Do I need to be present at Gadhkalika Shaktipeeth?

No. The **Saptshati Path aur Nav Chandi Havan** is carried by **experienced pandits performing authentic Vedic vidhi** in your *naam-gotra* at *Shri Gadhkalika Shaktipeeth, Ujjain*. The video is shared on WhatsApp after completion.

How is this different from the year-round Durga Saptshati seva at Gadhkalika?

The year-round Durga Saptshati seva can be booked any day. This sankalp is timed specifically to **Adhika Maas Shanivar Durga Ashtami with Magha nakshatra** — the *Adhika Maas Saturday Yog* that returns *once-in-32-months*. The **Adhika Maas multiplier**, Saturday's *Shakti-Shani shared adhikara*, Durga Ashtami's **Mahishasura-Mardini tithi**, and Magha's *Pitr-Ketu lineage-bridge* combine to make this day uniquely effective for **family-elder burden, multi-generational patterns, and sade-sati pressure** that needs Shakti alongside. The next return is 2029.

What is the difference between Saptshati Path and Nav Chandi Havan?

The **Saptshati Path** is the recitation of the *full 700-shloka Devi Mahatmya text* — Maa Durga's three manifestation cycles to slay **Madhu-Kaitabha, Mahishasura, and Shumbha-Nishumbha**. The **Nav Chandi Havan** extends the path with invocations of *9 Chandi forms (Shailaputri to Siddhidatri)* and **108 til ahutis** offered into the havan kund — for sustained *family-wide Shakti*. The Sampoorna ₹501 thali includes both; the ₹251 bhog includes the path alone.

Why Gadhkalika Shaktipeeth specifically, not any Durga temple?

Gadhkalika is the **kuldevi shrine of Mahakavi Kalidasa** — who, originally an unlettered cowherd, received Maa Kalika's grace at this very seat. Per *Skanda Purana / Avantikhand* it is one of the **52 Shakti seats of Avantika Kshetra** and has been continuously worshipped since the *Vikramaditya era*. The shrine is shastrically associated with **transformation of inherited limitation** — making it the established Shakti seat for matters of *family-line burden, generational patterns, and elder-member Shakti restoration*. Saptshati paath at this shrine carries the **Vikramaditya-era authority** that ordinary Durga temples do not.

When will I receive the puja video?

After the **Saptshati Path and Nav Chandi Havan** are completed at Gadhkalika, the video is usually shared on WhatsApp **within 24 hours**. The *naam-gotra* and the offerings — *sindoor, red chola, bilva, til, doodh* — are visible.

Adhika Maas Shanivar Durga Ashtami Saptshati Path aur Nav Chandi Havan for Family-Wide Shakti, Pitru-Karma aur Shani Chaaya Mukti, Ujjain

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Adhika Maas Shanivar Durga Ashtami Saptshati Path aur Nav Chandi Havan for Family-Wide Shakti, Pitru-Karma aur Shani Chaaya Mukti, Ujjain

On 23 May Shanivar — Adhika Jyeshtha Shukla Ashtami with Magha nakshatra (Pitr-shasita, Ketu-ruled) — the Adhika Masik Durga Ashtami Saptshati Path aur Nav Chandi Havan is performed in your naam-gotra at Shri Gadhkalika Shaktipeeth, Ujjain — the Vikramaditya-era Shakti seat that is shastrically the kuldevi of Mahakavi Kalidasa. Sindoor and red chola arpan to Maa Kalika, the full 700-shloka Durga Saptshati paath, and the 9-Chandi-form Nav Chandi havan with til ahuti are offered alongside the Mahishasura-Mardini sankalp. Shanivar Durga Ashtami is the only weekday in the lunar cycle when Shakti and Shani share simultaneous adhikara — and inside Adhika Maas (Purushottam Maas), this becomes the Adhika Maas Saturday Yog whose next return is 2029.

Temple

Shri Gadhkalika Shaktipeeth, Ujjain

Puja Date

23 May 2026 · Sat

Adhika Jyeshtha Shukla Ashtami (Magha) · Adhika Maas Saturday Yog · Once in 32 Months

Proof

Saptshati path + havan video shared on WhatsApp after completion

Who Usually Books This Ritual?

