Friday, July 10, 2026
Lokāḥ Samastāḥ Sukhino Bhavantu
“May all beings everywhere be happy and free”
A Rare Sacred Fire Offering for Peace, Healing, and Spiritual Upliftment
What This is About
The Vedic Yagya Center invites you to join Main Priest Pundit Samavedula along with Dr. Andrew Foss, three pundits (Vedic priests) and 52 pilgrims as they travel to offer a sacred fire ceremony on July 10, 2026, at Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar in the Himalayas, two of the most revered spiritual sites in the world.
These powerful ancient Vedic rituals are being offered for peace, purification, protection, ancestral healing, and the upliftment of humanity.
The Vedic tradition is one of the world’s oldest living sacred traditions, rooted in the Sanskrit Vedas. It teaches that sound, fire, prayer, offering, right timing, and right intention can help restore harmony between human life and the greater cosmic order.
You do not need to travel to the Himalayas to be part of this offering. We invite you to place your prayers into a sacred fire — for the world.
A Collective Intervention for Our World
Many people can feel it — our world is unsettled. But not all are aware of what is really happening. There is a huge shift in light unfolding right now that is impacting our planet and its inhabitants.
It looks like conflict among nations. Division in communities. Anxiety in families. Emotional and spiritual turbulence in the collective field. An unease that touches everything — from the global stage to the quiet corners in our hearts. Many humans — at all levels and across cultures — are confused and making wrong decisions.
We have been carrying grief and fear coupled with a longing to make a difference.
Ordinary solutions cannot provide answers.
Many inherently know that something different is needed. Not just conversation. Not just hope.
Something ancient, powerful, and real is being called forth — a spiritual intervention that can shift the very energy of our times.
And we want you to be part of it.
From wherever you are, you can place your prayers directly into a sacred fire at the highest altar on Earth.
Ancient traditions remind us that prayer, ritual, mantra, and sacred intention are not passive acts. They are ways of cleaning, clearing, and activating healing.
In the Vedic tradition, a yagya is a sacred fire ceremony offered with mantra, devotion, prayer, and intention. A Maha Yagya is a larger and especially powerful form of this offering, performed for the benefit of individuals, families, communities, and the world.
This Global Peace Maha Yagya is being offered with one shared prayer:
- May peace arise where there is conflict.
- May harmony return where there is division.
- May healing come to the Earth and all beings.
- May each person be guided toward clarity, protection, and spiritual awakening.
This is a sacred offering for humanity — and an opportunity for you to become part of a prayer larger than all of us put together.
Be Part of This Sacred Fire
Two extraordinary human beings invite you to join them as they physically journey to the Himalayas for this event.
Founder Pundit Samavedula carries the sacred ritual authority and Vedic lineage of six generations of highly venerated pundits.
Dr. Foss is one of the pilgrims undertaking this journey and a highly respected Vedic astrologer, author, teacher, and scholar whose work bridges scientific rigor and Vedic wisdom. He is a trusted interpreter and educator who will assist Western participants in understanding the meaning and power of the Maha Yagya.
As fellow humans who feel the urgency of these times, Pundit Samavedula and Dr. Foss are issuing the clarion call for those who sincerely hear it: Come. Be part of this sacred fire.
On Friday, July 10, at an elevation of more than 15,000 feet, Pundit Samavedula (Pundiji) will be joined by three Vedic pundits to perform a Maha Yagya in the sacred region of Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar.
When you join the Maha Yagya, your name and family names, your prayers and intentions are included in the rituals. You may not be standing physically with them, but your prayer is carried.
Where sacred fire is lit, distance dissolves, and prayer finds its way.
What is Happening at the Foot of Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar?
We are living through intense global transition marked by uncertainty, emotional imbalance, and karmic turbulence. The Vedas declare Yagya as the highest remedy to restore balance in such times.
This Maha Yagya brings together several powerful Vedic rituals into one sacred offering.
Pundiji’s Maha Yagya is doing two things at once: worshiping and honoring Prakriti, the living feminine creative force of nature, movement, and manifestation, and Purusha, the masculine principle and witnessing consciousness, stillness, and spirit that gives awareness to creation.
In other words, Prakriti is the dancing force of life; Purusha is the still consciousness that beholds it.
For those new to these traditions, each ritual has a specific purpose and spiritual meaning. Read more about the rituals
Together, a powerful field of prayer and offering is created — for the world, for families, for ancestors, and for each participant.
Why Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar Matter
Mount Kailash is not an ordinary mountain. It is not a place you simply visit.
For thousands of years, Mount Kailash has been regarded as one of the most sacred places on Earth by many religious traditions. In the Vedic and yogic traditions, it is revered as the sacred seat of Lord Shiva, representing stillness, transformation, and deep spiritual realization.
Mount Kailash is considered to be the “Crown Chakra” of the planet, so the blessings from these rituals will flow throughout the entire world.
Lake Manasarovar, located near Mount Kailash, is considered to be one of the holiest bodies of water on the planet. Pilgrims have long traveled there for purification, prayer, and spiritual blessing.
The journey is arduous, the terrain unforgiving, and access is rarely granted.
Why This Moment Cannot Wait
2026 is a Maha Yagya Year — the Year of the Horse — when the spiritual potency of all sacred rituals is further amplified. What is offered in this year carries multiplied force and reach.
To have trained Vedic pundits performing sacred fire rituals at Mount Kailish and Lake Manasarovar is rare anytime, and the convergence of now is extraordinary and may not happen again in our lifetimes.
This Maha Yagya brings together:
- Sacred geography
- An amplified energetic period of time
- Vedic mantra
- Fire ritual
- Ancestral prayer
- Collective intention and prayer from all over the globe
The fire will be lit on July 10, 2026. Participation is open now.
How You Can Participate
Participation is simple and sacred.
Step 1: Choose your offering level below.
Step 2: Share your name, family details, and sacred intention (or sankalpa) so the Vedic pundits can include your family in the rituals.
Step 3: After registration, you will be invited to join a private WhatsApp group to receive live updates from the journey to Mount Kailish that begins on July 1.
Step 4: You will receive a special mantra (prayer) to recite, support in preparing, and a link to watch a livestream of the Maha Yagya.
Step 5: Your name and prayers enter the sacred fire at Mount Kailash on July 10. You are part of the Maha Yagya.
The fire does not distinguish between those who stand at the mountain and those who stand in prayer at home.
Sacred Offering Levels
Every participant’s name, sacred intention, and prayers will be offered into the sacred fire with equal devotion.
The offering levels below reflect the prasad (food or offerings that have been blessed and returned as a gift of grace) you will receive — each one consecrated at Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar and carried back for you by Pundiji and Dr. Foss.
Special benefits for participants at all levels:
- Holy water from Lake Manasarovar (small bottle)
- Sacred dried fruit prasad
- Vibhuti (sacred ashes)
- “Behind the scenes” photos and videos from Pundiji during the trip, shared exclusively with participants of the Maha Yagya
- Spiritual support and instructions from Pundiji to prepare so you may receive maximum benefits
A short video featuring your sankalpa as it happened
(All “prasad blessings” will be mailed to the participant)
There is no small prayer at Kailash.
Every sincere offering, every prayer, matters.
$108 Sacred Offering
- All of the benefits listed above plus,
- Copper gold plated Maha Mrityunjaya Yantra/Kavech Pendant – A sacred geometric design associated with Lord Shiva’s healing, protection, and freedom from fear. These Yantras will be dipped in the holy waters of Lake Manasarovar which will infuse the pendants with the power of karmic release.
$301 Sacred Offering
- All of the benefits of $108, plus
- Rudraksha mala (108 beads) – Rudraksha beads are sacred seeds associated with Lord Shiva, traditionally worn for protection, spiritual focus, and inner peace. In Ayurvedic and traditional healing systems they are known to support physical calm, balance, and healthy circulation when worn against the skin. These beads will be dipped in the holy waters of Lake Manasarovar which will infuse the beads with the power of karmic release.
$501 Sacred Offering
- All of the benefits of $301, plus
- Rudraksha bracelet – Rudraksha beads are sacred seeds associated with Lord Shiva, traditionally worn for protection, spiritual focus, and inner peace.In Ayurvedic and traditional healing systems they are known to support physical calm, balance, and healthy circulation when worn against the skin. This bracelet will be dipped in the holy waters of Lake Manasarovar which will infuse the beads with the power of karmic release.
