Durga Homa
Also spelled Durga Homam
दुर्गा होमThe fire is lit, the Devi is called by name, and a wall of light is drawn around you — watched live, wherever you are.
- Never a group ceremony — only the names you give are spoken
- Muhurta fixed from your own birth chart, confirmed within 24–48 working hours
- Free energised Durga Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet, shipped worldwide at no charge
The Ritual and Its Weight
The Durga Homa is a fire offering to the Goddess who rides the lion and carries every weapon the devas could give her. In the Vedic household tradition, she is called upon when the trouble is not ordinary — when a home feels heavy, when misfortune arrives in clusters, when the tradition names the cause as drishti, abhichara or the ill-will of others. Ghee, herbs and grains are fed into the consecrated fire while her names are chanted, each offering sealed with svaha. The fire is the mouth that carries your petition; the Devi is the one who answers.
Our texts place Durga at the boundary. She is durgati-nashini, the one who dissolves what is hard to pass through — and the word durga itself means a fortress. That is the shape of this rite. It is not asked for gain. It is asked for a perimeter. Devotees who read about durga homa benefits usually come to it in a season of unease, and the tradition prescribes it exactly there: to cleanse the atmosphere of a life, restore steadiness, and place the household under the Mother's watch.
सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्ये शिवे सर्वार्थसाधिके । शरण्ये त्र्यम्बके गौरि नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ Auspiciousness of all that is auspicious, gracious one who fulfils every purpose, refuge of those who seek shelter, three-eyed Gauri — Narayani, salutations to you.Why Devotees Book This
The tradition prescribes the Durga Homa for these purposes. What follows is what the rite is offered for, in the words of the śāstra and of the devotees who come to it.
A shield against negative energy
Durga is invoked as the armoured Mother. The homa is performed to draw a protective boundary around you, your home and the people under your roof.
Relief from drishti and evil eye
Where the tradition suspects the ill-gaze of others, this rite is offered to cleanse its residue and to settle a household that has felt watched or drained.
Counter to abhichara and black magic
Classical practice names Durga as the deity turned to when harmful ritual work is suspected. The fire offerings are made to dissolve such influence and return it to peace.
Steadiness of mind against psychic harm
Disturbed sleep, fear without cause, a mind that will not rest — devotees seek this homa for inner fortitude and clarity while the difficulty passes.
Obstacles that keep returning
As durgati-nashini, the Devi is called to clear paths that close again and again, in work, in study, in family matters.
Protection for the whole family
Sankalpa is taken in the names and birth stars of everyone you list, so the benefits of Durga Homa are sought for the household together, not one person alone.
Under the guidance of Brahmashree Shivaaya
Every priest who performs your Durga Homa is trained in a traditional Padashala and personally recruited by Brahmashree Shivaaya — Chief Operating Officer & Head of Astrological & Spiritual Solutions at AstroBhava. Your ritual is conducted at our own Yagna Ashram — never a rented venue — with Yantra Pujas inside our consecrated sanctum.
Meet our priests →- Certified Vedic priests — trained in traditional Padashalas
- 100% Agama Vidhi — as prescribed in the scriptures
- One chart, one sankalpa, one fire — never a group ceremony
- Muhurta from your chart — date fixed to your birth details
- Free worldwide delivery — prasadam & energised Durga Yantra
Choose your homa in two steps
- The complete Durga Homa, with the same ritual stages and the same kinds of offerings
- A private ceremony for you and up to four family members, never combined with anyone else’s booking
- Live telecast from our Yagna Ashram, and prasadam shipped free
- The energised Durga Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet
Only the number of priests: 1, 3 or 5. Every priest makes their own offerings, and all of them perform at the same time, in one ceremony.
108 ahutis by each priest, with the Durga Gayatri — so 108, 324 or 540 in all, by package.
Has your astrologer prescribed a different number of ahutis? Our priests can review it and arrange a customised homa. Call our Devotee Relationship Team on +91 96295 55442 — they confirm the count, the priests, the approximate duration and the total price before you book.
* Your Durga Yantra is a copper 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.
All prices are all-inclusive — no shipping charges, no additions at checkout. See everything included →
You book — and add birth details on the next page, straight after payment.
Within 24–48 working hours — your muhurta is confirmed by email.
The day before — your telecast link arrives by email.
After the homa — tracking email with how and when to wear the Durga Yantra.
The most auspicious days for a Durga Homa
Any day chosen with care will serve. These occasions are held in special regard for the Durga Homa.
The nine nights of Sharada Navaratri, culminating in Durga Puja and Vijayadashami, are the Devi's own season. Bookings around Navaratri and Durga Puja fill early, so choose your date in advance.
