Kali Math, Himalayas

Kali Math is situated in Himalayas on the way to Kedarnath, half an hour from Guptakashi. It is an ancient place of learning & experience established by Adhi Shankara - one of India's most celebrated and illustrious saints. A living embodiment of the highest levels of development and integration of heart (bhakta) and mind (gyana), Sidha (perfected) Yogi, He established the Shankaracharya Tradition (Swami Brahmananda's lineage) and is widely regarded as incarnation of Lord Shiva. His experience of Goddess Kali here was so clear and profound, he established Kali Math or Monastery (place of learning and experience).

Sidha Peeth and Maha Peeth: by the grace of Kali Maa, one can more easily achieve perfection in their saadhana or inner spiritual endeavors. And due to this lively & profound presence of Kali, yagyas performed here deliver extraordinary benefits.

Kali Maa

Maha Kali is invoked first during 9 nights of Navaratri. Garland of heads and sword of knowledge illustrate her bestowing liberation by taking us beyond ego, mind and sense attachments. Head contains sense organs, and is thereby synonymous with limited self concept or ego. Severing the head with the sword of self knowledge Kali liberates the mind. Awareness expands and is freed from concepts, boundaries and self imposed limitations. Her darshan or mode of influence is experienced in the heart and our deepest sensibilities. It's a direct experience. We feel her at the core at of our being.

Standing over her consort, Shiva (Absolute Unmanifest), She is the ground state or absolute made lively. In contrast with the sleeping Shiva, Kali is proactive. She arrests the mind (severing the head) and forcibly takes us to the absolute. More detail

2005 October Maha Navaratri

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In Kedarkhand on the left side of Mandakini river, the ancient Siddha Peeth Kalimath temple is situated on the sacred banks of Saraswathi river. Here are ancient temples of Shri Maha Kali, Maha Laksmi, Maha Saraswathi Gaurishankar, Siddheshwar Mahadev and Shri Bhairavanathji.

In this place, the Gods worshipped the Goddess. Pleased with their worship, She granted them a boon. At the time, the influence of Demon lord Rakta Beej was prevalent in all the 3 worlds. The Goddess killed Rakta Beej at this very place and went to rest in the sanctum sanctorium of Mahakali temple.

Since then Shri Maha Kali yantra is worshipped here. In the temple of Shri Maha Laksmi, there is unbroken Dhuni lit for 3 ages in which Homa is performed daily. At this place the great poet Kalidasji, Dhishva, the blessed son of Mother Saraswathi, attained enlightenment. His birthplace (Siddhapeeth) is Kaviltha village, 5 KM from Kalimath.

2022 May Akshaya Tritiya Grand Laksmi Yagya

Optimal benefits from specialty yagyas performed at celebrated temples

We've been traveling to India regularly the past 24 years - more than 100 times. Over the years, working with pandit groups associated with different temples, we've found that some temples (dedicated to a particular God or Devata ) specialize in certain yagyas. While they may perform many yagyas, some work better than others. This is due to the God or Devata of the temple and its relevance for particular yagyas. Over the years we've explored and cultivated working relationships with a number of temples specializing in particular yagyas . It's been our experience and more important our clients' experience - this approach works well. (explanation continues below images)

2023 March Chaitra/Vasant (Spring) Navaratri

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Rationale

India is "Dev Bhumi": land of the Gods. India has many places where the Devata value is lively and accessible. Devata or deeper, Universal reality (God or presiding impulse of natural law) is lively and accessible in and around certain special locations. From one perspective, we can say Devata, land and families living on the land are not seperate. Although they appear as seperate entities, they are in fact, part and parcel of the same reality. It can also be said the reality of the Devata (universal, eternal Law of Nature) has permeated these places since time out of memory. Accordingly, temples are constucted to serve as a focal point. The deeper universal reality (Devata) is not separate from the land, the temple or indeed the families who have lived there for generations. And the pandits born of these families perform our yagyas.

2022 April Vasant Navaratri

While pandits are integral to the Yagyas - because they recite the mantras and perform the ceremonies - they are not separate from Devata. So the land, temples, and pandits born of the families - are a manifestation of Devata the eternal universal reality - the greater wholeness. Therefore it's fair to say the influence of Devata (grace, blessing) operates through the temple and the pandits who service the temple. In this way, speciality yagyas performed at celebrated Temples deliver the Grace of Devata optimal benefits

Yagya relieves the suffering due to malefic planets.

Our joys and sorrows in this life are the fruits of actions (karmas) done in previous births. The fruits of our past actions are mediated or delivered to us by the planets Their arrangement in the heavens at the time of birth is a karmic map of our life. Vedic astrology interprets this ‘star map’ (horoscope) enabling predictions to be derived from it. Planets activate during the period of life allotted to them. A malefic or afflicted planet in the horoscope will bring problems during the period ruled or influenced by it. Yagya relieves the suffering.

