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Telecast Live Vintage devotional illustration of Goddess Garbarakshambigai in a green Tamil silk saree above a Homa fire
Progeny · maha Homa · Live from our Yagna Ashram

Garbarakshambigai Homa

Also spelled Garbarakshambigai Homam

गर्भरक्षाम्बिका होम

To the Mother who holds the womb in her hands — a fire offering for conception, for a pregnancy carried safely, for the child yet to come.

  • 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 Garbarakshambigai Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet, shipped worldwide at no charge
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The Ritual and Its Weight

The Garbarakshambigai Homa is a fire rite addressed to the Divine Mother in her form as the guardian of the womb. Her very name says it: garbha, the womb; raksha, protection; ambika, the Mother. For generations, families who longed for a child, and mothers already carrying one, have turned to her with ghee, herbs and mantra offered into a consecrated flame. Nothing about it is casual. It is a Maha homa, performed with a full sankalpa in your name and gotra, and the fire carries your prayer where words alone do not reach.

Progeny, in the Vedic view, is not a transaction but a lineage — the continuity of ancestors through a child yet to arrive. The sri garbarakshambigai homa is prescribed for exactly that intention: for couples seeking conception, for expectant mothers asking that the months ahead be steady and protected, and for families praying for the wellbeing of the little one. You do not travel to attend. Our priests perform the garbarakshambigai homa at AstroBhava's Yagna Ashram on your behalf, and you watch the flame rise, live, from wherever you are.

ॐ गर्भरक्षाम्बिकायै नमः Salutations to the Divine Mother who protects the womb and the life growing within it.
Before you choose

What a Maha Homa is

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 never a group ceremony, 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.

Why Devotees Book This

Devotees come to this fire with one of the oldest prayers there is. Here is what the tradition prescribes the Garbarakshambigai Homa for.

For conception

Couples awaiting a child offer this homa as a formal prayer to the Mother for the blessing of progeny.

For a protected pregnancy

Expectant mothers seek her raksha — the Mother's shelter over the womb through each trimester.

For the wellbeing of the child

The sankalpa includes the little one yet to be born, asking for strength, health and long life.

For peace of mind in the waiting

Anxiety sits heavy in these months. The rite gives your prayer a form, a flame and a fixed hour.

For continuity of the lineage

Traditionally offered by families praying that the vamsha continue, with the blessings of the ancestors invoked.

For dosha-related concerns in the chart

Where astrologers have indicated putra-dosha or afflictions to the fifth house, this homa is among the remedies prescribed.

Brahmashree Shivaaya, Chief Operating Officer & Head of Astrological & Spiritual Solutions at AstroBhava
Brahmashree ShivaayaChief Operating Officer & Head of Astrological & Spiritual Solutions
Who performs your homa

Under the guidance of Brahmashree Shivaaya

Every priest who performs your Garbarakshambigai 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.

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 Garbarakshambigai Yantra
Book your Garbarakshambigai Homa

Choose how many priests will chant

In every package
  • The complete Garbarakshambigai 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 Garbarakshambigai Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet
What changes

Only the number of priests: 5 or 10. Every priest makes their own offerings, and all of them perform at the same time, in one ceremony.

216 ahutis by each priest, with the mula mantra of Garbarakshambigai — so 1,080 or 2,160 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 packageGarbarakshambigai Maha Homa5 Priests · approx. 2 hours · Free yantra
$737

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

1

You book — and add birth details on the next page, straight after payment.

2

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

3

The day before — your telecast link arrives by email.

4

After the homa — tracking email with how and when to wear the Garbarakshambigai Yantra.

Sacred timing

The most auspicious days for a Garbarakshambigai Homa

The Mother is invoked on days sacred to Shakti.

Fridays

The day of the Devi. Traditionally the most sought-after day for the garbarakshambigai homa, especially in the Sukla Paksha.

Pooram and Rohini nakshatras

Stars long associated with fertility, nourishment and the flourishing of offspring, favoured for progeny rites.

Navaratri and Pournami

The nine nights of the Mother, and full-moon days, when Shakti worship is held to be at its fullest.

