Today Sun 20 Sep TithiNavami NakshatraPurva Ashadha PlaceColumbus Full Panchang & horoscope →

Rituals

All HomasAradhanaNadi AstrologyMantra Guides

Astrology

All Free ToolsVedic AstrologyToday's PanchangFree KundliDaily Horoscope

More

BlogAsk NirnayaContact

Your account

Sign inCart
Home › Aradhana › Latcharchana
Latcharchana — kumkum archana to the Devi at the AstroBhava Yagna Ashramॐ

The Latcharchana at our Yagna Ashram. A full recorded telecast is below, in the procedure — yours is watched the same way, live.

Aradhana · Archana offered in count

Latcharchana

One hundred thousand names of the Devi, offered in strict count on your behalf — the most sustained act of naming the deity that the tradition prescribes.

9Vedic priests
6+ hrsOf recitation
1,00,000Names in count
ChandiOr Lalitha, on request
$3,840 All-inclusive · nothing added at checkout
  • Your personal sankalpa — name, gotra, nakshatra and rasi; never a shared ritual
  • Telecast live from our Yagna Ashram; your viewing link arrives the day before
  • Complimentary Sri Chakra Yantra — framable, energised during your ritual itself
  • Prasadam from your aradhana, shipped free worldwide
Ask Nirnaya first — free

After booking, our astrologers calculate your muhurta from your birth details and confirm the date by email within 24–48 working hours.

What a Latcharchana is

Archana is the offering of the deity's names — each name recited with an offering of kumkum at the deity's feet. A Latcharchana carries this to its fullest prescribed form: one lakh, a hundred thousand names, offered in strict and unbroken count. Nine Vedic priests share the recitation across more than six hours, and the count is kept precisely — a lakh means a lakh.

The aradhana is offered to Goddess Chandi, the fierce and compassionate form of the Divine Mother — or, on request, to Goddess Lalitha. It is worship rendered directly to the invoked Devi: no fire stands between the offering and the deity. Your name, gotra, nakshatra and rasi open the ritual in the sankalpa, and every name of the lakh that follows is offered on your behalf alone.

Like every aradhana we perform, it takes place in the open ritual space of our own Yagna Ashram, never inside a temple sanctum where Agama vidhi permits no filming — which is why every moment of it can be telecast.

The Procedure

How the Latcharchana is conducted

The rite as it unfolds at the ashram, step by step — and beside it, a full recorded telecast, so you can see exactly what each step looks like before you book.

Recorded live telecast

A Latcharchana exactly as it was telecast live to the devotee who commissioned it — the sankalpa, the count, the archana, the aarti.

  1. SankalpaYour purpose, name, gotra and intention declared before the Devi — the ritual is bound to you from its first words.
  2. Ashtadikbalagar PratishtaThe guardians of the eight directions invoked for the protection of the rite.
  3. Preparation of the sacred spaceThe ritual space dressed with flowers and sacred symbols.
  4. Ganapathi PujaPerformed first, as tradition prescribes, to remove obstruction from your path.
  5. Purification ritesPunyavachanam and pranayama for the priests and participants.
  6. The lakh beginsThe chosen nama recited with devotion — one hundred thousand times, in strict and unbroken count, by nine priests.
  7. Offerings in rhythmKumkum, flowers and bilva offered with the recitation, name by name.
  8. Your prayers, remotelyYou join in prayer through the live telecast as the count builds — from wherever you are.
  9. Kumkum archana to the Sri ChakraThe recitation directed to the Sri Chakra, each repetition amplifying the invocation.
  10. Meditation on the DeviThe assembly holds the deity's presence in stillness.
  11. Final aarti and closureGratitude offered; the rite formally closed.
  12. Prasadam distributedThe blessing of the completed lakh, shared.
  13. Sri Chakra Yantra energisedYour framable Sri Chakra Yantra stands in the ritual and is energised during it — not before, not after.
  14. Vibhuti and prasadam collectedPacked for you after the ritual concludes, and shipped free wherever you are.
From booking to prasadam

After you book

01

Book & share birth details

Your name, date and place of birth — gotra if you know it, Kashyapa by tradition if you don't. You may include up to four family members in the sankalpa.

02

Your muhurta is fixed

Our astrologers calculate the auspicious date from your chart and confirm it by email within 24–48 working hours.

03

The lakh is offered, live

Nine priests recite the hundred thousand names in unbroken count at our Yagna Ashram. You watch every session live; your link arrives the day before.

04

Prasadam reaches you

Your prasadam and the framable Sri Chakra Yantra — energised during the ritual itself — are packed after it concludes and shipped free, wherever in the world you are.

After it reaches you

How to worship your Sri Chakra Yantra

Your Sri Chakra Yantra is kept on your pooja altar, not worn.

OncePlacing the yantra
Bathe first, then place the yantra on your pooja altar on a Friday, between 6.30 and 7.30 in the morning. Keep it facing east or north-east.
Every FridayEnergising
Show it incense or dhoop, and offer attar (perfume) for added sanctity.
Whenever you canOfferings
Offer flowers, fruits and sweets to the yantra as a token of your devotion.
Why it is performed

What devotees seek from the Latcharchana

Tradition prescribes the lakh archana for intentions that ask for sustained invocation — not a single offering, but the deity's name held in the air for hours.

Prosperity & abundance

The Devi invoked as the giver — for wealth that arrives and stays, and for the removal of what blocks it.

Obstacle removal

For paths that will not clear — stalled work, stalled matters, efforts that repeatedly fall short of result.

