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Samuhik Rudra Puja

Samuhik Rudra Puja

When

Thu, 8 May → Mon, 3 July

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM IST

Where

Art of Living Siliguri Ashram or Burdwan Road Centre, Siliguri, Darjeeling, West Bengal

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About this ceremony

Sacred Mantra

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“Om Namah Shivaya · Namaste Rudra Manyava Utota Ishave Namah”

What it feels like

As the Shivalinga is bathed in milk, honey and Ganga water and the Sri Rudram rolls in like distant thunder, the room goes very still. The Rudra Puja doesn't ask for your attention — it quietly takes it, and leaves behind the deep peace that Shiva-devotees have sought for millennia.

What happens inside the Rudra Puja

Performed in the authentic VDS Vaidic paddhati — Sankalpa, Ganapati Puja, Kalasha Sthapana, Punyahavachanam, the consecration of Agni, the deity's offerings, and the final Purnahuti.

  1. 1

    Sankalpa & Ganapati Puja

    The intention is set and Ganapati invoked for a smooth ceremony.

  2. 2

    Kalasha & Shivalinga sthapana

    The Shivalinga is installed and the sacred water pot consecrated.

  3. 3

    Rudrabhishekam

    The Shivalinga is bathed with water, milk, honey, ghee, curd and bilva leaves while Sri Rudram (Namakam & Chamakam) is chanted.

  4. 4

    Archana & Aarti

    Flowers and bilva are offered with the 108 (or 1008) names of Shiva, followed by the waving of lamps.

  5. 5

    Prasad & blessings

    Sanctified water and vibhuti are distributed to all participants.

Significance

Sri Rudram describes the Divine as present in all of creation. Its chanting harmonises the individual with the cosmos, dissolving inner and outer obstacles. The Rudra Puja is performed to remove planetary doshas, clear negative impressions, and invite health, harmony and prosperity. It is the heart of the Shravan Maas observances.

Benefits

  • ✦Removes negativity and planetary doshas
  • ✦Purifies body and mind
  • ✦Bestows peace, health and prosperity
  • ✦Deepens devotion and inner steadiness

Best time to perform

Mondays, Pradosham, Maha Shivratri and through Shravan Maas.

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Description

Why is the Rudra puja important? Since Vedic times, it has been known that Rudra Puja is the most powerful tool to bring peace in the environment. In all the Shankaracharya Parampara (the wisdom lineage of Shankaracharya), one thing that has been followed with utmost discipline and commitment, is common across all the paramparas, is the Monday Rudra Puja. All Shankaracharyas perform the Monday Rudra Puja in their own particular way. This is the reason that Adi Shankaracharya established four peethas (knowledge centers) in four corners of the country so that with these practices, there is prevalence of peace across the country and the world. To maintain the peace and harmony in nature, Shri Rudram is performed.

How it works

  1. 1

    Register & share your sankalpa

    Add your name, gotra, rashi and nakshatra — for yourself and your family in one booking.

  2. 2

    Our pandits perform the ceremony

    Trained Vaidic pandits perform the ceremony with full vidhi on your chosen date.

  3. 3

    Receive your receipt & blessings

    You get an official receipt by email and SMS, carrying the blessings of the ceremony.

What you receive

Official receipt

Sent to you by email and SMS for your records.

Trained Vaidic pandits

In the living tradition of Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji.

Authentic vidhi

Performed exactly as the shastras prescribe.

A living Vedic tradition

Vaidic Dharma Sansthan revives the timeless Vedic tradition — training pandits, performing authentic pujas, homas and samskaras, and carrying the sacred knowledge of the Vedas to every home.

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