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Vedic Yagyas · Vrindavan, India

Your name, your intention,
amplified through sacred fire

A Yagya is how you speak an intention into your own life. You give your name and your intention. Brahmins in Vrindavan, who have done nothing else since childhood, carry your intention through a Yagya built exactly for that purpose, channeling energy to you and through you to the world. The recording comes to you, usually within a day.

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A fire in Vrindavan, filmed September 2026. Seventy eight seconds, no sound needed.
What is a Yagya

An ancient practice,
performed for you

A Yagya (yah·gee·uh) is an ancient Vedic rite in which a Brahmin builds a sacred fire and speaks your name aloud before it, reciting Sanskrit sound formulas called mantras, each one held in the tradition for a particular purpose. In a group Yagya your name is what is said aloud. Your intention shapes which mantras are chosen and the tone they are spoken in, and the Brahmins carry your intention with them.

Also written Yajna (yah·g·nuh), the practice is one of the oldest spiritual traditions on earth. Vedic (vay·dic) Brahmins make offerings while reciting Sanskrit mantras: sound formulas held and refined for four thousand years, each one dedicated in the tradition to a specific area of life. Each recitation is chosen for the intention it serves. Your name is spoken in the Sankalpa (sun·kal·puh): the formal declaration made at the opening of the Yagya, which dedicates everything that follows to you, by name.

The Yagya has been performed in Vrindavan (vrin·duh·vun), on the banks of the Yamuna River, for thousands of years. We make it possible to have your name included in a genuine Vedic Yagya, performed by the same Brahmins, the same fires, the same unbroken tradition, from anywhere in the world.

Usually within a day of your Yagya you receive a private video recording. The sacred fire, Agni (ug·nee), is visible throughout. Your name is spoken on camera, clearly, in the Sankalpa.

15
Yagyas performed
each month
1 day
Private video,
usually within a day
27
Names held in
one sankalpa
2
Brahmins at
every Yagya
How It Works

Three steps to your Yagya

Step 01
Give your name
At checkout you give your name, its phonetic spelling if that helps the Brahmin, and your intention: health, protection, abundance, any sincere purpose. The intention guides which mantras are chosen; only the name is read aloud. Members are included in all 15 monthly Yagyas automatically.
Step 02
Your Yagya is performed
On the Yagya date, Vrindavan's Brahmins build the sacred fire. Your name is spoken clearly in the Sankalpa: on camera, in Sanskrit, with full intention. The Sankalpa is what makes the Yagya yours. It formally dedicates everything that follows to you, by name, for the purpose you named. All names in your circle are individually read before the fire.
Step 03
Receive your recording
Usually within a day a private video link goes to the email address entered at booking. Two Brahmins, and a full day of work, with the Yagya itself filmed. The fire is visible throughout and your name is audible in the Sankalpa. The recording is yours to keep, and you can play it again whenever you want.
Navneet Kaushik, who arranges the Yagyas in Vrindavan, on what is done and why. Eighty one seconds.
Why people come

What do you want carried into the fire?

Fourteen Yagyas are performed every month, each on its own day, and each one is asked for something different. Choose the one that matches what you are carrying, and your name is spoken in it.

Most people keep the same intention going, an hour set aside each month, and let it build over the year. A standing Sankalpa is $150 every four months, with one Yagya free with every payment. A single Yagya is $37.50.

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Durga
For the protection of your friends and your family.
The monthly Durgashtami, the eighth day of the waxing moon
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The ancestors
For the people of your family who have passed away.
Amavasya, the new moon
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Satyanarayan
For a quiet mind and a calm household.
Purnima, the full moon
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Ganesha
For a clear road at a new start, and the things standing in the way of it.
Sankashti Chaturthi
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Lakshmi
For money that comes in and stays.
Friday, her own day of the week
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Rudrabhishek
For health and recovery, yours or someone you love.
Pradosh
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Hanuman
For courage when you are afraid.
Tuesday, his own day of the week
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Shani
For steadiness through a hard stretch.
Saturday, his own day of the week
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Krishna and Radha
For love in your life, and warmth in your home.
The monthly Krishna Ashtami, both honoured in one Yagya
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Surya
For energy, and your standing at work.
Sunday, the Sun’s own day
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Narasimha
For protection from someone who means you harm.
Its own day in the month
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Gayatri
For clear thinking.
Its own day in the month
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Baglamukhi
For holding your ground in a dispute or a court case.
Its own day in the month, performed after dark
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Vishnu
For the safety of the home.
Ekadashi
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All fourteen, side by side
The whole calendar of standing Yagyas, what each one is asked for, and how the standing Sankalpa works.
$150 every four months
The Real Question

Why does it actually work?

