Devotees Vaishnavas: The 11 Forms of Rudra and their Mantras

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Subject: January Newsletter

Dear Yagya Friends,

Happy New Year!

We're very happy to announce the first edition of our new monthly newsletter. We're off to a good start with 11 pages of great information on various aspects of our yagya program.In this issue:

· Temple Photos of each of the 8 ancient temples in Kanchipuram where our January yagyas will be performed.
· 2011 - The Year Ahead. A non-technical overview from the Perspective of Jyotish
· Some Yagya Results
· Recommended Reading - American Veda by Philip Goldberg
· 2011 Yagya Schedule and a master list of all the Yagyas we offer

All you have to do is click this link and the Newsletter will be all yours. It will open right in your browser as a PDF file. It's incredibly easy.

Enjoy the newsletter and the January yagyas!

Warm regards,



Greetings Yagya Friends,
Shivaratri is my favorite time of year because we have our biggest, most comprehensive series of yagyas and this year is no exception! Twelve days in Kanchipuram and two great days in Varanasi, traditionally Shiva's city and the very best place to have Shivaratri Yagyas.

The series begins with a full day of Ganesha Yagyas on Feb 19th that features the offering of 1008 sweet modaka (Ganesha's favorite food) by 11 priests. The next day we begin the 11 day Maha Rudra Yagya in Kanchipuram.

The Maha Rudra Yagya continues every day with 11 repetitions of Rudra Abishekam by 11 priests, concluding on

The day after Shivaratri our pundits perform a beautiful and soothing Ganga Yagya on the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi, northern India. This yagya brings such a wonderful cooling peacefulness.

In Kanchipuram, the Maha Rudra Yagya continues every day with 11 repetitions of Rudra Abishekam by 11 priests, concluding on Monday, February 22nd. Eleven priests performing Rudra Abishekam eleven times a day for eleven days....it's a powerful and profound experience.

We all hope you will take advantage of this wonderful event and participate either in the
complete series ($47), or the 24 hours of Shivaratri ($27).

These Shiva yagyas remove obstacles, bring peacefulness, spiritual advancement, success and good health to the participants. The yagya deepens the silence in our awareness and develops our spiritual connectedness to the transcendent foundation of the universe.

There are numerous updates and additions to the Puja.net site!

-New episode of Vedic Living - New Year, New You
-New episode of Jyotish - Vedic Astrology - How to See Wealth in a Chart
-New episode of Vedic Mythology on The 11 Forms of Rudra and their Mantras
-New mantras - Ekadasa (11) Rudra Mantras
-New photo galleries of the January Eclipse and Navagraha yagyas.

The Puja.net site contains a complete set of resources for Shivaratri; audio, video, text, podcasts, as well as 30 Shiva MP3's and translations of Rudram and Chamakam.

Thank you.
Your continued and generous participation is at the core of our effort to
help keep the Vedic traditions vibrant and alive.

Very best regards,

I'm sorry to bother you with a second email....Constant Contact, the email service that distributes these announcements sent out the wrong version. Here's the way it should have looked!

Greetings Yagya Friends,

Shivaratri is my favorite time of year because we have our biggest, most comprehensive series of yagyas and this year is no exception! Twelve days in ancient Kanchipuram and two great days in Varanasi, traditionally Shiva's city. These are the very best places to have Shivaratri Yagyas.

Our series begins with a full day of Ganesha Yagyas on Feb 19th featuring the offering of 1008 sweet modaka (Ganesha's favorite food) by 11 priests. The next day we begin the 11 day Maha Rudra Yagya in Kanchipuram.

In Kanchipuram, the Maha Rudra Yagya continues every day with 11 repetitions of Rudra Abishekam, with 11 different ingredients, performed by 11 priests, concluding on Shivaratri, March 2nd. Eleven priests performing Rudra Abishekam eleven times a day for eleven days....it's a powerful and profound experience.

On Shivaratri the day begins with Rudra Abishekam followed by a traditional havan (fire yagya) with 108 different ingredients offered into the yagya fire. That evening simultaneous Abishekam yagyas are performed at a special countryside temple near Kanchipuram and in the countryside yagya shala on the banks of the Ganga River near Varanasi in northern India.

The day after Shivaratri our pundits in North India perform a beautiful and soothing Ganga Yagya on the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi, northern India. This yagya brings such a wonderful cooling peacefulness.

We all hope you will take advantage of this wonderful event and participate either in the complete series ($51), or the 24 hours of Shivaratri ($27).

These Shiva yagyas remove obstacles, bring peacefulness, spiritual advancement, success and good health to the participants. The yagya deepens the silence in our awareness and develops our spiritual connectedness to the transcendent foundation of the universe.

To learn more about this important Vedic tradition, please click here for links to yagya videos, text and translation of Sri Rudram and Chamakam the Yajur Veda Hymns that form the core of the Maha Rudra Yagya, 10 podcasts on Shiva, and an MP3 library of over 100 Slokas and Hymns to Shiva.

Thank you.
Your continued and generous participation is at the core of our effort to
help keep the Vedic traditions vibrant and alive.

Very best regards,

Dear Yagya Friends,

Greetings! It is a pleasure to announce the availability of our Shivaratri Newsletter. We have so much information for you!

The yagya series starts on Friday and there's still time to participate.
Please click here to sign up.

Our February/Shivaratri newsletter contains articles as follows:

· Shivaratri Stories
· The Maha Rudra Yagya
· 1008 Modaka Yagya for Ganesha
· Ganga Yagya in Varanasi
· Shiva, Shivaratri and Jyotisha
· Saturn Retrograde
· Announcing Family Yagyas - March 21 to 30
· 2011 Yagya Schedule (updated)
· Yagya Results
· Verse from Yajur Veda - Sri Rudram

All you have to do is click this link and the Shivaratri Newsletter will be all yours. It will open right in your browser as a PDF file. It's incredibly easy. There's also a link on the opening page of the Puja.net site under Site Updates, just click here.

I hope you enjoy the newsletter, Shivaratri and our Maha Rudra yagyas!

Warm regards,



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Dear Yagya Friends,

Greetings! It is a pleasure to announce the availability of our Shivaratri Newsletter. We have so much information for you!

The yagya series starts on Friday and there's still time to participate.
Please click here to sign up.

Our February/Shivaratri newsletter contains articles as follows:

· Shivaratri Stories
· The Maha Rudra Yagya
· 1008 Modaka Yagya for Ganesha
· Ganga Yagya in Varanasi
· Shiva, Shivaratri and Jyotisha
· Saturn Retrograde
· Announcing Family Yagyas - March 21 to 30
· 2011 Yagya Schedule (updated)
· Yagya Results
· Verse from Yajur Veda - Sri Rudram

All you have to do is click this link and the Shivaratri Newsletter will be all yours. It will open right in your browser as a PDF file. It's incredibly easy. There's also a link on the opening page of the Puja.net site under Site Updates, just click here.

I hope you enjoy the newsletter, Shivaratri and our Maha Rudra yagyas!

Warm regards,



Greetings Yagya Friends,

This month we turn to the family with a wonderful 10 day series of yagyas that focus on the development of a balanced, satisfying and harmonious family life. Each day, the vedic mantras enliven the influence of different deities and provide a lasting and positive effect in all areas of family life.

The program is organized as follows:

For marital harmony and a balanced relatiohship - Ardhanarishwara Yagya, a form of Shiva that combines both male and female; half Shiva/half Parvati

For the development of wisdom and clear thinking - Saraswati Yagya

For the protection of the family especially children - Narasimha Yagya

For your children's education - Hayagriva Yagya (a form of Vishnu dedicated to education)

For enlightenment and deep silence - Meda Dakshinamurti Yagya, a form of Shiva who teaches without speaking.

For health and contentment - a daily Mrytunjaya Yagya.

For wealth, abundance and happiness - a daily Lakshmi Yagya.

For balance and career success - a daily Navagraha Yagya.

For those who desire marriage - a special Parvati Yagya at the huge Ekambeshwara Shiva temple where she did tapas in order to marry Shiva.
For more details and to sign up, please click here.

Pavamana Soma Yagya
Wednesday, March 30th.
This yagya is now a part of our monthly 10 day series of Group Yagyas. Traditionally, this yagya is performed in order to remove any bad karmas created during this lifetime, and to support the development of our nervous system so that it support enlightened consciousness and divine awareness. The text of the yagya itself also says that performance of this yagya means that you will never lack for food or shelter in any future life.

Please click here for details and to sign up.

Shivaratri Photos

There are so many great photos from the Maharudra Yagya and Shivaratri night. You can find each of the daily galleries - all 13 of them - by clicking here.

To see the 125 very best photos from the entire series....please click here.

March Newsletter
Our March newsletter will be distributed next week. We have a detailed description of each of the yagyas that make up the Family Yagya series this month. There is also a mantra to promote the maintenance of family harmony, several Jyotish articles, and more...

Thank you

Your continued support and participation are very much appreciated and directly contribute to our goal of keeping the vedic traditions alive in the best way possible; by using them.

Very best regards,

Dear Yagya Friends,

Our March Newsletter is complete and ready for you to review. We have more and better content than ever before:

-A detailed description of each yagya in the Family Yagya series
-An announcement and description of April's Hanuman Yagyas
-Yagya Photos from both Kanchipuram and Varanasi (the Ganga Yagya is amazing!)
-Two Jyotish articles focusing on the 4th house of family and emotional health
-An article on methods to ease the effects of Saturn
-An article answering the question, "Are Gems Better than Yagyas?"
-A Narasimha Mantra for Family Harmony and Protection - with instructions and MP3
-A verse from the Atharva Veda and photo of our Kanchipuram priests.

All you have to do is click this link and the Newsletter will be all yours. It opens right in your browser as a PDF file. It's incredibly easy.

Enjoy the newsletter and the March yagyas!

Warm regards,

Greetings Yagya Friends,

Our March yagyas suppported the development and preservation of family harmony and our April yagyas build on this theme. We have a 10 yagya series focused on Hanuman, whose birthday is on the Full Moon, April 18th.

The mantras used in this yagya enliven the qualities associated with Hanuman; strength of character, support of dharma (natural law), radiant health, devotion, and contentment. Hanuman is simply the ultimate combination of goodness and power and those are the qualities these yagyas develop.

Hanuaman yagyas are particularly good for softening and balancing the influence of Rahu and Saturn, and for strengthening the planet Jupiter. This is particularly timely because in May Jupiter is changing signs as are Rahu and Ketu. Saturn resumes direct motion in June. According to the vedic tradition, the best time to influence the planets is before they change signs, so this is the perfect month to invoke the strength and grace of Hanuman!

For more details and to sign up for the Hanuman Yagyas, please click here

On the signup page you will also find a series of podcasts with stories about Hanuman, a downloadable MP3 with the 108 names/mantras for Hanuman, and an MP3 of the Anjaneya (Hanuman) stotra.

Pavamana Soma Yagya
Wednesday, April 27th.
This very popular yagya will be performed this month on Wednesday, April 27th in Kanchipuram.   You can combine this yagya with the 10 Day Hanuman series plus 30 days of Daily Yagyas for only $125.

This yagya from the Rig Veda is performed in order to remove any bad karmas and to support the development of enlightened consciousness and divine awareness.

Please click here for details and to sign up.

Family Yagya Photos
The March Family yagyas were a terrific success, especially the Shiva/Parvati Abishekam Yagya that took place at the famous Ekambeshwara Shiva Temple (see above photo). The complete collection of photos is here.

We've also posted a very nice collection of images from the 10 Day Group Yagya series. The following image is Ardhanareshwara; the form of Shiva that is equal parts male (left side) and female (right side); the personification of harmony. More images from this series are here.

April Newsletter
The April Yagya Newsletter will be distributed a little later this week. Included are articles on the upcoming Hanuman Yagyas, Jyotish articles on the upcoming movement of Rahu/Ketu and Jupiter into new signs, an explanation of what an Abishekam Yagya is, Hanuman stories, a Hanuman Mantra, and more...

Thank you

Your continued support and participation are very much appreciated and directly contribute to our goal of keeping the vedic traditions alive in the best way possible; by using them.

Very best regards,

Dear Yagya Friends,

Our April Newsletter is complete and ready for you to enjoy. Contents include:

-A detailed description of the Hanuman Dharma Yagya program for this month
-Information on the May Rahu/Ketu, Jupiter and Lakshmi yagyas. Also, May is the month of Akshaya Trittiya for which we have a special yagya program
-Beautiful photos from April's Family Yagyas in the Shiva/Parvati temple
-Two Jyotish articles on Jupiter and Dharma
-The story of Hanuman and Saturn
-An article on understanding yagya benefits
-A verse from the Atharva Veda and photo from our recent Ganga Yagya

All you have to do is click this link and the Newsletter will be all yours. It opens right in your browser as a PDF file. It's incredibly easy.

Enjoy the newsletter and the April yagya program!

Warm regards,

Greetings Yagya Friends,

May is going to be a busy month, and it starts soon!

Rahu/Ketu and Jupiter are changing signs next week making this is the very best time to perform the planetary yagyas that will balance and intensify the good qualities of these planets.

We've divided the month into two parts so that you can participate in as much of the program as you'd like. The first part is focused on the planets and the special day called Akshaya Trittiya (Thurs, May 5th thru Mon, May 9th). The second series is focused on Lakshmi and Kubera, for wealth and abundance (Thurs, May 19th thru Tues, May 23rd).

You can participate in the entire monthly program or any part of it by clicking here.

Akshaya Tritiya is known as "The Day of Lasting Achievements" because on this day both the Sun and Moon are exalted and thus at their strongest. This is when the vedic rishis performed the very first yagya. The day is called 'Akshaya' because the word means 'undecaying' or 'everlasting' and any yagyas performed on this day have a special lasting power.

This yagya is automatically included if you are participating in the full May series, but you can also participate in this event individually, just click here to sign up.

Lakshmi is the source of all abundance in both material and spiritual forms. Kubera is that aspect of abundance that can be expressed simply as "cash". So we perform these five days of yagyas to attract both the wholesome abundance of Lakshmi, and also the more worldly abundance provided by Kubera. Each morning our priests will perform a complete Lakshmi/Kubera Yagya and each evening they will visit a Lakshmi temple for pujas. It is a nice way to begin the spring season.