The eighth and ninth lunar days of every fortnight belong to the Goddess. Durga Ashtami each month is a classical choice for protective rites.
Both weekdays are traditionally given to the Devi. Fridays are favoured for her gracious form, Tuesdays for her fierce, protective aspect.
Where the concern is drishti or abhichara, priests often place the sankalpa near these windows, or on an Amavasya, as the śāstra advises for cleansing rites.
You do not need to wait for one of these days. Whenever you book, our astrologers calculate the muhurta from your own birth chart — a date chosen for you personally, which tradition regards as more precise than a calendar date chosen for everyone. If you would like the homa on one of the days above, tell us at checkout and we will fix the muhurta within it.
What you receive
The sealing of the Durga Yantra
The Durga Yantra is 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. When your homa concludes, it is rolled and locked inside its silver amulet according to Agama vidhi — the practice by which those energies 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 — and up to four family members if you wish. No one else is named.
Live telecast
Watch your own homa in real time from the ashram. Streamed openly on our YouTube channel by default — or request an unlisted telecast at checkout.
Free energised Durga Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet
Shipped to you with your prasadam.
Prasadam, shipped free
Sacred vibhuti, sandalwood powder & kumkum from your fire — delivered to any country.
Yantra Pujas inside our consecrated sanctum
48-Day Anushthan (optional) — daily pujas for 48 days — the 27 Nakshatras + 12 Rashis + 9 Planets — then sealed in a silver amulet of approximately 2–4 inches. Performed in our consecrated sanctum at the Yagna Ashram.
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.
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 any family members you add, 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, which does not appear on our channel or in search, though anyone who has the link can watch it and share it.
We state this plainly — transparency about what tradition forbids filming, and about what is public, is part of performing these rituals honestly.
How to wear your energised Durga Yantra
Your auspicious time to wear it
Wear it for the first time on the day named in your dispatch email, between 6.30 and 7.30 in the morning. Bathe first, place the yantra on your pooja altar and offer your prayers, then wear it around your neck or your waist, on a red or black thread or a silver chain.
At a funeral
Take the yantra off before you attend a funeral.
Purify the amulet
Whenever the yantra has been taken off, or if it was worn at a funeral, dip it in raw milk or Ganga jal, show it incense, dhoop or attar (perfume), and then wear it again.
Keep the energy intact
You may repeat this energising once a week or once a month.
How your Durga Homa is performed
Sankalpa
The priest states your name, gotra and nakshatra — and those of up to four family members — with the intention this homa is performed for.
Ganapati Puja
The customary invocation to Ganapati, clearing obstacles before the deity is approached.
Agni Pratishtha
The fire is consecrated in the homa kunda and Agni invoked as the carrier of every offering that follows.
Durga Avahana
The Durga Sukta and Durga Gayatri are chanted, inviting the deity's presence into the fire — by one, three or five priests as your package sets.
Ahuti
Ghee and akshata, with the flowers, grains and dravyas proper to this deity, are offered in sequence with mantra. Each priest makes 108 of these offerings with the Durga Gayatri — 108, 324 or 540 in all, by package.
Purnahuti
The final complete offering seals the sankalpa stated at the opening.
Aarti & Dispatch
Aarti is performed live on your telecast. Vibhuti, sandalwood powder, kumkum and your energised Durga Yantra are then packed and shipped free to your door.
Durga
Durga is the sovereign goddess who rises when the combined radiance of the gods is poured into a single form to meet a crisis no male deity can resolve. In the Markandeya Purana she is called the inaccessible one, the fortress that cannot be scaled, whose very name signals the difficulty of approach for any force that opposes dharma. She is not portrayed as a consort waiting upon a husband but as an independent shakti who accepts the weapons of Vishnu, Shiva, and Indra and then acts alone. Her lion is the mount of uncompromising will; her many arms hold the discus, trident, bow, and sword that once belonged to the celestials. Iconography across Bengal, the Vindhyas, and the Tamil country shows her left foot pressed upon the buffalo demon while her face remains composed, neither triumphant nor cruel. She is the mother who both shelters and severs.
In this homa that grace is invoked through fire, with your own name and birth details spoken in the sankalpa.
Durga: meaning, pronunciation & how to chant
The mantra word by word, how it is pronounced, and how devotees chant it at home.
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Frequently asked
Your ritual date is an auspicious muhurta calculated personally for you — not a slot on a rota. Once it is confirmed, rescheduling from the customer's side is not available, and cancellation does not carry a refund. If we ever have to move your ritual for unforeseen reasons at the ashram, we will inform you immediately and provide a fresh auspicious date at no cost — and your telecast, recording, prasadam and yantra remain exactly as promised.
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