Family-elder is carrying disproportionate burden

When the eldest member has visibly aged in two years more than ten, when one person silently carries what nobody else in the family seems to feel.

A pattern keeps repeating across 2-3 generations

When grandfather, father, son have all carried the same kind of stuck cycle — the same struggle, the same Pitr-Shakti yog — and nobody has been able to break it.

Shani sade-sati pressure that ordinary remedies are not lifting

When sade-sati or dhaiya is real, Shani remedies done — yet the family still feels Shani-chhaya more than other days, and the head of household sits in decision-paralysis for months.

Benefits of Puja

Family-wide Shakti restoration

The full 700-shloka Saptshati paath is shastra-prescribed for households where energy has gone heavy — when the family elder is exhausted. The Nav Chandi havan extends it with 9-Chandi invocations.

Shani-chhaya dissolution via Shakti override

Shanivar Durga Ashtami is the one weekday in the lunar cycle when Shakti and Shani share simultaneous adhikara. Saptshati + Navchandi on this day is shastra-positioned to dissolve the heavy Shani-chhaya layer that ordinary Shani remedies often cannot reach.

Pitru-Shakti overlap matter resolution

Magha nakshatra is Pitr-shasita (ancestor-ruled) and Ketu-ruled — the lineage-bridge nakshatra. When Pitru-tarpan has been completed but the household still feels heavy, the missing piece is often Shakti, not Pitru. This sankalp is the established Vedic vidhi for that overlap.

Adhika Maas + Magha + Shanivar — Once-in-32-Months

Adhika Maas Shanivar Durga Ashtami with Magha nakshatra returns approximately once-in-32-months — the rare Adhika Maas Saturday Yog. The next return of this stack is 2029 — Saptshati paath performed today carries multiplied Purushottam Maas phal.

What You Will Experience

24 hrs

The household-wide heaviness softens

Once your naam-gotra is spoken before Maa Kalika and the Saptshati path begins, many devotees say the constant weight on the family — that sense of one person silently carrying what others can't see — eases by evening.

3 days

A long-stuck decision moves

Some devotees notice the head of the household — frozen for months on a job change, a property matter, or a child's marriage — finally has a clear sense of which way to lean. The Mahishasura-tamas (decision-paralysis) starts to dispel.

7 days

A turn in the family-line pattern

A few devotees report a long-frozen family rift starts to thaw, an elder member visibly looks lighter, or a generational pattern that nobody could break shows its first crack within the week.

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for This Ritual

Use the Adhika Maas Shanivar Durga Ashtami **Saptshati Path aur Nav Chandi Havan** on Adhika Jyeshtha Shukla Ashtami Shanivar with **Magha nakshatra (Pitr-shasita)** — 23 May 2026 — when *sade-sati or dhaiya pressure* is real but Shani remedies alone are not lifting the household-wide heaviness, when **one family-elder is silently carrying disproportionate burden**, when a *generational pattern* keeps repeating across 2-3 generations as a **Pitr-Shakti yog**, or when *Pitru-tarpan has been done at Siddhvat or Gaya* but the household still feels heavy. Performed at **Shri Gadhkalika Shaktipeeth, Ujjain** — Vikramaditya-era Shakti seat, kuldevi of Mahakavi Kalidasa. The **Adhika Maas Saturday Yog** — once-in-32-months — next return 2029.

Family-elder carrying disproportionate burden

Shukra

Magha nakshatra (Pitr-shasita, Ketu-ruled) brings the lineage-burden signature into the Shakti sankalp. Used when the eldest member visibly ages fast, or when one person in the household silently carries what nobody else seems to feel.

Lineage Burden Yog

Generational pattern repeating across 2-3 generations

Ketu

When Pitru-tarpan has been completed but the household still feels heavy, the missing piece is often Shakti, not Pitru. Magha + Adhika Maas + Shanivar is the rare Pitr-Shakti yog where Pitr accept Shakti-anushthan as their own offering.

Magha Pitr Karma

Sade-sati pressure that ordinary Shani remedies are not lifting

Shani

Shanivar Durga Ashtami is the only weekday in the lunar cycle when Shakti and Shani share simultaneous adhikara. Saptshati + Navchandi on this day is shastra-positioned to dissolve the Shani-chhaya layer that ordinary Shani remedies often cannot reach.