$1008 Sacred Offering
- All of the benefits of $501, plus
- Copper Rudraksha mala (108 beads) – Rudraksha beads are sacred seeds associated with Lord Shiva, traditionally worn for protection, spiritual focus, and inner peace. In Ayurvedic and traditional healing systems they are known to support physical calm, balance, and healthy circulation when worn against the skin. This mala will be dipped in the holy waters of Lake Manasarovar which will infuse the beads with the power of karmic release.
$2100 Sacred Offering
- All of the benefits of $1008, plus
- Pure Silver Rudraksha Mala (108 beads) – Rudraksha beads are sacred seeds associated with Lord Shiva, traditionally worn for protection, spiritual focus, meditation, and inner peace. In Ayurvedic and traditional healing systems they are known to support physical calm, balance, and healthy circulation when worn against the skin. This mala will be dipped in the holy waters of Lake Manasarovar which will infuse the beads with the power of karmic release.
$5001 Sacred Offering
All of the benefits of $2001, plus
- Pure Silver with Gold Plated Murti of Lord Shiva Parivar (approx. 3” x 2”) – The Shiva Parivar is the name for the members of Lord Shiva’s divine household — a sacred image depicting consciousness, love, wisdom, courage, and devotion held together in harmony. A murti is not merely a statue; it is a sacred form through which devotees honor and encounter the living presence of the divine.
Every prayer placed in the sacred fire rises the same distance and has the same spiritual significance.
Ancestral Healing Added to Your Participation
An additional ritual for departed ancestors will be performed as part of the Maha Yagya, bringing coherence to your ancestral line and blessings to you and living descendants.
All families carry patterns across generations including things like unresolved grief, inherited burdens, lack of stability, and ancestral threads that shape health, prosperity, and peace in ways that are not always visible.
The Vedic tradition calls this Pitru Dosha, and it recognizes that healing the lineage is one of the most profound acts of devotion a person can undertake.
Pitru Tarpanam on the banks of Lake Manasarovar is considered extraordinarily powerful.
Your sacred offering brings:
- Peace and upliftment for departed souls
- Healing of ancestral patterns
- Blessings for family harmony
- Support for health, stability, and prosperity
- Protection and continuity for future generations
Pitru Tarpanam is a sacred bridge between generations — honoring those who came before and blessing those who will come after.
Personal and Collective Blessings
While this Maha Yagya is an offering for the world, its blessings flow directly into your life:
- Inner peace and emotional steadiness
- Protection for yourself and loved ones
- Healing and clarity
- Support through transition
- Removal of obstacles
- Family harmony and ancestral healing
- Spiritual growth and alignment with your sacred path (or dharma)
In Vedic tradition, yagya is not understood as a transaction or guarantee. It is a sacred act of offering, devotion, and alignment made with sincerity, humility, and trust.
We Will Carry Your Name to the Mountain
A Special Message from Pundit Samavedula and Dr. Foss:
“We have walked the path of spiritual practice for decades, taught together for over fifteen years, and we have never felt the call more clearly than now. The world needs this offering. And we need each other to make it whole.
The world needs prayer.
The world needs healing.
The world needs peace.
And humanity needs one another.
When we stand at the foothills of Kailash on July 10, we will carry your name, your prayers, and the prayers of your family into the sacred fire. You will be with us — not in symbol, but in the deepest spiritual truth.
We are honored to walk this journey together with you.”
Invite Loved Ones
We invite you to share this opportunity with loved ones and anyone you know who may wish to be included. Sharing is itself an act of seva (sacred service).
“Lokāḥ Samastāḥ Sukhino Bhavantu”
May all beings everywhere be happy and free
Questions & Answers About Participation
Q: What is the Vedic tradition and lineage?
The Vedic world is the sacred and cultural universe that grew from the Vedas, ancient collections of hymns, chants, ritual formulas, prayers, and philosophical teachings preserved in Sanskrit (the ancient sacred language of India). These 4,000-year-old scriptures are the root of what later became Hindu civilization, philosophy, ritual, and spiritual practice.