This yagya is automatically included if you are participating in the full May series, but you can also participate in this event individually, just click here to sign up.

From the April Hanuman Yagya
(more photos to be posted on the Puja.net site shortly)

May Newsletter
Many thanks to those who offered feedback and suggestions for the monthly publication. It seems that the preference is for 15-20 pages, lots of photos and a continuation of the articles every month. That we can do....and the next issue will be distributed around May 1.

Thank you

All the priests and pundits are both amazed and delighted at the consistent and growing participation that is coming from all of us the west. They feel honored and appreciated by each of you, and for that they are very thankful.

Very best regards,

Greetings Yagya Friends,

May is going to be a busy month, and it starts soon!

Rahu/Ketu and Jupiter are changing signs next week making this is the very best time to perform the planetary yagyas that will balance and intensify the good qualities of these planets.

We've divided the month into two parts so that you can participate in as much of the program as you'd like. The first part is focused on the planets and the special day called Akshaya Trittiya (Thurs, May 5th thru Mon, May 9th). The second series is focused on Lakshmi and Kubera, for wealth and abundance (Thurs, May 19th thru Tues, May 23rd).

You can participate in the entire monthly program or any part of it by clicking here.

Akshaya Tritiya is known as "The Day of Lasting Achievements" because on this day both the Sun and Moon are exalted and thus at their strongest. This is when the vedic rishis performed the very first yagya. The day is called 'Akshaya' because the word means 'undecaying' or 'everlasting' and any yagyas performed on this day have a special lasting power.

This yagya is automatically included if you are participating in the full May series, but you can also participate in this event individually, just click here to sign up.

Lakshmi is the source of all abundance in both material and spiritual forms. Kubera is that aspect of abundance that can be expressed simply as "cash". So we perform these five days of yagyas to attract both the wholesome abundance of Lakshmi, and also the more worldly abundance provided by Kubera. Each morning our priests will perform a complete Lakshmi/Kubera Yagya and each evening they will visit a Lakshmi temple for pujas. It is a nice way to begin the spring season.

This yagya is automatically included if you are participating in the full May series, but you can also participate in this event individually, just click here to sign up.

From the April Hanuman Yagya
(more photos to be posted on the Puja.net site shortly)

May Newsletter
Many thanks to those who offered feedback and suggestions for the monthly publication. It seems that the preference is for 15-20 pages, lots of photos and a continuation of the articles every month. That we can do....and the next issue will be distributed around May 1.

Thank you

All the priests and pundits are both amazed and delighted at the consistent and growing participation that is coming from all of us the west. They feel honored and appreciated by each of you, and for that they are very thankful.

Very best regards,

Greetings Yagya Friends,

May is going to be a busy month, and it starts soon!

Rahu/Ketu and Jupiter are changing signs next week making this is the very best time to perform the planetary yagyas that will balance and intensify the good qualities of these planets.

We've divided the month into two parts so that you can participate in as much of the program as you'd like. The first part is focused on the planets and the special day called Akshaya Trittiya (Thurs, May 5th thru Mon, May 9th). The second series is focused on Lakshmi and Kubera, for wealth and abundance (Thurs, May 19th thru Tues, May 23rd).

You can participate in the entire monthly program or any part of it by clicking here.

Akshaya Tritiya is known as "The Day of Lasting Achievements" because on this day both the Sun and Moon are exalted and thus at their strongest. This is when the vedic rishis performed the very first yagya. The day is called 'Akshaya' because the word means 'undecaying' or 'everlasting' and any yagyas performed on this day have a special lasting power.

This yagya is automatically included if you are participating in the full May series, but you can also participate in this event individually, just click here to sign up.

Lakshmi is the source of all abundance in both material and spiritual forms. Kubera is that aspect of abundance that can be expressed simply as "cash". So we perform these five days of yagyas to attract both the wholesome abundance of Lakshmi, and also the more worldly abundance provided by Kubera. Each morning our priests will perform a complete Lakshmi/Kubera Yagya and each evening they will visit a Lakshmi temple for pujas. It is a nice way to begin the spring season.

This yagya is automatically included if you are participating in the full May series, but you can also participate in this event individually, just click here to sign up.

From the April Hanuman Yagya
(more photos to be posted on the Puja.net site shortly)

May Newsletter
Many thanks to those who offered feedback and suggestions for the monthly publication. It seems that the preference is for 15-20 pages, lots of photos and a continuation of the articles every month. That we can do....and the next issue will be distributed around May 1.

Thank you

All the priests and pundits are both amazed and delighted at the consistent and growing participation that is coming from all of us the west. They feel honored and appreciated by each of you, and for that they are very thankful.

Very best regards,

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