Around the world, the month of December has evolved into a time that not only concludes the calendar year, but also emphasizes family, harmony, and prepares us for the new year beginning in January.

With that in mind, we have scheduled a temple yagya for Narasimha and Sudarshana; the two aspects of Vishnu that provide protection and strength though the support of family harmony and removal of obstacles to happiness and enlightenment.

We return to the ancient temple in Kanchipuram that we used last month for the Lakshmi yagya to perform a full abishekam with traditional ingredients and expert chanting by our priests.  This temple was built over 850 years ago and the strength and power of these deities is very refined. 

We have scheduled our yagya on the Full Moon day which is generally considered to be the most auspicious day of the month, particularly for Sudarshana Yagyas.  It is also the day of Satyanarayana; the family harmony yagya that will be performed the same day.

The stories of Sudarshana and Narasimha are very interesting and you can read them by clicking here.

The yagya series consists of daily pujas, daily mantra japa, and full homam (vedic fire yagya) for each of the nine planets.  The yagya's effects are to bring strength and balance to all nine planets and their varied manifestations in our daily lives.

Daily, December 17 - 13 -- Rahu and Ketu
To promote spirituality, determination, and moksha.

Rahu and Ketu do not have their own day, so the puja/yagya for each is performed every day during the navagraha series.

December 7 - 13 -- Seven Day Navagraha Yagya ($108)

To balance all 9 planets, reduce the negative influence of the weak or malefic ones, and enhance and strengthen the benefic grahas.