Join in the Maha Yajna
Omm Namo Bhagavate
Anyone in the world can participate in the Maha Yajna as follows:
1. On any one day of the Yajna, light a lamp or candle for any one of the 55 Devatas on the following list, during the hours of the yajna havana (fire oblations) in India. The lamp or candle should burn for a minimum of 60 minutes.
2. When doing so, offer a prayer—not for yourself but for the entire earth and all of humanity
3. Send your name, location, and the Devata for which you lit the lamp, via the Contact page.
4. On the final day of the Yajna, a lamp for each global participant will be lit in one of the kundas so that each individual will also receive the benefit.
Yajna timing: light the lamp or candle during any of the following periods. These are listed in India Standard Time, so covert that to your local time zone, and light the lamp accordingly. For example, 9 am in India is 7:30 pm Pacific time, so that is one of the periods when someone in San Francisco would light the lamp.
- 22 Feb: 3 pm to 5 pm
- 23, 24, 25 Feb: 8:30 am to 1:30 pm and 3 pm to 5 pm
- 26 Feb: 8:30 am to 1:30 pm, and 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Choose one Devata from the following list (Samaveda Samhita):
Aap
Aditi
Aditya
Aditya Gana
Agni
Agni or Havimshi
Agni Pavaman
Angira
Annam
Apanpat
Aparisukta
Apva
Ashwini Kumar
Ashwino Mitravaruno
Atma or Agni
Brahanspati
Bruhaspati
Dhavapruthvi
Gau
Indra
Indra or Marud Gana
Indragni
Indratrailok-yatma
Indravayu
Ishava
Lingokta
Marutagana
Mitravaruna
Pavaman Soma
Pavamana-dyetya
Prajapati
Purusha
Pusha
Ratri
Sadaspati
Samgramshisa
Saraswan
Saraswati
Savita
Soma
Surya
Surya or Atma
Tarya or Surya
Tvashta, Parjanya, Brahanspati, Aditi
Usha
Vajina
Van
Varma Soma Varuna
Varuna
Vayu
Vishnu
Vishnu or Devagan
Vishwadeva
Vishwakarma
Yupa
For more details on the Yajna, see the invitation posted here.