Here is the honest answer, in three parts: what we promise, what the tradition holds, and what is your part in it.

What we promise is a Yagya, and every part of that promise is verifiable. A fire built and tended by Brahmins in Vrindavan who carry generations of this practice behind them. Your name, spoken aloud in the Sankalpa, on camera. A private recording, sent to you as soon as we have it. The recording shows you the whole of it.

What the tradition holds is older than any modern country: that mantra is sound offered with precision. Vedic texts are written with accent marks above and below the letters, svara, which record the pitch each syllable is recited on, and the same syllables at other pitches are a different recitation. That is why the tradition carried these texts by voice for so long, and it is why the man reciting is not interchangeable with a recording or a reader.

Practitioners describe the Yagya as moving through the elements in order: the Brahmin prepares the space, the chanting carries it into the air, the air into the fire, the fire into the water standing in the pots beside it, and the water onto the people and the ground.

It also holds that what is offered into the fire is received, and that a rite performed for a named person, with a clear purpose, carries benefit to that person. The Yagya has been performed on that understanding, without interruption, for thousands of years, and the Brahmins perform it today exactly as it has been handed to them. We follow the tradition exactly as it has been handed to us.

Thomas Ashley-Farrand spent his life carrying this practice to Western readers in Healing Mantras; the Yagya is the tradition's own full form of what he describes.

Your part in it is to take part. On the day, set the hour aside, hold the intention you gave us, and let the Yagya be something you experience rather than something you merely bought. What to do on the day is set out here.

Bring your largest wishes to the fire, and say them forward rather than backward. Not the illness but the health. Not the loss but what is being renewed. Not the fight but the reconciliation. The intention you give is the one the Brahmins carry, so the words are worth choosing on purpose.

What the Yagya gives you, on the day, is a fact to stand on: on this date, in Vrindavan, before a real fire, my name was spoken, and the intention I gave was the one they carried.

The most precise element is the Sankalpa. After the first purifications and invocations, and before the offerings reach the fire, the Brahmin makes a formal declaration: the date, the place, the purpose, and the names of every person the Yagya is performed for. The declaration is in Sanskrit. Your name is said as your name, aloud, before the fire.

In a group Yagya your intention works silently: it guides which mantras the Brahmins choose, and it is offered into the fire with the offerings. You are also invited to speak your own Sankalpa, in your own words: any time on the day of the Yagya is right, and before it is fine too. We send you simple instructions for it. And in a private Yagya dedicated to one person, the Brahmin recites your intention itself aloud.

This is what it means to have your name in the Yagya. The Sankalpa is the mantra of conscious resolution. The Brahmin states the date, the place, the purpose, and the names, and your name is one of them.

Distance is not a factor, and the reason is plainer than it sounds: what the Yagya sends is not a substance that has to cross the distance. It is an intention, spoken aloud and fixed on a named person, and an intention is not measured in miles. That is why the tradition holds a rite performed in Vrindavan reaches the person named in it, wherever that person is. More on this here.

Without a name, a Yagya is performed for the world in general. With your name spoken, everything that follows is dedicated to you, specifically, out loud, on the record.

And this is why the Brahmins perform these Yagyas in rhythm rather than one at a time. Fifteen Yagyas a month, your name spoken in each one, month after month: a standing practice, kept for you.

A membership is a practice you keep, for as long as you choose to keep it. An intention holds when it is renewed, and a member renews it fifteen times a month rather than once a year.

The Schedule

This month's Yagyas

Fifteen Yagyas are performed each month in Vrindavan, each one dedicated to a different deity. Below is the schedule as the temple has published it. Your name is read at the next Yagya whose names have not yet closed, and members are included in all 15 of the monthly Yagyas. Seasonal rites, such as the ancestor rites of Pitru Paksha, are booked separately.

No standard Yagyas are performed from 27 September to 10 October, the fortnight of Pitru Paksha; they resume on 11 October.

Choose Your Circle

Three circles, one fire

Every Yagya is the same Yagya: the same Brahmins, the same mantras, the same recording sent to you usually within a day. The circle sets how many names share it, and the price. Tap a circle to see what is different about it.