The Vedas were preserved orally through highly disciplined memorization and chanting traditions long before they were written down. The Vedic tradition is one of the world’s purest examples of a large sacred corpus preserved through oral transmission.
At its simplest, Vedic means rooted in sacred knowledge. The word Veda comes from Sanskrit and is commonly translated as “knowledge.”
The Vedic tradition is a complete sacred worldview that includes:
1. Yagyas: Ritual and sacred fire
Sacred sound, mantra, offerings, and fire rituals understood to harmonize the human world with cosmic order.
2. Chanting: Sacred sound and mantra
A mantra is a sacred sound, word, or phrase repeated in prayer or meditation to focus the mind, open the heart, and connect with divine energy. A chant can be any repeated song, prayer, or phrase, while a mantra carries a specific sacred meaning, vibration, or spiritual purpose. In short, a mantra is what is repeated; chanting is how it is repeated.
3. Cosmic order
The Vedic worldview sees life as governed by deep principles of harmony, duty, reciprocity, and alignment. Human life is not separate from the cosmos; our actions, speech, rituals, intentions, and ethics participate in and are part of a larger order.
4. Philosophy and self-knowledge
Later Vedic texts, especially the Upanishads, turn inward toward questions such as: What is the Self? What is ultimate reality? What is liberation?
The Upanishads form the basis for Vedanta, one of the great philosophical systems of Indian thought.
5. Living sciences and sacred disciplines
The Vedic world gave rise to or deeply influenced related traditions such as Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Yoga, Ayurveda, Jyotisha/Vedic Astrology, Sanskrit learning, temple ritual, meditation, devotional worship, dharma teachings, and teacher-disciple lineages.
The Four Vedas
The classical Vedic canon includes four Vedas:
- Rig Veda — Hymns, invocations, praise of deities and cosmic forces
- Sama Veda — Sacred melodies, chants, and verses used in ritual singing
- Yajur Veda — Ritual formulas and instructions for sacrifice/offering
- Atharva Veda — Prayers, healing formulas, household rites, protection, and practical sacred life
The “World” of the Vedas
The Vedic world is an entire sacred ecosystem:
- Priestly lineages who preserve chant
- Fire rituals that invoke blessing
- Calendars and auspicious timings
- Temples and sacred geography
- Understanding of karma and dharma
- Relationship between human beings and divine intelligence
- Understanding that sound, intention, offering, and practice affect both inner and outer life
One way to think about this is that the Vedic tradition is a sacred technology of alignment — bringing the individual, family, community, ancestors, nature, and cosmos into greater harmony.
Q: What is a Maha Yagya?
A Maha Yagya is a large or auspicious sacred fire offering from the Vedic tradition. It is performed with mantra, prayer, devotion, and offerings into the fire. Sacred fire serves as a bridge between the human and divine realms. A Maha Yagya may be offered for peace, purification, protection, healing, ancestral blessing, spiritual upliftment, and the welfare of the world.
Q: What is a homam?
A homam is another name for a yagya.
Q: What are the rituals that will be performed during the Maha Yagya?
- Rudrabhishekam — A sacred bathing ritual honoring Lord Shiva to help clear negativity, calm the mind, support inner balance, and bring spiritual strength.
- Rudra Homam/Yagya — A sacred fire ceremony invoking Lord Shiva for transformation, deep purification, protection, and removal of obstacles.
- Chandi Homam/Yagya — A sacred fire ceremony invoking Divine Mother’s fierce, protective, and compassionate power. This ritual is offered for courage, strength, protection, and the removal of negative forces.
- Shiva Parvati Kalyanam — A ceremonial celebration of the divine marriage of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati honoring the union of stillness and energy, consciousness and creation, masculine and feminine, spirit and life.
- Pitru Tarpanam — An ancestral offering for the peace and upliftment of departed ancestors. In the Vedic tradition, honoring the ancestors is a profound act of devotion that helps bring peace to the lineage and blessings to future generations.
Q: What is prasad? What is vibhuti?
Prasad is an item or offering given during sacred ritual that is blessed and then shared with participants. Prasad may include cooked food, sweets, fruit, sacred water, vibhuti, flowers, or other items. Vibhuti is sacred ash blessed through ritual and traditionally worn on the forehead or kept on an altar as a symbol of purification, protection, and devotion.
