What is Kaal Sarp Shanti?
Kaal Sarp Shanti is a shanti, a rite of pacification, performed by a purohit at Trimbakeshwar and at Ramkund in Nashik. This page says what the words mean and where the rite is performed.
काल सर्प शान्तिKaal Sarp Shanti
a rite of pacification performed for the condition called Kaal Sarp dosh
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Section I
What is Kaal Sarp Shanti?
A rite of pacification. शान्ति shanti means peace, and it is the name of a rite performed to pacify or set right a condition. The condition this one is performed for is Kaal Sarp dosh. दोष dosh is the word for a fault or a lack, and the name of this one joins काल kaal, time, and सर्प sarp, the serpent. It is performed by a पुरोहित purohit, the priest who performs a rite for a family and makes the offerings in the family’s name.
Section II
Where is Kaal Sarp Shanti performed?
At Trimbakeshwar, and at Ramkund in Nashik. At Trimbakeshwar a purohit of the town performs it. Who the purohits of Trimbakeshwar are, and how the arrangement came about, is on the page on the purohits of Trimbakeshwar.
Section III
Do you arrange Kaal Sarp Shanti?
No. We do not arrange it. What we arrange is the ancestral rites at Ramkund.
Section IV
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