27
The Sattva 27
One Yagya $37.50 · a month $375
The smallest circle. Members receive the InfiniteAloe parcel every month.
108
The Sattva 108
One Yagya $22.50 · a month $225
The number of the mala, at a third less.
432
The Sattva 432
One Yagya $11 · a month $110
The widest circle, and the way in.
Choose Your Place

Start here

Everyone in the Sattva 27 is read in the same circle of twenty seven, whether they booked a single Yagya or hold a membership. Every Yagya uses the same finest materials, the same sacred fire, and the same Brahmins, every time. Sattva is the Sanskrit word for clarity, the state a Yagya is performed in. Twenty-seven is the number of Nakshatras, the lunar mansions of Vedic astrology. We sell twenty seven places, so that each name is held with individual presence.

The Sattva 27 is one of three circles. The Sattva 108 and the Sattva 432 sell more places around your name, at lower prices. See the three circles.

The next Yagya is on the calendar above. Add or correct a name up to 48 hours before each Yagya. See this month's schedule.

Start here
This is where you begin today

One Yagya in the Sattva 27: one name, one Yagya, one recording, read in the same circle of twenty seven as every member. $37.50, paid once. What you spend on single Yagyas comes off your first month of membership, up to a full month, if you are invited and you accept.

The Sattva 27 · One Yagya
$37.50
Make my intention heard
Every month
The Standing Sankalpa

The same intention, carried into a Yagya every month, for as long as you keep it. You choose which of the Yagyas is yours, your name is spoken in its Sankalpa, and the recording comes to you. Three payments a year. And one Yagya free with every payment. The first free one goes in on the day you sign up. So you receive fifteen Yagyas in a calendar year: twelve of the Yagya you chose, and three more. Read about it.

The Standing Sankalpa · Every Four Months
$150
Choose your Yagya
The Sattva
27
$375/mo
By invitation only
  • 27 names maximum, the number of Nakshatras, the lunar mansions of Vedic astrology
  • Your name held with the Brahmin's undivided attention
  • Each name individually invoked in the Sankalpa
  • Finest materials used throughout
  • Private video, usually within a day
  • All 15 monthly Yagyas included
Start here
Invitations go to people who have had a Yagya performed. Book one, and the $37.50 comes off your first month if you are invited and you accept.
Want to talk it through with someone first? Book a free 20-minute consultation →
Before You Decide

Read the tradition first, if you like

Everything in our library is free to read: open access, no sign-up. It is the knowledge the Yagyas rest on, written at length and sourced where a source exists. Take your time; the library and the next Yagya will both still be here.

7The days of the weekMonday is the Moon's day in English and in Sanskrit. Same week, same planets, both ends of the world. 27The mansions of the MoonAll twenty-seven nakshatras, and why Vedic astrology reads the Moon rather than the Sun. 108The number of the malaWhy every rosary in the tradition has 108 beads, and one more that is never counted. 432The measure of an ageThe age we live in is 432,000 years long. Also, honestly, what to make of the 432 hertz claim.
The Tradition, the whole library →
The Source

Performed in Vrindavan, where the Vedic Yagya has been performed unbroken for millennia

Vrindavan is one of the most sacred cities of the Vedic tradition, located on the banks of the Yamuna River in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a living center of Vedic practice, home to thousands of temples and a community of Brahmins who have performed these Yagyas across generations.

Every Yagya is performed by the same dedicated Brahmins, filmed with consistent quality, and sent to you, usually within a day. The tradition is unbroken, the fire is lit in front of a camera, and your name is spoken over it. What you add to all of that is an intention, and the Yagya is how the intention is put into the world.

Two Brahmins seated at the fire in Vrindavan, flames rising from the kund, marigolds around it
Vrindavan. The fire, the kund, and the men who keep it.
The whole rite, start to finish A physical Agni, the sacred fire, built by hand and kept burning through every stage of the Yagya. Nothing is shortened and nothing is skipped because the person it is performed for is not in the room.
Your name spoken on camera The Sankalpa is recorded. You hear your own name said aloud by the Brahmin, before the fire.
Private video, usually within a day Private link sent to the email address entered at booking. Two Brahmins, a full day's work, the Yagya filmed. Yours to keep.
A team behind your name The same small team in Vrindavan prepares every Yagya and the same Brahmins perform it. They know how many names they are carrying, and yours is carried by hand rather than by a machine.
15 Yagyas per month Members are included in all 15 monthly Yagyas automatically, the same submission carrying forward month to month.
Gau seva, the feeding of cows, in Vrindavan. Not part of what you buy, and it happens anyway.
On Yagya Day

How to receive your Yagya

The Brahmins perform the Yagya entirely, start to finish. Attendance is not the part that matters. Attention is. Know when your date is, and put your mind on your intention once or twice before it comes: that is the anchor, and it is most of what is being asked of you. The practices below are for anyone who wants to take part more fully from where they are.