Early pregnancy months

Many families book the homa on confirmation of pregnancy, and again in the seventh or eighth month, as a prayer for safe delivery.

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.

Every package

What you receive

The Garbarakshambigai Yantra sealed inside the sacred silver amulet
An actual amulet received by a devotee. Your Garbarakshambigai 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.

The sealing of the Garbarakshambigai Yantra

The Garbarakshambigai 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.

This is what arrives at your door, at no extra cost, with your prasadam.

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 Garbarakshambigai 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.

After it arrives

How to wear your energised Garbarakshambigai Yantra

01

Your auspicious time to wear it

Wear it for the first time on a Friday, 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.

02

At a funeral

Take the yantra off before you attend a funeral.

03

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.

04

Keep the energy intact

You may repeat this energising once a week or once a month.

Inside the fire ritual

How your Garbarakshambigai Homa is performed

Priests performing the Garbarakshambigai Homa at AstroBhava's Yagna AshramThese seven steps, as they happenFrom a live telecast at our Yagna Ashram
01

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.

02

Ganapati Puja

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

03

Agni Pratishtha

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

04

Garbarakshambigai Avahana

The mula mantra of Garbarakshambigai is chanted, inviting the deity's presence into the fire — by five or ten priests as your scale sets.

05

Ahuti

Ghee and akshata, with the flowers, grains and dravyas proper to this deity, are offered in sequence with mantra. Each priest makes 216 of these offerings with the mula mantra of Garbarakshambigai — 1,080 or 2,160 in all, by package.

06

Purnahuti

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

07

Aarti & Dispatch

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

Who is invoked

Garbarakshambigai

She is the Divine Mother in her aspect as guardian of the womb — Parvati, consort of Shiva, standing with the unborn child under her protection. Her name carries her work: garbha, the womb; raksha, protection; ambika, the Mother. Tamil tradition remembers her as the goddess who received the prayer of a woman whose pregnancy was in danger, and who has been approached ever since by those who long for a child and by mothers already carrying one. Iconography shows her gracious and standing, one hand in abhaya, the gesture that says do not fear, often with a vessel of ghee or sacred oil associated with her worship. Devotees turn to this form because she attends to a prayer that is intimate, unhurried, and bound up with the continuity of a family line.

