🐍 Kaalasarpa Dosha Puja (Kalasarpa Puja)

Worship to Alleviate the Effects of Kalasarpa Dosha

Kalasarpa Puja is a powerful Vedic ritual performed to nullify the negative effects of Kalasarpa Dosha — a planetary alignment in one’s horoscope where all planets are positioned between Rahu and Ketu. This dosha is believed to cause delays, obstacles, mental stress, and instability in life. The puja is conducted to pacify Rahu and Ketu and bring peace, success, and stability.

🌟 Significance of Kalasarpa Dosha

  • Kalasarpa Dosha can lead to problems in:
    • Career and business
    • Marriage and family life
    • Health and peace of mind
  • The dosha is formed when all 7 planets (Sun to Saturn) are hemmed between Rahu (North Node) and Ketu (South Node).
  • Performing this puja reduces the malefic impact and enhances positive energy in life.

🛕 Best Places to Perform Kalasarpa Puja

  • Sri Kalahasti Temple, Andhra Pradesh (most famous)
  • Trimbakeshwar, Maharashtra
  • Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu
  • Ujjain Mahakaleshwar, Madhya Pradesh

📆 Auspicious Days to Perform the Puja

  • Amavasya (New Moon)
  • Panchami, Sashti, Ashlesha Nakshatra
  • Nag Panchami
  • Saturdays and Rahu Kalam time

🪔 Puja Items (Samagri)

  • Kalasha (pot), coconut, betel leaves, rice
  • Snake idols made of silver or metal (symbolic Rahu-Ketu)
  • Navagraha idols or yantras
  • Milk, curd, honey, ghee, sugar (Panchamrit)
  • Black sesame seeds
  • Flowers, incense sticks, camphor
  • Fruits and sweets
  • Vastra (new cloth), thread, turmeric, kumkum

🕉️ Kalasarpa Puja Procedure (Overview)

  1. Purification & Sankalpa:
    • Devotees take a bath and wear clean clothes.
    • Sankalpa (resolution) is taken by the priest on behalf of the devotee.
  2. Ganapati Puja:
    • Performed first to remove any obstacles in the puja.
  3. Kalasha Sthapana:
    • A pot filled with holy water is invoked as a seat for deities.
  4. Invocation of Rahu and Ketu:
    • Special mantras are chanted to appease Rahu and Ketu.
    • Metal snake idols are placed and worshipped.
  5. Abhishekam (Holy Bath):
    • The snake idols are bathed with Panchamrit, milk, water, and other sacred substances.
  6. Navagraha Puja:
    • Worship of all nine planets to seek balance and harmony in life.
  7. Offerings and Homam:
    • Flowers, fruits, and other offerings are made.
    • A fire ritual (homam) is performed with Rahu-Ketu mantras.
  8. Nag Pratishta (Optional):
    • Snake idols are immersed or installed near a tree or temple after the puja.
  9. Pradakshina and Aarti:
    • Circumambulation around the idol and final aarti is performed.

📜 Important Mantras

  • Rahu Mantra:
    Om Raam Rahave Namah
  • Ketu Mantra:
    Om Kem Ketave Namah
  • Kalasarpa Shanti Mantra:
    Om Rahave Ketave Namah Sarpa Dosha Nivaranaya Swaha

🙏 Benefits of Kalasarpa Puja

  • Removes obstacles in career, marriage, and finance.
  • Brings mental peace and emotional stability.
  • Helps reduce health issues related to planetary imbalance.
  • Leads to spiritual progress and karma correction.
  • Protects from sudden losses, betrayal, and fear.