Q: What is a sankalpa? How should I create mine?
A sankalpa is a sacred intention or prayer. It may include prayers for peace, healing, protection, clarity, family harmony, ancestral healing, removal of obstacles, spiritual growth, or the well-being of the world.
You may offer prayers for yourself, your family, your ancestors, or the world.
Ideas to help you craft your Sankalpa include:
- Peace and protection
- Healing and emotional steadiness
- Family harmony and/or ancestral healing
- Removal of obstacles
- Clarity during transition
- Prosperity and stability
- Guidance on one’s sacred path
- Global peace and the well-being of all beings
Q: What is a mala?
A mala is a strand of prayer beads traditionally used to count mantra repetitions, support meditation, and keep the mind focused in devotional practice.
Q: Do participants need to be physically present at Mount Kailash to be included?
No. Participants do not need to travel. Once your offering level, name, family details, and sacred intention are received, they are included in the Maha Yagya at Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar.
In the Vedic tradition, sincere prayer is not limited by physical distance. Vedic pundits will carry each participant’s name and intention into the sacred rituals on their behalf.
Q: What happens after I select my offering level?
After you choose your level, you’ll be asked to verify your email and then complete a short form with your details. Once your offering form is submitted and received, you are officially included in the Maha Homa at Mount Kailash.
Q: What information do I need to provide?
You’ll be asked to provide your name, contact information, mailing address, and family details. It is helpful to gather this information before beginning registration, but lack of familiarity with these terms does not prevent the power of your participation.
The form also asks for traditional Vedic information:
- Gothram — a family lineage or ancestral identifier used in certain Vedic rituals
- Nakshatram — your lunar birth star used in Vedic astrology
Note: If you do not know your Nakshatram, you may check the box during registration and a member of our team will contact you to help determine it. In Vedic astrology, the Nakshatram is your lunar birth star. It helps pundits personalize prayers and intentions included in your sankalpa.
Q: Will I receive a confirmation after I complete my order?
Yes. Participants receive an email acknowledgement and receipt from the Yagya Center along with an invitation to join the WhatsApp group. One of our team members will be in touch with instructions on how to use your special mantra, how to prepare spiritually, and how to watch the Maha Yagya.
Q: When and how will sacred items be received?
Pundit Samavedula and his team will return from Kailash around July 20. Shortly after his return, your sacred items will be carefully packaged and mailed to your address.
Q: How is the sankalpa communicated to the pundits?
Your sankalpa and family details are personally handled with care. Your prayers are carried to the sacred fire directly by the pundits performing the Maha Yagya.
Q: Can I include family members or participate on their behalf?
Yes. You may include family members as part of your sacred intention. During registration, you can enter details for loved ones such as a spouse, children, parents, or other family members you wish to include.
Q: Can someone participate on behalf of another person?
Yes. You may make an offering on behalf of a loved one who is not a family member. Enter all of that person’s details during registration so the pundits can include them in the sacred intention.
Q: Will I be able to watch the Maha Yagya live?
Our goal is to livestream the Maha Yagya. If that is not possible due to conditions on the day of, a full recording of the event will be shared afterward.
Q: Will I receive photos or updates from the journey?
Yes. You will receive a link to join a WhatsApp group where photos, videos, and journey updates will be shared throughout the two-week pilgrimage and Maha Yagya.
Q: What if someone is not Hindu or Indian? Can they participate?
A participant does not need to be Indian or Hindu. This opportunity is open to all people of goodwill who feel called to participate sincerely. The Yagya Center welcomes participation with respect for the Vedic tradition.
Q: Does participation guarantee a specific result?
A Maha Yagya is not a transaction or guarantee. In the Vedic tradition, yagya is a sacred act of offering, devotion, prayer, and alignment. Participants place their intentions into the sacred fire with sincerity, humility, and trust.
Q: When is the Maha Yagya?
The Global Peace Maha Yagya will be performed on Friday, July 10, 2026, at the sacred region of the foothills of Mount Kailash and on the banks of Lake Manasarovar.
Q: Who can I speak with if I have any questions?
You may call the Vedic Yagya Center toll-free at +1 800-217-1932 or send an email to info@vydic.com