Om SRI GAYATRI GROUP Presents
A yearly event being conducted once again. Last year’s event  Was Ashwamedha Mahayagna GAYATRI MAHAYAGNA SYDNEY Prayer for World Peace
On the August Presence of Sri & Srimathi Chaitanyananda  Natha Saraswathi Sri Rajarajeswari Peetam Rush, New York, USA
Date 2nd September 2006  3rd September 2006	Place Castle Hill Show Ground Doran Drive, Castle Hill, NSW
Feature: Morning:  27 Kundam Yagna Afternoon : Workshop  (Sri Chaitanyananda Natha Saraswathi) Time :7:00am to Afternoon
All are Welcome Email: Website: www.gayatri.com.au Contact: Mohan Mohanathasan (02) 9874 4755 Sanjiv Sharma (02) 8850 5619 Thanga Raveendrarajan (02) 9680 8730

What is Yagana ?

Yagna or yajna is an outer form of worship in which offerings are made to different deities in a prescribed and systematic manner by qualified priests or anyone with guidance of qualified priests to supplicate them, so that they would assist the worshipper in achieving certain results in life.

The chanting of mantras while performing the sacrifices is expected to ensure fulfillment of specific desires, the overall welfare of an individual, a group of people or the entire society.

The simplest form of yajna is the domestic ritual performed by the householder who would offer simple oblation into the sacred fire lit in his house. A more complicated version involves setting up of three to five fires and pouring of offerings into them such as food grains, ghee or butter, and other vegetable substances by chosen and qualified priests or anyone with guidance of qualified priests, chanting mantras simultaneously, invoking various gods especially Agni.

Some yagnas are performed on large scale for the general welfare of the entire community, to increase fertility of soil, to invite rains, to welcome peace and wealth etc. Depending upon the degree of complexity, these yagnas may last from a few hours to several days. The number of priests or peoples participating and conducting the ceremony would depend upon the nature and objective for which it is performed.