Shani Sade-Sati

Deity Focus

Maa Kalika—Maa Kalika as the Gadhkalika Shaktipeeth form — Vikramaditya-era Shakti seat, kuldevi of Mahakavi Kalidasa

Choose the chadhava you want offered with this puja

Each offering is carried in your name-gotra as part of the same ritual at the temple.

4-Member Sankalp

Saptshati Path aur Nav Chandi Havan Sampoorna Thali

Saptshati path + Navchandi havan + Red Vastra + Sindoor + Til homa + Maa Kalika prasad

The full Sampoorna thali for the family — the complete 700-shloka Saptshati paath, Nav Chandi havan with 108 til ahuti for 9 Chandi forms, red vastra, sindoor, and Maa Kalika prasad. Four-member sankalp for family-wide Shakti restoration, Pitru-Shakti overlap matters, and Shani-chhaya dissolution.

₹501

Saptshati Path aur Nav Chandi Havan Sampoorna Thali

2-Member Sankalp

Adhika Shanivar Durga Ashtami Chadhava

Red Chola + Sindoor + Bilva + Til + Black urad

The fuller Adhika Shanivar chadhava — red chola, sindoor, bilva, til and black urad offered for two-member sankalp, aimed at family-elder burden, generational pattern repeats, or sade-sati pressure that needs Shakti alongside.

₹351

Starter

Maa Kalika Sindoor-Pushpa Arpan

Sindoor + Red flower + Akshat

A focused starter arpan — vermilion sindoor, fresh red flowers and akshat offered to Maa Kalika at Gadhkalika Shaktipeeth as the traditional Adhika Shanivar sankalp for one named matter.

₹151

Recommended

Saptshati Path Sankalp Bhog

Doodh + Red Vastra + Phool mala + Til

The traditional Saptshati Path bhog — doodh, red vastra, marigold mala and til offered alongside the 700-shloka Devi Mahatmya path in your naam-gotra.

₹251

Add the full Durga Saptshati Path aur Nav Chandi Havan for your family

Complete your Vedic ritual for family disturbances, in-law tension and parent–child conflict — choose the package for your family.

Our experienced acharya has performed this Durga Saptshati Path aur Nav Chandi Havan 2,200+ times for devotees.

Up to 6 members

Joint Family

Puja for 6 members

₹901

Up to 4 members

Family

Puja for 4 members

₹751

Single devotee

Individual

Puja for 1 member

₹351

Two devotees

Couple

Puja for 2 members

₹501

Complete the sankalp with seva

Many devotees add one of these alongside the puja — for gratitude, ancestral remembrance, or a simple act of giving.

Vastra Daan

Daan

Red vastra daan is offered as a Shakti-specific act of giving — vermilion-red cloth for those in need in the name of the puja and sankalp.

₹201

Anna Daan

Daan

Anna Daan is rice and atta donated at the temple bhandara in your name — shastrically prescribed for Adhika Maas observances, paired with Saptshati paath as the most direct nourishment-of-family-line daan.

₹201

Crow Feeding Seva

Seva

Crow feeding is offered with ancestral remembrance — particularly fitting on Magha nakshatra (Pitr-shasita), when the Adhika Shanivar sankalp also touches the family-line burden.

₹101

Gau Seva

Daan

Gau Seva is added with gratitude — fodder offered to the cow when devotees want nourishment carried alongside the Saptshati paath.

₹151

Brahman Bhoj

Daan

Brahman Bhoj is offered after the Saptshati paath as a way of completing the Adhika Shanivar sankalp — food given in hospitality and prayer.

₹151

About Shri Gadhkalika Shaktipeeth, Ujjain

Shri Gadhkalika Shaktipeeth sits ~2 km north of Mahakaleshwar in Ujjain, on the elevated land near the old fort (gadh = fort). Per Skanda Purana / Avantikhand it is one of the 52 Shakti seats of Avantika Kshetra. Maa Kalika here is the principal upasya of poets, scholars, family-line elders, and Shanivar Shakti seekers — most famously known as the kuldevi of Mahakavi Kalidasa, who, originally an unlettered cowherd, received Maa's grace at this very shrine. The temple is open before Brahma-muhurta on Ashtami days, and the Saptshati Path begins after the morning sankalp. The shrine has been continuously worshipped since the Vikramaditya era.