Peace & emotional harmony

For households in friction and minds under weight — the sustained recitation is itself a pacification.

Health & vitality

Performed alongside treatment, never in place of it — for strength, recovery and protection of the body.

Planetary pacification

Where a chart carries affliction, the Devi's lakh of names is among the tradition's strongest counterweights.

Spiritual strengthening

For devotees on the path — the accumulated merit of a hundred thousand invocations made in your name.

Is the Latcharchana the right remedy for you?

It is a serious undertaking, and it is not the prescription for every situation. Describe your circumstance to Nirnaya, our free ritual guide.

Ask Nirnaya — free Book a consultation
Questions

Before you book

The Latcharchana, or Laksharchana, is an archana of one lakh — a hundred thousand — names of the Devi, offered in strict and unbroken count on your behalf. Archana is the offering of the deity's names, each recited with an offering of kumkum at the deity's feet, and the lakh is its fullest prescribed form: the most sustained act of naming the deity that the tradition knows. It is offered to Goddess Chandi, the fierce and compassionate form of the Divine Mother, or on request to Goddess Lalitha, as worship rendered directly to the invoked Devi. Our priests perform it at our Yagna Ashram, and you watch it live.
Devotees traditionally seek the Latcharchana for prosperity, the removal of obstacles, peace in the household, planetary pacification and spiritual strength — intentions that ask for sustained invocation rather than a single offering. The Devi is invoked as the giver, for wealth that arrives and stays; the sustained recitation is itself a pacification for minds under weight; and where a chart carries affliction, her lakh of names is among the tradition's strongest counterweights. Devotees on the spiritual path seek the merit of a hundred thousand invocations made in their name. For health it is offered alongside medical treatment, never in place of it. It is offered as prayer, not as a guarantee of a particular result.
The Latcharchana is for devotees of the Divine Mother whose intention asks for sustained invocation: families seeking prosperity that holds, people whose efforts keep stalling, households under strain, those whose chart carries affliction, and devotees on the spiritual path. If your family tradition or your astrologer's prescription names Goddess Lalitha rather than Goddess Chandi, it can be offered to her instead. You can book it from anywhere in the world. It is a serious undertaking and not the prescription for every situation, so if you are unsure, describe your circumstance to Nirnaya, our free ritual guide.
Our priests perform the Latcharchana at our Yagna Ashram. The rite opens with its preparations: your sankalpa declared with your name, gotra and intention; the guardians of the eight directions invoked in the Ashtadikbalagar Pratishta; the ritual space dressed with flowers and sacred symbols; Ganapathi Puja to remove obstruction from your path; and punyavachanam and pranayama. Then the lakh begins: the chosen nama recited in strict, unbroken count, with kumkum, flowers and bilva offered name by name, and the recitation directed to the Sri Chakra in kumkum archana. A meditation on the Devi and the final aarti close the rite. You watch it all on live telecast.
The Latcharchana takes more than six hours of recitation, shared by nine Vedic priests at the muhurta our astrologers fix from your birth chart. That is the time it takes to offer a full lakh of names in strict count: the count is kept session by session until the hundred thousand is complete, and a lakh means a lakh, never an approximation. You can watch every session live, and your link arrives the day before.
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 are working to a deadline, tell us at checkout and our astrologers will find the earliest auspicious window. Our Panchang shows the tithi and nakshatra for any date.
Yes: the sankalpa names you and, if you wish, up to four family members, and no one else. Your Latcharchana is never combined with another devotee's booking and never made a shared lakh: a hundred thousand names are offered for your household alone. Your names are declared before the Devi at the start, and every name of the lakh that follows is offered on your family's behalf.
You can book the Latcharchana online, on this page, from any country. Straight after payment, the "Your sankalpa" box asks for your name, date and place of birth, your gotra (Kashyapa by tradition if you do not know it), up to four family members if you wish to include them, and your prayer. If you want the lakh offered to Goddess Lalitha rather than Goddess Chandi, tell us at booking. Our astrologers confirm your muhurta by email within 24–48 working hours, and your live telecast link arrives the day before. Afterwards your prasadam and the framable Sri Chakra Yantra are shipped free worldwide.
Your Latcharchana is performed in full at its appointed muhurta whether you are watching or not — its completeness does not depend on your presence. A recording is made available to you afterwards, so no session of your lakh is lost to a timezone. Your link arrives the day before, so you can plan which sessions to join live.
You receive vibhuti and prasadam from your Latcharchana and a complimentary Sri Chakra Yantra, framable, which stands in the hall as the lakh is offered and is energised during your ritual itself — not before, not after. Both are packed after the ritual concludes and shipped free to any country. The yantra is kept on your pooja altar, not worn. A recording of your Latcharchana is also made available to you afterwards.

The other aradhanas

Ask Nirnaya

AstroBhava’s automated guide

Nirnaya recommends the ritual that tradition prescribes for a situation, and points you to our free tools. For anything else, the ashram’s desk will answer.

Which ritual is right for me?

Describe what you’re facing — an exam, a stalled business, a delayed marriage — and Nirnaya will tell you which ritual tradition prescribes for it, and can check your chart with our free tools. It does not predict outcomes or advise on decisions.

Open the ritual guide →
The guide asks you to sign in, so the conversation stays with your account.

Speak to someone at the ashram

Message the ashram on WhatsApp or by email. We answer Mon–Sat, 9:30–18:00 IST (0:00–8:30 EDT your time).

Message on WhatsAppsupport@astrobhava.com

WhatsApp opens in a new tab; nothing is sent from this page.