Maladies of Mind Body and Circumstance are rectified

2014 July Ashadha (Guru Purnimah) Navaratri

2021 August Naag Panchami

Festivals

GALLERY

Kali is depicted here with blue skin and a garland of severed heads. She holds a khopesh (saber) and a severed head. Her tongue is obscenely long to catch the blood that drains from the heads. She stands on the body of a sleeping shiva.

The pandits sit smiling in the temple. The photo was taken in 2009

The pandits stand on a concrete roof with the rising forest-covered mountains rising around them.

2009. The pandits stand in front of the metal gazebo that contains the kali shrine.

2005. Ganesh stand between two local villagers. The shrine is behind them, above them a bell used to herald newcomers to the town.

Brightly dressed men with red robes and red/yellow flower garlands walk in a procession.

Two westerners stand next to the Kali Murthi. The Priest who lives at the top of the mountain gestures to the murthi. The surrounding mountains frame the image.

A river snakes through two sloping verdant walls of earth.

A jolly old man sits between his two standing grandchildren. They are all radiently smiling.

The valley has widened out but is still quite green. The slopes of the mountains are less steep and the river is shallower.

The path is laced with stones and earth. The terraced mountains are visible in the background.

The town is lined with large stone and concrete walls that reinforce the structure.

The river flows heavily, full of sand and dust. It is a cold day, as reflected in the lighting of the photo.

There is a solitary flag. A red herald of the peak of the mountain. It sits among a stone outcropping stark in centre frame with the valley hundreds of metres below visible either side.

A young man stand praying as the surrounding valley falls around him.

2024 Vasant (Spring) Navaratri 9-17 April
1,008 Recitations Durga Saptashati - Invoking Mother Divine 10,008 Recitations Kali Kavacham - Protection of Kali Maa 3 Celebrated Temples
Performing Navaratri yagyas at Celebrated Temples
Vasant Navaratri marks the beginning of Northern Hemisphere Spring + Southern Hemisphere Autumn. Out of 4 navaratri festivals occurring each year, Vasant Navaratri is second only to Grand or Maha Navaratri (October) in its potency, efficacy and grandure. The universe is considered the body of Mother Divine. She is Nature. Alignment with Mother Divine is support of Nature: Good fortune. We'd love to have you on board.

When you participate in Vasant Navaratri yagya festival you cultivate good fortune. Your life is infused with Shakti or nature's organizing power. Sattwa, the quality of wholeness, translucence/clarity of mind, preservation & protection is activated. Your life aligns with the invincible evolutionary flow of nature's intelligence. This generates a powerful momentum for progress & fulfillment on all levels, inner and outer: wholeness, peace, clarity and translucence, happiness, fulfillment, material affluence, harmonious relationships and career success. Waves of wholeness roll through your life, your family, your community and the world nourishing and evolving all beings at every level of creation. Regular participation in the Navaratri Program is the most effective way to safeguard your well being and progress along with your loved ones.

Vasant Navaratri culminates in Rama Navami (appearance day of Lord Rama) on 17 April.. Rama, Hero of literary epic Ramayana, is one of the great incarnations of Maha Vishnu. He took birth to vanquish the demon Ravana and restore dharma or life lived in accord with natural law on earth. His life exemplified the most noble principles ethics and behavior lived in the day to day. Rama embodies the principle of Sattwa: the quality of wholeness, translucence/clarity of mind, preservation & protection.

Yagyas for psychological health and well being... On the level of the planets, Rama (Vishnu) is Adi Devata or primary aspect of universal intelligence governing Mercury (Communication Understanding Skill set Career) and Jupiter (Wisdom Family relations Love/devotion Dharma). So Vasant Navaratri is an ideal time to run Mercury & Jupiter yagyas. These yagyas will deliver optimal benefits at this time. Deep rooted problems in the areas of psychological health and well being,family life and career - problems that otherwise won't shift - can successfully resolve. More detail

Purify, revitalize and realign your life - realize your highest goals and aspirations
Navaratri or 9 nights of Mother Divine is the time for cleansing and growth. During this window, the wholeness of life rises to purge the lower, fragmented, imperfect values of natural law. In Vedic mythology, it is depicted as the time when Shakti (quintessential universal power), champion of the gods, is victorious over demons (lower, fragmented forces of nature). It is a time for light to triumph over darkness. The river floods and stagnant pools are swept away. It's an opportunity to purify, revitalize and realign our lives: to get back on track - to realize our goals and aspirations Testimonials

3 Celebrated Temples Optimal Benefits from Yagyas performend at Celebrated Temples
Kaamakhya temple in Assam is famed throughout India as the birth place of Kaama Deva, God of Love. Tripura Sundari, patron Goddess, bestows bhukti (pleasure) and mukti (liberation/enlightenment). She harmonizes and integrates both aspects of life which, from orthodox perspective, are often held as mutually exclusive.