Adhika Maas Shanivar Durga Ashtami stacks four shastric layers in one day: Adhika Maas (Purushottam Maas multiplier), Shanivar (Shani-Bhairav-Shakti shared adhikara), Durga Ashtami (Mahishasura-Mardini tithi), and Magha nakshatra (Pitr-shasita lineage bridge). The next return of this kram is 2029.

The Durga Saptshati (Devi Mahatmya) is a 700-shloka text from the Markandeya Purana that records Maa Durga's three manifestation cycles to slay Madhu-Kaitabha, Mahishasura, and Shumbha-Nishumbha. The full paath on Ashtami is shastra-prescribed for invoking Maa as Mahishasura-Mardini — the destroyer of tamas (inertia and decision-paralysis).

Nav Chandi Havan extends the Saptshati path with invocations of 9 Chandi forms — Shailaputri, Brahmacharini, Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Skandamata, Katyayani, Kalaratri, Mahagauri, Siddhidatri — and 108 ahutis for sustained family-wide Shakti, traditionally performed when the household feels surrounded by stagnation.

Temple presence

Many devotees feel at peace only when the sankalp has truly been carried at the temple.

At Shri Gadhkalika Shaktipeeth, Ujjain, the prayer, the offering, and the ritual completion come together in one place.

How the ritual is performed

How the Saptshati Path aur Nav Chandi Havan is Performed

The order stays clear: naam-gotra first, then sindoor + red chola arpan to Maa Kalika, the full 700-shloka Saptshati paath, then the Nav Chandi havan with 9-Chandi ahutis. Proof shared after completion.

Naam-gotra is prepared first

Experienced pandits prepare the names, gotra, and matter placed before Maa Kalika so the sankalp is carried clearly — whether for family-wide Shakti, an elder carrying too much, or Shani-chhaya.

Sindoor and red chola arpan

Sindoor and a red chola are arpan-ed to the Gadhkalika linga before the path begins — the established Vikramaditya-era vidhi for invoking Maa Kalika at this shrine.

Full 700-shloka Saptshati paath + Nav Chandi havan

The complete Devi Mahatmya is recited (Madhu-Kaitabha + Mahishasura + Shumbha-Nishumbha cycles), followed by the Nav Chandi havan with 108 til ahutis for the 9 Chandi forms. The dasha-paap and Argala / Kilak / Kavach paaths frame the main recitation.

Proof reaches your phone

Once the Saptshati paath and Nav Chandi havan are complete, the video is shared on WhatsApp — naam-gotra audible, family kept informed.

How to Book Seva

Four simple steps from sankalp to proof.

Choose the chadhava

Pick the Maa Kalika Sindoor-Pushpa arpan, the Saptshati Path Sankalp Bhog, the Adhika Shanivar Durga Ashtami chadhava, or the full Saptshati Path aur Nav Chandi Havan Sampoorna thali.

Select the package

Choose one devotee, couple, family, or joint family sankalp for the naam-gotra.

Share name and gotra

Enter the names to be spoken during the Saptshati paath and Nav Chandi havan.

Receive the proof

The Saptshati path + Nav Chandi havan video is shared on WhatsApp after the puja is completed at Gadhkalika Shaktipeeth.

Why AdiDevam

What Devotees Find Reassuring

When a family is carrying a long household-wide heaviness, a generational pattern, or Shani pressure that ordinary remedies are not lifting, devotees want the prayer carried with care and the completion shared honestly.

1,25,000+

devotees served

Across puja, chadhava, and Kshetra seva bookings.

8,400+

5★ ratings received

Rated by devotees after completion updates.

90%

devotees thanked us

For the naam-gotra sankalp carried clearly.

30+

countries

Devotees from across the world use this seva.

Adhika Maas Shanivar Shakti sankalp at the right shrine

The prayer is timed to the Adhika Maas Shanivar Durga Ashtami at the kuldevi shrine of Mahakavi Kalidasa — Vikramaditya-era Shakti seat for transformation of inherited limitation.

Proof after completion

The family receives the Saptshati path + Nav Chandi havan video only after the puja is carried at Gadhkalika.

A turn in the household-wide heaviness

Devotees often write back saying a household pattern that had felt heavy for years began to lift a few days after the Adhika Shanivar Shakti sankalp.

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