Ceremonies

Shashtiabdhapoorti or the 60th birthday / marriage anniversary / Ugraratha Shanti is the celebration of completing sixty years based on the Jamna Kundali (Birth Chart) and on the day of birth-star. A milestone in life. As per Vedic scriptures, man’s life span is believed to be 120 years. Sixty years in Sanskrit is known as Shashtiyabdhi. Shashtiabdapoorti marks the completion of half the life of one’s lifetime.

Benefits:

• This ceremony removes all bad karmas and sins of the couple and they are blessed with a long and happy life together.
• The vedas prescribe this as the best pariharam (remedy) for any old age illness or weakness and blesses the couple with great strength physically and mentally.
• The man’s partner is blessed with mangalya bhagya on performing this ceremony.

We offer Pandits for Shashtiabdapoorti in cities like Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad along with Kshetras like Udupi, Kumbakonam, Gokarna, Rameshwaram, Ujjain and many more cities across India.

Ugra Ratha Shanti Puja: Celebrating 60 Years of a Blessed Life in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai & Sacred Kshetras

Ugra Ratha Shanti homam is a Shanti Karya performed at the completion of 59th Birthday and at the start of the 60th year for a male. It is the homam conducted a year before sixtieth birthday, Sashtiaptha Poorthi (60th year Birthday) or simply Shashti Poorti.

Benefits:

• Longevity and relief from physical ailments
• Mental and physical happiness, peace
• Appeasement of planets and relief from malefic effects of planets
• Appease Kula-Devatha and other deities for protection
• Fulfillment of desires of each family member

Upanayanam or Janeu or Poonal ceremony is the Samskar performed for the male child before he is sent to study in the Gurukul under ‘Brahmacharya’. You will perform Upanayanam Vidhi to your child and initiate him with Brahmopadesham, thereby making him eligible to study the Vedic Scriptures. Puranas mention that, three strands of sacred thread  ‘Yajjopavitam’ represents Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara.