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Krotha Bhairava Homa

Also spelled Krotha Bhairava Homam

क्रोध भैरव होम

The fierce guardian answers in fire. Invoke Krotha Bhairava when rivals close in, when ill-will follows you, and ask for the strength to stand unshaken.

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

The Krotha Bhairava Homa is a fire rite addressed to the wrathful form of Bhairava — the guardian whose anger is not cruelty but protection. Tradition places this homa among the rites for Success Over Enemies: it is undertaken when opposition has hardened into something personal, when a rival's move is felt before it is seen, when the air around your work or your household has turned heavy with resentment. The fire is kindled, the fierce name is called, and the offerings go in with the intention of cutting what binds you.

Why it carries weight is simple. Bhairava is the one Shiva set to guard the threshold — the doorkeeper who lets nothing hostile pass. The krotha bhairava homam does not ask you to answer hostility with hostility. It asks the guardian to stand where you cannot stand, so that your own mind may stay clear. Devotees turn to it before a court date, before a difficult negotiation, during a family dispute, or when years of quiet obstruction have worn them down. What the tradition prescribes it for is shelter and steadiness, not revenge.

ॐ ह्रीं बटुकाय आपदुद्धारणाय कुरु कुरु बटुकाय ह्रीं ॐ Om, to Bhairava the swift protector who lifts devotees out of danger — act now, act now, and shield me.

Why Devotees Book This

What the tradition prescribes the krotha bhairava homa for, in plain terms.

A guardian at the threshold

Bhairava is invoked as the doorkeeper — the rite asks for protection around your home, your work and your travels.

Steadiness against rivals

Offered when competition has turned adversarial, so you may meet opposition with a clear head rather than fear.

Neutralising ill-will

Traditionally undertaken to dissolve the weight of envy, curses spoken in anger, and hostility directed at you.

Courage in confrontation

The fierce form is called upon for the nerve to speak, to hold a position, and to stop shrinking from conflict.

Relief from obstruction

Sought when progress is blocked by unseen hands — delayed papers, withheld support, doors quietly closed.

Peace of mind afterwards

Devotees describe the rite as a way of setting a burden down, so anger stops occupying the whole day.

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 Krotha Bhairava 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 Krotha Bhairava Yantra
Book your Krotha Bhairava Homa

Choose your homa in two steps

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

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 mula mantra of Krotha Bhairava — so 108, 324 or 540 in all, by package.

Step 1 How many priests will perform your homa?

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.

Step 2 Enhance with the 48-Day Anushthan? (optional)

* Your Krotha Bhairava 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.

Your packageTrayi Krotha Bhairava Homa3 Priests + Free Yantra

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 Krotha Bhairava Yantra.

Sacred timing

The most auspicious days for a Krotha Bhairava Homa

Bhairava rites are held in the darker, quieter hours. These are the occasions the tradition favours for the krotha bhairava homam.

Ashtami tithi

The eighth lunar day, especially Krishna Paksha Ashtami, is Bhairava's own tithi and the classic day for this homa.

Kalashtami

The monthly Ashtami of the waning moon, observed across Bhairava shrines, is considered especially potent for protection rites.

Tuesdays and Sundays

The days of Mangala and Surya suit fierce and martial invocations sought for courage and defence.

Bhairava Ashtami and Rahu Kalam

Kala Bhairava Ashtami in Margashirsha, and the Rahu hour on an Ashtami, are traditionally chosen for urgent protection.

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, and the 48-day option

What you receive

The sealing of the Krotha Bhairava Yantra

The Krotha Bhairava 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 Krotha Bhairava 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.

After it arrives

How to wear your energised Krotha Bhairava Yantra

01

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.

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 Krotha Bhairava Homa is performed

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

Krotha Bhairava Avahana

The mula mantra of Krotha Bhairava is chanted, inviting the deity's presence into the fire — by one, three or five priests as your package 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 108 of these offerings with the mula mantra of Krotha Bhairava — 108, 324 or 540 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 Krotha Bhairava Yantra are then packed and shipped free to your door.

