day of her year. If you are looking up the tara maa puja date 2026, ask our team and we will confirm the tithi for your region.
Ashtami and Navami Tithi
The eighth and ninth lunar days of either fortnight are classical Mahavidya days, favoured for a full Tara homa.
Tuesdays and Amavasya Night
Mangalavara and the new-moon night are traditionally kept for the fierce, protective forms of the Devi, including Tara.
Before the Examination Season
Many families schedule the homa at the start of a study year, or in the weeks before board and entrance papers, so the sankalpa carries through the season.
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 Tara 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 Tara 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 Tara 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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Tara Avahana
The Tara Sukta and Tara 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
Tara — the goddess of knowledge itself
Tara 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 — Tara Kataksham — is invoked through fire with your own name and birth details spoken in the sankalpa.
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The Tara homa, also written tara homam, is a Vedic fire ritual offered to Goddess Tara, the second Mahavidya. Her name means 'star' and 'she who ferries across'. She is worshipped as the presiding power of speech, intellect and steady attention, which is why the rite is placed under Education. Offerings of ghee, samidha and prescribed dravya are made into the fire with her bīja mantra, in the devotee's name and nakshatra, as a prayer for a clear and unwavering mind.
Tradition prescribes this homa for concentration, retentive memory, clarity of expression and success in examinations and interviews. It is also offered when study is repeatedly interrupted — stalled courses, repeated attempts, blocked applications. The rite is an act of devotion and sankalpa; the fruit rests with the goddess and with your own continued effort at the desk.
Students preparing for board, entrance, competitive or professional examinations; research scholars and those defending a thesis; anyone whose work depends on speech and recall — teachers, advocates, presenters. Parents commonly book it on a child's behalf. You do not perform it yourself: qualified priests at our Yagna Ashram perform it for you, using your name, gotra and birth star.
Tara Jayanti in the bright fortnight of Chaitra is the foremost day. Ashtami and Navami tithis, Tuesdays and Amavasya nights are also traditionally kept for her. Beyond these, many devotees choose a date shortly before an examination or at the beginning of a study year. Share your birth details and exam dates and our priests will fix a suitable muhurat.
The priests begin with achamana, Ganapati puja and punyahavachanam, then the sankalpa in your name, gotra and nakshatra. Kalasha sthapana and the avahana of Tara follow. Agni is kindled in the kunda and consecrated, after which the Tara bīja mantra is chanted with āhuti of cow ghee, samidha, havan samagri, sesame, rice, honey and prescribed flowers and herbs. Purnahuti, arati, and the offering of the yantra at the flame close the rite. Prayers for the student's vidya and vak-siddhi are made throughout.
Book online from any country on this page — some devotees search for it as tara homan or tara homad, and all spellings land here. Send your name, gotra if known, birth star and the reason for the sankalpa. We confirm the muhurat, telecast the homa live to you wherever you are, and courier the prasadam and the energised yantra to your address, free of shipping cost.