Of 51 Shakthi Peeths (Primordial seats of Divine Mother), Kaamakhya is considered one of the greatest, most powerful & most illustrious. Sidha Peeth and Maha Peeth: for thousands of years, it has been a foundation and source of power for those desirous of attaining perfection in their spiritual practice (saadhana) and in performance of their yagyas and pujas. Kaamakhya is a haven for Sadhus (Religious ascetics, Renunciates) Saadakas (Those given to spiritual practice), Tantrics, Aghoris, Pandits, Kali devotees (Bhaktas), and Newly-weds.

Our Kaamakhya Pandits are born in Assam. The young Brahmins are clear conduits through which Tripura Sundari Devi's sublime reality is enlivened in our lives in its purity and potency. Yagyas performed here deliver excellent benefits



Shri Lalita Devi Laksmi Temple Allahabad The city of Allahabad is one of India's most ancient and revered cities. Her 3 most sacred rivers - Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswathi converge here. The confluence is known as Sangam or Prayag or Triveni. Kumbh Mela, the world's largest spritual gathering is held here on a 3 year cycle (along with Nashik, Haridwar and Ujjain). 2013 saw 100 million people come together in Allahabad with one purpose: their spiritual growth and liberation. Our Allahabad Pandits will perform Navaratri Yagya at Sri Lalita Devi Laksmi Temple considered one of 51 Shakti Peeths or principal seats of Mother Divine.

Laksmi is inner and outer fullness She is invoked by those desiring Wealth Happiness and Success. She governs affluence, abundance and success on all levels, from inner realms of spirit, emotions, psychology through outer realms of relationships, career and wealth. She also gives victory over intractable obstacles and great adversity. Laksmi is an excellent remedy for ingrained problems associated with Mercury (Psychology Career). She bestows abundance, prosperity and success.


Kali Math is situated in Himalayas on the way to Kedarnath, half an hour from Guptakashi. It is an ancient place of learning & experience established by Adhi Shankara. It's said he had such profound experience of Kali here that he established it as Kali Math or Monastery (center of learning and experience). Widely regarded as Sidha Peeth and Maha Peeth, one can cultivate deep and quite perfect experience of the sidhis. Due to the profound, pervading influence of Kali, yagyas performed here deliver outstanding benefits.



Level 3 Program - USD 456 AUD 675 EURO 399 GBP 354 - Durga Puja: invocation of Kali, Laksmi & Saraswathi - Morning program = 3 recitations of Durga Saptashati (700 mantras invoking Mother Divine) - Total 27 recitations over 9 days - Evening program = 3 recitation of Kali Kavacham (Armor/Protection of Kali Maa) - Total 270 recitations Kali Kavacham + 5832 Navarna Japa over 9 days - Performed by Pandits in 3 celebrated temples each day for 9 consecutive days exclusively on your behalf Level 2 Program - USD 304 AUD 450 EURO 266 GBP 236 - Durga Puja: invocation of Kali, Laksmi & Saraswathi - Morning program = 2 recitation of Durga Saptashati (700 mantras invoking Mother Divine) - Total 18 recitations over 9 days - Evening program = 2 recitations of Kali Kavacham (Armor/Protection of Kali Maa) - Total 180 recitations Kali Kavacham + 3888 Navarna Japa over 9 days - Performed by Pandits in 3 celebrated temples each day for 9 consecutive days exclusively on your behalf Level 1 Program - USD 171 AUD 234 EURO 144 GBP 126 - Durga Puja: invocation of Kali, Laksmi & Saraswathi - Morning program = 1 recitation of Durga Saptashati (700 mantras invoking Mother Divine) - Total 9 recitations over 9 days - Evening program = 1 recitation of Kali Kavacham (Armor/Protection of Kali Maa) - Total 90 recitations Kali Kavacham + 1944 Navarna Japa over 9 days - Performed by Pandits in 3 celebrated temples each day for 9 consecutive days exclusively on your behalf
Level 4 Program - USD 608 AUD 900 EURO 532 GBP 472 Level 5 Program - USD 760 AUD 1125 EURO 665 GBP 590 Level 6 Program - USD 912 AUD 1350 EURO 798 GBP 708 Level 7 Program - USD 1064 AUD 1575 EURO 931 GBP 826 Level 8 Program - USD 1261 AUD 1800 EURO 1064 GBP 944 Level 9 Program - USD 1368 AUD 2025 EURO 1197 GBP 1062