Eat lightly
On Yagya days, favor light, clean food: fruit, milk, simple grains. The tradition holds that what you eat affects how clearly you can receive, and that a settled body is more open than a heavy one.
Avoid intoxicants
Skip alcohol and other intoxicants on the day of your Yagya. Vedic practice calls for a clear mind, and the day of your Yagya is a good day to keep one.
Speak your own Sankalpa
Any time on the day of the Yagya is right, and before it is fine too: state your intention aloud, in your own words and your own language, simply and clearly. This is your own Sankalpa, and it is yours to make: the Brahmin reads your name before the fire, and your spoken words are your own declaration of the same purpose. Simple instructions arrive with your confirmation.
Rest and receive
When your recording arrives, find a quiet moment to watch it. Sit still. Let the Yagya land. Listen for the part that matters, which is your own name. Your intention was carried with it. Let yourself receive that.
Questions

What people ask

A Yagya is an ancient Vedic rite in which a Brahmin builds a sacred fire and speaks your name aloud before it. The Brahmin makes offerings while reciting Sanskrit mantras, with your name spoken aloud in the Sankalpa at the opening of every Yagya. In a group Yagya your intention works silently: it shapes which mantras are chosen and the tone they are spoken in, and the Brahmins carry your intention with them. In a private Yagya dedicated to one person, the intention is spoken aloud as well. The practice has been performed in Vrindavan, India, for thousands of years and is available to anyone, of any background, who holds a sincere intention.
The Sankalpa is the formal Sanskrit declaration of intention spoken at the opening of a Vedic Yagya. The Brahmin states the date, the place, the purpose, and the names of all those for whom the Yagya is being performed. It is the moment your name enters the Yagya: on camera, said aloud, before the sacred fire.
Vrindavan is one of the most sacred cities of the Vedic tradition, located on the banks of the Yamuna River in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a living center of Vedic practice, home to thousands of temples and a community of Brahmins who have performed Yagyas across generations. Every Yagya we offer is performed there by the same dedicated Brahmins.
You are welcome, whatever your faith, or if you hold none. Anyone, from anywhere in the world, may give us a name to be prayed for, their own or the name of someone they love. A name is enough to begin, and your beliefs stay your own.
The Yagya is performed in Sanskrit, the ancient language of Vedic tradition. Your name is spoken clearly and audibly in the Sankalpa, which you can hear in your private recording. Your name is the part to listen for, and you will recognise it without knowing Sanskrit.
The Yagya is built around your own name and your own intention. If you want someone to recover, or a marriage to go well, that is your intention and it is what the Brahmins carry into the fire. You may give someone else's name instead if they are happy for you to do it. The ancestor rites at Pitru Paksha are the exception: that rite is performed for the people of your family who have passed away, by name.
Every Yagya uses the same finest materials, the same sacred fire, and the same Brahmins. The Sattva 27 holds 27 names, the number of Nakshatras, the lunar mansions of Vedic astrology. Keeping the number that low is the point: the Brahmin holds each name with individual attention rather than reading a long list. Your name is spoken aloud in the Sankalpa and you receive the private recording.
A single Yagya is $37.50, and anyone may book one. The Sattva 27 membership is $375 per month and includes all 15 monthly Yagyas. Membership is by invitation, and the pricing section has a place to ask for one.
Members are included in the 15 monthly Yagyas from their start date forward, automatically. If you join after a Yagya has already been performed that month, you are included from the next one. Seasonal rites, such as the ancestor rites of Pitru Paksha, are booked separately and sit outside the membership. Occasionally something goes wrong on a Yagya day. If a Yagya ever misses a name that was booked, we aim to write to you before you notice and offer a way to make it right, and where there is more than one way, you choose.
Yes. You can cancel at any time. Your name will be included in any Yagyas already scheduled before your cancellation date. Cancel whenever you like, at no charge.
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Your intention deserves to be amplified through the fire

Think of it as a megaphone for a thought. You bring the intention. The Brahmins bring the training, the fire, and the form that carries it.

One checkout, two minutes, and your intention is in the next Yagya. Your recording arrives, usually within a day of your first Yagya.

Amplify my intention