Eclipses are a special time for spiritual practices, because it is said that the effects of mantras are multiplied many times over. Some texts say each repetition during an eclipse is equal to one thousand at any other time, and other texts say ten thousand. Regardless of which it is, this is a very valuable time to enhance our spiritual development and to remove obstacles to our continued progress.

During the day of the eclipse, our Chief Priest, Seetharama Sastry, will lead a group of priests through long series of mantra japa repetitions (Navagraha, Rahu and Ketu, and Nakshatra mantras) for many hours on the banks of a river, the traditional place for these rituals.

At the same time another group of pundits will perform similar rituals on the banks of the Ganges River near Varanasi in northern India.

Eclipse days are a rare opportunity and the end result is always a sense of peacefulness and purity.

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This month we will be performing a special yagya called the Pancha Suktam Pavamana Soma Yagya from the Rig Veda. The yagya will be performed for 10 days and will conclude with a special Shiva Temple yagya in Kanchipuram.

During our lifetime we do our best to act correctly and in a life supporting manner, but perfect action is almost impossible. So we gradually accumulate papas (bad karma). The first purpose of this yagya is to remove these bad karmas. Secondly, the yagya supports and enlivens the ability of our nervous system to create Soma, the divine substance of enlightenment and divine awareness.

The yagya ritual comes from the Rig Veda, the longest and oldest of the Vedas. We have assembled a uniquely qualified team of Rig Veda pundits specially for this event. During each of the 10 days of the yagya the pundits will begin with two hours of Rig Veda recitations. Then they will perform our usual routine of pujas and yagyas; Ganesha, Navagraha, Lakshmi/Durga/Parvati, Mrytunjaya and Rudra Abishekam. Then the traditional Rig Veda Pancha Sukta Pavamana ritual
will be performed.

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