Who is invoked

Krotha Bhairava

Among the eight Bhairavas set by Shiva to guard the directions, this is the one whose name means wrath. Tradition places him toward the south-west, dark of body, three-eyed, with matted hair and a garland of skulls, weapons held in his many arms. His anger is guardianship rather than cruelty; the Shaiva agamas count Bhairava as Shiva's own terrible aspect, the doorkeeper who admits nothing hostile past the threshold and who governs the boundary of a house, a temple, a life. Time itself answers to Bhairava, and so do the forces that gather quietly against a person. Devotees turn to this fierce form when opposition has grown personal, when ill-will surrounds their work, and when they want a protector standing at the door while their own mind stays steady.

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 Krotha Bhairava Homa is a Vedic fire ritual addressed to Krotha Bhairava, the wrathful guardian form of Shiva whose anger is not cruelty but protection. It is performed when a devotee faces rivals, sustained hostility or ill-will, when opposition has hardened into something personal. Bhairava is the doorkeeper Shiva set at the threshold, who lets nothing hostile pass, and the Krotha Bhairava Homam asks him to stand guard so that you can act with a settled mind. It does not answer hostility with hostility; what the tradition prescribes it for is shelter and steadiness, not revenge. Our priests perform it at our Yagna Ashram, and you watch it live.
Tradition prescribes the Krotha Bhairava Homa for protection from rivals, with Bhairava invoked as a guardian at the threshold of your household, your work and your travels. It is offered for steadiness when competition has turned adversarial, for courage to speak and hold a position, for the neutralising of envy and ill-will, for relief from unseen obstruction such as delayed papers and withheld support, and for peace of mind during a prolonged dispute. Where a dispute is legal, it is offered alongside your legal counsel, never in place of it. These are the intentions the rite is offered with, and the fire carries them in your name.
The Krotha Bhairava Homa is for devotees facing adversarial competition at work, litigation, property or family disputes, professional sabotage, or the persistent sense that ill-will is being directed at them. It is also taken up by those in public-facing or high-risk work who seek protection. Our priests perform it on your behalf at our Yagna Ashram while you watch the live telecast: you book the homa and hold your sankalpa. It is one private ceremony for you and up to four members of your family, never a group rite.
The priests begin with achamana, Ganapati puja and punyahavachana to purify the space, then declare your sankalpa with your name, birth star and gotra. The kalasha is established, Agni is kindled in the kunda, and Krotha Bhairava is invoked into it. The ahutis follow: ghee, black sesame, mustard, dry coconut, navadhanya, guggulu and prescribed herbs, every priest making their own offerings in the one ceremony. Rakshoghna and protection mantras follow, and the rite closes with purnahuti, deeparadhana, mangala arati and prasadam. You watch it all on live telecast.
You can book the Krotha Bhairava Homa with one, three or five 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 108 ahutis: 108 in all with one priest, 324 with three and 540 with five, in approximately 1 hour. A larger package adds priests and offerings, not a second ceremony. Choose the scale that fits your intention, preference and budget; the one-priest homa is complete in itself, and no package guarantees a particular result.
Yes. Our listed Krotha Bhairava 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.
About an hour, whichever package you choose: the priests perform together and make their offerings at the same time, so three or five 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 Krotha Bhairava — Ashtami tithi, especially the Ashtami of the waning fortnight, the monthly Kalashtami, a Tuesday or Sunday, Kala Bhairava Ashtami in Margashirsha, or the Rahu Kalam hour on an Ashtami — 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 Krotha Bhairava 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 Krotha Bhairava 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 one, three or five 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 Krotha Bhairava Yantra are couriered to you anywhere in the world, free of shipping cost.
Every Krotha Bhairava Homa package includes the energised Krotha Bhairava 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. If you add the optional 48-Day Anushthan, the yantra is also worshipped daily in our consecrated sanctum for 48 days before it is sealed.
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.
For opposition, for enmity, for those set against

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