Vaidyanatha Homa
Also spelled Vaidyanatha Homam
वैद्यनाथ होमShiva as the divine physician, invoked in fire — for the body that is tired, the illness that lingers, and the years still 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 Vaidyanatha Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet, shipped worldwide at no charge
The Ritual and Its Weight
The Vaidyanatha Homa is a healing fire ritual addressed to Shiva in his form as Vaidyanatha, the lord of physicians. Where other rites ask for wealth or learning, this one is offered for the body itself — for the strength that has ebbed away during a long illness, for the ailment that returns every season, for the elder in the house whose years you want steady beneath them. Tradition places Vaidyanatha at the source of all remedy: medicine works, the shastras say, because he permits it to work.
In the Vaidyanatha homa the priests kindle the fire, invoke Vaidyanatha into it with his name and with the healing hymns of the Shiva tradition, and feed the flame with ghee, bilva leaves, medicinal herbs and cooling offerings while the sankalpa carries your name, star and gotra into every ahuti. It closes with purnahuti and arati. This is a rite of surrender rather than bargaining — you place the burden of the body before the physician of all beings and let the smoke carry it up.
ॐ श्री वैद्यनाथाय नमः Salutations to Vaidyanatha, the divine physician who is the source of all healing.Why Devotees Book This
Devotees turn to the Vaidyanatha Homa when the body needs support and the tradition offers a way to ask for it. These are the intentions the rite is prescribed for.
Recovery from illness
Offered during convalescence, after surgery or through a long treatment, as a prayer for strength to return to the body.
Relief from chronic ailments
For complaints that keep coming back season after season, the homa is performed as a plea to Vaidyanatha for lasting ease.
Vitality and stamina
Sought when energy is low and the days feel heavy, to invoke the vigour the tradition calls ojas.
Longevity for elders
Families book the Vaidyanatha homa in the name of parents and grandparents, praying for steady, dignified years.
Support through medical care
Performed alongside a doctor's treatment, never in place of it, as a spiritual accompaniment to the healing you are already receiving.
Peace of mind for the household
When one member is unwell, the whole house is unwell. The fire, the mantras and the shared prayer settle the family's anxiety.
Under the guidance of Brahmashree Shivaaya
Every priest who performs your Vaidyanatha 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 Vaidyanatha Yantra
Choose your homa in two steps
- The complete Vaidyanatha 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 Vaidyanatha 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 mula mantra of Vaidyanatha — 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 Vaidyanatha 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 Vaidyanatha Yantra.
The most auspicious days for a Vaidyanatha Homa
Shiva's days carry this rite best.
Somavara and the twilight hour of Pradosha are Shiva's own times, long held to be the most receptive for healing prayers.
The nakshatra sacred to Shiva, chosen when the sankalpa is specifically for the body and its long-standing troubles.
The great night of Shiva, and the monthly Shivaratri, when devotees offer the homa for the recovery of a loved one.
Performed on the janma nakshatra of the person the homa is offered for, so the prayer is tied directly to them.
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 Vaidyanatha Yantra
The Vaidyanatha 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.
Hear yours read back, as the priest will say it →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 Vaidyanatha 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 Vaidyanatha Yantra
Your auspicious time to wear it
Wear it for the first time on a Monday, 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 Vaidyanatha 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.
Vaidyanatha Avahana
The mula mantra of Vaidyanatha is 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 mula mantra of Vaidyanatha — 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 Vaidyanatha Yantra are then packed and shipped free to your door.
Vaidyanatha
Shiva takes this form as the physician of the worlds, the one to whom medicine itself owes its power. He is shown seated in calm, ash-smeared, matted hair bound above, the crescent at his brow, one hand raised in the gesture that removes fear; the linga is his usual seat of worship, and one of the twelve jyotirlingas is honoured under this name. The Sri Rudram of the Yajurveda addresses Rudra as the bearer of healing remedies, cooling and auspicious, and asks him for medicine for man and beast alike. From that verse the tradition draws his role as lord of physicians. Devotees turn to him when the body is weak, when an ailment returns, and when they wish to place a life in older, steadier hands.
In this homa that grace is invoked through fire, with your own name and birth details spoken in the sankalpa.
Ask before you book
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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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Maha HomaLet Vaidyanatha's name be spoken with yours
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