Ketu Shanti Puja

In Vedic astrology, Ketu represents moksha, detachment, intuition, and hidden karmic influences. When unfavorable, it may cause isolation, lack of direction, health disturbances, or sudden breaks in life. Ketu Shanti Puja harmonizes these energies through Vedic mantras, offerings, and homa, bringing clarity, protection, and inner balance.

Ketu Shanti Puja holds a deeply spiritual position in Vedic astrology, as Ketu is considered a powerful shadow planet governing past-life karma, detachment, intuition, and liberation. Unlike Rahu, which drives material desires, Ketu pushes the soul toward separation, introspection, and spiritual awareness. When Ketu is favorably placed, it grants sharp intuition, wisdom, and spiritual depth. However, when afflicted or active during Ketu Mahadasha or Antardasha, it can create confusion, sudden losses, isolation, lack of motivation, health issues, or unexplained fear. Ketu’s influence is subtle yet intense. Individuals under its malefic effect may feel disconnected from goals, experience abrupt endings in relationships or careers, face legal or health issues, or struggle with a sense of emptiness despite external success. Ketu Shanti Puja is performed to calm these disruptive energies and help the devotee accept karmic lessons with awareness rather than suffering. The ritual begins with a sankalp, where the devotee submits personal challenges and karmic burdens to divine forces. This is followed by chanting of specific Vedic mantras dedicated to Ketu, which help stabilize the planet’s influence on the mind and destiny. Traditional offerings such as durva grass, sesame seeds, multi-colored cloth, coconut, and symbolic dravyas linked with Ketu are used, representing surrender of ego, confusion, and karmic residue. A significant element of Ketu Shanti Puja is the Ketu Homa, a sacred fire ritual in which mantras are offered into the fire. The homa symbolizes purification of subconscious fears and unresolved karmas carried from previous lives. It is believed to bring mental clarity, reduce sudden misfortunes, and protect the devotee from unseen obstacles. Unlike material-oriented remedies, this puja focuses on internal balance, spiritual grounding, and acceptance. Spiritually, Ketu Shanti Puja encourages humility, detachment, and self-realization. Ketu teaches that not all losses are negative; some are necessary for spiritual evolution. Through this puja, devotees gradually develop patience, clarity of purpose, and resilience. Over time, many experience relief from mental unrest, improved focus, reduced anxiety, and a healthier approach to life’s uncertainties. Traditionally, Ketu Shanti Puja is performed on Tuesdays, during eclipses, or on astrologically recommended dates based on the horoscope. It is suitable for individuals, students, professionals, and families when Ketu causes repeated disruptions or inner imbalance. When performed with devotion and proper Vedic discipline, Ketu Shanti Puja becomes a transformative process that converts karmic confusion into spiritual insight and stability.