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

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Questions

Frequently asked

The Garbarakshambigai Homa, also known as the Sri Garbarakshambigai Homam, is a fire ritual to the Divine Mother in her form as Garbarakshambigai, the protector of the womb. Her name says it: garbha, the womb; raksha, protection; ambika, the Mother. Ghee, herbs and traditional offerings are given into a consecrated fire, with a sankalpa in your name and gotra. Its significance lies in its intention: it is the rite the tradition prescribes for progeny — for conception, for a pregnancy carried safely, and for the wellbeing of the child.
The tradition prescribes the Garbarakshambigai Homa for couples seeking the blessing of a child, for expectant mothers praying for the Mother's shelter over the womb through each trimester, for the health and long life of the child, for peace of mind in the months of waiting, and for the continuity of the family lineage. Astrologers also recommend it where putra-dosha or an affliction to the fifth house appears in the chart. It is offered as prayer, and alongside medical care, never in place of it.
The Garbarakshambigai Homa is for couples awaiting a child, for expectant mothers and their families, and for those advised by an astrologer to address putra-dosha or strengthen the fifth house. Grandparents often book it on behalf of a couple, and many families book it on confirmation of a pregnancy. You do not perform it yourself: our qualified priests perform it at our Yagna Ashram in your name and gotra, and you watch the live telecast, with no travel needed. It is a private ceremony for you and up to four family members, never a group rite.
Our priests perform the Garbarakshambigai Homa around a consecrated fire at our Yagna Ashram, beginning with achamana, Ganapati puja and punyahavachanam, then declaring the sankalpa in your name, gotra and nakshatra. Kalasha sthapana and the invocation of Garbarakshambigai follow. Agni is kindled in the kunda, and the ahutis are made: ghee, samidha, navadhanya, herbs, flowers and traditional dravyas, every priest making their own offerings. The rite closes with purnahuti, deeparadhana, mantra pushpam and prayers for you and the child, and you watch it all on live telecast.
You can book the Garbarakshambigai Homa with five or ten priests. Each package is the complete homa, with the same ritual stages and the same kinds of offerings, performed privately for you and up to four family members and never combined with another booking. What changes is the number of priests: every priest makes their own ahutis, the offerings into the fire, and all of them perform at the same time, in one ceremony. An ahuti count is a count of these offerings, not a japa count, which measures repetitions of a mantra. Each priest makes 216 ahutis: 1,080 in all with five priests and 2,160 with ten, in approximately 2 hours. A larger package adds priests and offerings, not a second ceremony. Choose the scale that fits your intention, preference and budget; the five-priest homa is complete in itself, and no package guarantees a particular result.
Yes. Our listed Garbarakshambigai Homa packages specify standard ahuti counts and priest numbers. If your astrologer has prescribed a different count, we can arrange a customised homa following review by our priests. Please share your requirements with our Devotee Relationship Team on +91 96295 55442. The team will confirm the ahuti count, number of priests, approximate duration and total price before you book. Your customised homa remains a private ceremony dedicated to your sankalpa, never combined with other customers' bookings.
Approximately two hours, whichever package you choose: the priests perform together and make their offerings at the same time, so ten priests do not lengthen the ceremony. Your muhurta, the date and time, is confirmed by email within 24–48 working hours of booking, and the live telecast link arrives the day before, so you can follow every stage wherever you are.
You do not need to wait for an auspicious day. 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 prefer one of the days traditionally sacred to Garbarakshambigai — a Friday, especially in the bright fortnight, Pooram or Rohini nakshatra, Navaratri or a Pournami, or, for an expectant mother, soon after the pregnancy is confirmed or in the later months as a prayer for a safe delivery — tell us in the notes at checkout and we will fix the muhurta within it. Our Panchang shows the tithi and nakshatra for any date.
Yes. What directs a homa is its sankalpa: the solemn resolve the priest makes before the fire is kindled, stating who the homa is for and what it is offered for. The deity invoked and the ritual remain the same; the purpose is yours, as your astrologer has advised it. So if you have been advised the Garbarakshambigai Homa for a reason other than those on this page, write that purpose in your own words in the “Your sankalpa” box on the birth-details page, straight after payment, and the priest will state it in the sankalpa with your name, gotra and nakshatra. If the advice also names a date, a number of ahutis or a number of priests, mention it in the notes at checkout, or call our Devotee Relationship Team on +91 96295 55442 before you book.
Book the Garbarakshambigai Homa online on this page, from India or from any other country; devotees living abroad book it the same way, and prices are shown in your currency. Choose five or ten priests, and straight after payment add your name, gotra if you know it and your birth star, with your prayer for the homa in the “Your sankalpa” box. Your muhurta is confirmed by email within 24–48 working hours and the live telecast link arrives the day before, so you can watch the entire homa live, wherever you are. Afterwards, prasadam and your energised Garbarakshambigai Yantra are couriered to you anywhere in the world, free of shipping cost.
Every Garbarakshambigai Homa package includes the energised Garbarakshambigai Yantra: a copper plate of about 1–2 inches, consecrated over three days and present in the fire through your homa. It is then rolled and sealed inside a silver amulet of about 2–4 inches, made to be worn, and couriered to you with your prasadam, free of shipping cost; the tracking email gives your personal time to wear it.
Our silver amulets are specially made for everyday wear: copper is added to the silver to make them more durable. With regular use, the amulet may turn black, reddish or brown as it is exposed to heat and reacts with the chemicals in cosmetics. Wipe it regularly with a soft, dry cotton cloth, keep perfume and cosmetics away from it, and clean it by rubbing it gently with a pinch of vibhuti (sacred ash). Every six months, polish it with cotton dipped in a silver cleaner, but never soak or dip the amulet itself. Never open it, as the energies of the yantra are sealed inside. If it is ever damaged, send it back to us, not to a jeweller.

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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Garbarakshambigai Maha Homa5 Priests · approx. 2 hours · Free Yantra · live telecast · personal sankalpa
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