Events (Specials)

Rudra is the name given to Shiva in Vedas for his fierce powers to cleanse karma, drive away miseries, and transform life by fulfilling earnest wishes. Invocation of this celebrated “mightiest of the mighty” archetype happens through hymn in praise of offering Bilva leaves to Shiva chanting, Hydration Pooja, and a grand Fire Lab by chanting the ultimate Shiva prayer Vedic hymn Sri Rudram in our Karma-Cleansing and Wish-Fulfilling ceremonies.

The sacred text Bhagavata Purana describes the story of the churning of the Milky Ocean. While this act was performed mainly for obtaining Amrita, the nectar of immortality, 14 treasures emerged from the Cosmic Ocean of Milk. These treasures were distributed among the Devas and Asuras, and each one could bestow a unique boon. Four of the divine beings (2 archetypes and 2 divine animals) are required by humanity to lead a long, successful, and prosperous life.

The Tamil month of Aadi (17th July – 16th August) is a divine month filled with power, protection, and spiritual blessings of the Goddess. This month is considered auspicious to invite feminine energy, good fortune, and great opportunities to progress in life.

Aadi Perukku is a festival of prosperity and fertility during the Tamil month of Aadi, a power time for the Goddess. The blessings of Annapoorneshwari, the Goddess of food, nourishment, and prosperity, are abundantly available during this time.

In 365-day Powerspot Pooja Program, the upcoming month is dedicated to Karma Cleansing and Wish Fulfiller Shiva. According to the earliest of the Vedas, the Rig Veda, Rudra is a form of Shiva known for his fierce aspect, protecting his devotees and destroying evil forces. Propitiating Shiva as Rudra can remove sorrow, ensure protection, bestow auspiciousness, clear sins, and wipe out negativity.

On Aadi Amavasya, the souls of your ancestors are more willing and able to make a full crossing to the other worlds. They are especially satisfied and pleased when honored on this day with special prayers and Poojas. When they cross over completely and successfully, they can bring you many blessings and significant improvement in your life.

Although there are several forms of donation, donating a cow is considered the most supreme and sacred of all donations one can do in a lifetime. According to ancient texts, donating a cow can liberate you and your ancestors from sins committed knowingly or unknowingly during one’s lifetime.

Cows are considered the most sacred animals. According to Vedic texts, all celestial beings reside in a cow. Thus the holy act of feeding the cows is equivalent to feeding all the gods and goddesses. The scriptures say that it is very auspicious to feed a cow and it is one of the most sacred deeds to gain prosperity and happiness. According to Brihat Parashara Smriti, a total of 33 crores (330 million) gods and goddesses reside in the holy cow. Hence, feeding a cow is considered equivalent to feeding the gods themselves.

Naga Chaturthi and Naga Panchami (also known as Garuda Panchami) are traditional Hindu festivals dedicated to the invocation of snake gods. Nagas are very powerful, mystical beings in the form of snakes that can cast or remove curses.

AstroVed is sponsoring Bhagavati Seva, a unique and powerful ceremony dedicated to the Supreme Mother Goddess Rajarajeswari that is performed during the start and end of the Goddess month, the Tamil month of Aadi (July 16 – August 16). This special ceremony invokes Goddess Rajarajeswari, the active dynamic principle primarily responsible for all prosperity, and the generator of fertility, purity and abundance.

Invite the raw unconquerable energy of three invincible forms of Shiva, who incarnated to vanquish negativity, remove suffering, destroy misfortune and create a divine shield. On Aug 16th, when planetary placements favor invoking divine protection archetypes to protect from evil eye, negative thoughts, and insecurities, AstroVed will be invoking the trifold invincible protection shield of the archetypes Agoramurthi, Veerabhadra, and Bhairava.

The “Boon-Bestowing Friday” is an auspicious day to invoke Goddess Lakshmi in the form of Varalakshmi, who grants boons and wishes. ‘Vara’ means ‘boon,’ and Lakshmi in this form fulfills our wishes. Propitiating Goddess Varalakshmi with austerity and pure devotion can bestow you with affluence, boons, fertility, power, and wealth.

Hayagriva is a very rare horse-necked avatar of Vishnu. Hayagriva incarnated to restore the Vedas, sacred text of wisdom that was stolen by the demons, so he represents the restorer archetype who restores wisdom from the clutches of ignorance.

To enhance your peace of mind and spiritual upliftment, we are sharing links to Dr. Pillai’s mantra music, a selection of almost 50 audios and videos connecting you with the blessings and presence of Divine Archetypes who are always available to help you. Powerful chants for Divine Archetypes invoke blessings of all kinds and soothe our heart and soul, fortifying and strengthening us in our daily lives.