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Dosha Nivarana · maha Homa · Live from our Yagna Ashram

Mangal Dosha Nivaran Homa

Also spelled Mangal Dosh Nivaran Homam

मंगल दोष निवारण होम

Red fire, red flowers, red cloth. A Maha homa that asks the warrior planet Mangala to turn his heat into courage instead of conflict.

  • 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 Mangala Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet, shipped worldwide at no charge
From$737 2 packages · free energised Mangala Yantra · free worldwide delivery · all-inclusive
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The Ritual and Its Weight

Mangal dosha is one of the most talked-about placements in a Vedic chart. When Mars sits in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th or 12th house from the ascendant — or in some traditions from the Moon or Venus — classical texts read it as an excess of Mars energy in matters of marriage, temperament and partnership. Mars is not a malefic to be feared. He is heat, courage and momentum, and this homa is the tradition's way of asking him to place that heat where it builds rather than where it burns.

The Mangal Dosha Nivaran Homa is a Maha-tier rite. Priests at our Yagna Ashram kindle the fire, invoke Mangala through his Vedic mantra and Navagraha prayers, and offer the substances the shastras assign to Mars — red flowers, khadira wood, red lentils, ghee. You do not need to travel. The homa is performed in your name and gotra, telecast live to you wherever you are, and the prasadam and energised Mangala Yantra reach your door. For families weighing a marriage horoscope, or anyone feeling the friction Mars is said to bring, this is the prescribed observance.

ॐ अग्निर्मूर्धा दिवः ककुत्पतिः पृथिव्या अयम् । अपां रेतांसि जिन्वति ॥ ॐ अंगारकाय नमः ॥ Agni is the crown of heaven, the lord of the earth, the one who quickens the waters of life — salutations to Angaraka, the fiery planet Mars.
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

In the Dosha Nivarana tradition, this homa is offered for these purposes. What the rite is prescribed for.

Pacifying Mangal dosha

The core intent. Mars is invoked, honoured and asked to soften his affliction on the houses of self, home and partnership.

Marriage matters

Families with a Manglik entry in the horoscope offer this homa before alliance talks, engagement or the wedding muhurat.

Cooling anger and haste

Mars governs temper and impulse. The rite is traditionally offered to redirect that force towards patience and steady action.

Restoring planetary balance

Navagraha offerings accompany the Mangala invocation, so the whole graha assembly is honoured, not Mars alone.

Relief from accidents and disputes

Texts associate an unpacified Mars with quarrels, litigation and injury. The homa is offered as protective prayer in these areas.

Courage for hard undertakings

Mangala is the warrior. Devotees facing property disputes, competition or a difficult decision seek his strength through the fire.

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 Mangal Dosha Nivaran 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 Mangala Yantra
Book your Mangal Dosha Nivaran Homa

Choose how many priests will chant

In every package
  • The complete Mangal Dosh Nivaran 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 Mangala 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 Mangala (Angaraka) — 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 packageMangal Dosha Nivaran 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 Mangala Yantra.

Sacred timing

The most auspicious days for a Mangal Dosha Nivaran Homa

Mangala's own day and star carry the rite best.

Mangalavara (Tuesday)

Mars rules Tuesday. Any Tuesday, especially in the morning hours, is the natural day for this homa.

Mrigashira, Chitra and Dhanishta

The three nakshatras ruled by Mangala. When they fall on a Tuesday, the day is considered especially strong for this rite.

Angaraka Chaturthi

When Chaturthi coincides with Tuesday, this is regarded as a powerful occasion for Mars-related worship.

Before a marriage or major move

Many families schedule the homa ahead of an engagement, a wedding date or a property transaction.

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

The Mangala 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 Mangala 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 Mangala Yantra

01

Your auspicious time to wear it

Wear it for the first time on a Tuesday, 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 Mangal Dosha Nivaran 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

Mangala Avahana

The mula mantra of Mangala (Angaraka) 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 Mangala (Angaraka) — 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 Mangala Yantra are then packed and shipped free to your door.

Who is invoked

Mangala (Angaraka)

Born of the earth, red as glowing ember, the warrior among the nine planets rides a ram and carries spear, mace and trident, one hand raised in blessing. Tradition calls him Angaraka, the burning coal, and Bhauma, son of Bhumi Devi. He governs blood and marrow, courage, land and property, brothers, discipline and the will to act. Sanskrit texts place him as commander among the Navagrahas, hot in nature, ruling Aries and Scorpio and exalted in Capricorn. Tuesday is his day, red his colour, coral his stone, khadira his wood. Devotees turn to him when heat runs high in temperament or in matters of marriage and partnership, asking that his force move into steadiness, protection and honest effort rather than friction.

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 Mangal Dosh Nivaran Homa, or Mangal Dosh Nivaran Homam, is a fire ritual in which our priests invoke Mangala, the planet Mars, also called Angaraka, and offer him ghee, red flowers, khadira samit and other Mars-related substances in a consecrated fire. Its significance lies in the sankalpa: the affliction of Mars on your chart is named, and the graha is petitioned directly through Agni, who carries every offering to the devatas. Mars is not a malefic to be feared; the rite asks him to place his heat where it builds rather than where it burns.
Mangal dosha, also called Manglik dosha or Kuja dosha, is the astrological condition where Mars occupies certain houses in a birth chart and is read as bringing excess heat to marriage, temperament and partnership. It is not a curse or a flaw in the person. It is a planetary placement the tradition treats with worship, restraint and remedial rites like the Mangal Dosh Nivaran Homa.
The tradition offers this homa to pacify Mangal dosha, to ease delays and friction in marriage and partnership, to cool anger and impulsiveness, to seek protection from disputes and accidents, and to restore balance among all nine grahas. It is prayer and observance, undertaken with faith.
Anyone whose horoscope shows Mars in the houses associated with Mangal dosha, those in a Mars mahadasha or antardasha, families preparing a marriage alliance where a Manglik entry appears, and anyone advised by an astrologer to strengthen or pacify Mars. Our priests perform it on your behalf — you do not need to be present or to fast.
Mangal dosha is formed by the position of Mars at birth. Most schools reckon it from Mars in the first, second, fourth, seventh, eighth or twelfth house from the ascendant; southern traditions also reckon from the Moon and from Venus. The strength of Mars, aspects from Jupiter, and cancellation rules such as Mars in his own or exalted sign all change how strongly it applies. Only a full chart reading can say.
The Mangal Dosh Nivaran Homa is performed by our priests at the Yagna Ashram, beginning with achamana, Ganapati puja and the sankalpa in your name, gotra and nakshatra. Punyahavachanam and kalasha sthapana follow. Agni is invoked in the kunda, Mangala is installed, and the ahutis are offered with mantra, every priest making their own offerings: ghee, khadira wood, red flowers, red lentils, jaggery, sesame, navadhanya and havan dravya. Navagraha prayers accompany the invocation, so that all the grahas are honoured, not Mars alone. The rite closes with purnahuti, arati and blessings. You watch it all on live telecast.
You can book the Mangal Dosh Nivaran 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 Mangal Dosh Nivaran 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 Mangala (Angaraka) — a Tuesday, Mrigashira or Chitra nakshatra, or Angaraka Chaturthi, when Chaturthi falls on a Tuesday — 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 Mangal Dosh Nivaran 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 Mangal Dosh Nivaran 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 Mangala Yantra are couriered to you anywhere in the world, free of shipping cost.
Every Mangal Dosh Nivaran Homa package includes the energised Mangala 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.
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