To the Attn. of US based friends: Query on performing homam

[Guest guest]

To the attention of US based friends, who stay in rented apartments

 

Namaste,

 

Thanks to Ms. Padmaja and Mr. Ravi for advising where to purchase havan kund.

 

I stay in a rented apartment. All floors are carpeted. So far, I had stayed in 3

states and in all the states, the apartments' floors were carpeted. Fire alarm

gets activated if there is a heavy frying in kitchen

 

Can you please advise me how any one (who stays in similar situation like mine)

performs daily homam? I am very very eager to perform homam and at the same

time, I am anxious not to disturb others or create nuisance to others which in

turn would cause nuisance to me.

 

I look forward for your advices.

 

Thank you,

Shankar

Detroit, MI 48335 USA

 

 

, Ravi Poruri <rporuri wrote:

>

> Namaste,

> One option as Padmaja garu mentioned is to get a havan kund with stand at

http://www.homastore.com (

http://www.homastore.com/shop/?cat=1 & cart=8221 & itemid=4).

> The other option is to buy the hawan kund from Indo US Plaza. Get two to

four bricks (concrete or regular). Arrange the bricks on the floor, preferably

on a 2ft by 2ft wooden plank wrapped with aluminium foil. Make sure you spread

out the bricks, do not put them closer. Put the hawan kund on the bricks and

make sure the hawan kund is stable.

> In the Mahagapathi homam video at

http://www.vedicastrologer.org/homam/ganapathi.htm, you can see couple of

concrete bricks underneath the hawan kund that were put on the floor. Wooden

plank with aluminium foil helps in cleaning the mess after every couple of weeks

if you are doing homam daily.

> You can get a wooden spoon at a store like Walmart in US.

>

> Thanks

> Ravi

>

>

> ________________________________

> Padmaja Bandaru <padmajab

>

> Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:36:21 PM

> Re: Re: Havan Kund

>

>

>

> Namaste,

>

> Here are the websites for agnihotra supplies

> http://www.agnihotr asupplies. com/

> http://www.homastore.com/

>

> Regards,

> Padmaja

>

>

> --- On Thu, 4/30/09, shankar789 <shankar789 > wrote:

>

>

> shankar789 <shankar789 >

> Re: Havan Kund

>

> Thursday, April 30, 2009, 6:54 PM

>

>

> Namaste Friends,

>

> I am trying to purchase the havan kund from the following online store, but

they dont sell 'stand' for keeping the havan kund.

>

> I live in a rented apartment which has carpet floor.

>

> One suggestion was to purchase a concrete slab from Home depot and place the

havan kund.

>

> The online shop people also advised me that they would try to get havan kund

with stand, as a special case but it can take few months.

>

> I am eager to find out how our US friends are performing homa in their

residences?

>

> Another point is that, these people do not sell wooden spoons and they are

offering copper spoons for ahuti. Is it adviseable to use copper spoons? I look

forward for your advice.

>

> Thank you,

> Shankar

> Detroit, MI, USA

>

> , Ravi Poruri <rporuri@ > wrote:

> >

> > Namaste Hiral,

> > Check out this online site.

> > http://www.indouspl aza.com/copper- hawan-kund- p-4818.html? cat=8 & cPath=

8_188 & osCsid= 3545d6eae477f0b0 f5e51b051bd7d413

> >

> > Regards

> > Ravi

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > ____________ _________ _________ __

> > Hiral Desai <hdesai_wakhlu@ ...>

> >

> > Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:38:21 AM

> > Havan Kund

> >

> >

> > Namaskar,

> >

> > I live in Massachusetts. Any information on where I could find a Havan Kund

-- whether it be a store, temple or online would be highly appreciated.

> >

> > Regards,

> > Hiral

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

I'll share few things if it can help. I am performing Homam in Kitchen of my

rented flat. It has a 'Hood' above cooking range area. and a small Exhaust fan

as well.

 

Kitchen is fitted with 'Heat cum Gas Detector'. I believe that Homa fire will

not be stronger then heavy cooking. One more advantage is there when you seat on

the floor of the kitchen for doing Homam. The fire in Homa kunda will be farther

away from the Heat detector.

 

I keep Exhaust fan On during the entire homa session. start hood only when the

fire extinguishes and more smoke start coming out. I also experimented once by

keeping Exhaust Fan off (Hood also off) and that too was also safe. The Fire

alarm did not trigger.

 

In your case, if you have a 'Hood' and Exhaust fan arrangement then it would be

quite safer to do the homa in the kitchen sitting on the floor.

 

If you have a `smoke detector' (Which is generally not the case in kitchen) then

you may think of covering it with some plastic bag or such things during homam.

 

Hipe this helps.

 

Best Regards,

 

Utpal

 

 

, " shankar789 " <shankar789 wrote:

>

> To the attention of US based friends, who stay in rented apartments

>

> Namaste,

>

> Thanks to Ms. Padmaja and Mr. Ravi for advising where to purchase havan kund.

>

> I stay in a rented apartment. All floors are carpeted. So far, I had stayed in

3 states and in all the states, the apartments' floors were carpeted. Fire alarm

gets activated if there is a heavy frying in kitchen

>

> Can you please advise me how any one (who stays in similar situation like

mine) performs daily homam? I am very very eager to perform homam and at the

same time, I am anxious not to disturb others or create nuisance to others which

in turn would cause nuisance to me.

>

> I look forward for your advices.

>

> Thank you,

> Shankar

> Detroit, MI 48335 USA

>

>

> , Ravi Poruri <rporuri@> wrote:

> >

> > Namaste,

> > One option as Padmaja garu mentioned is to get a havan kund with stand

at http://www.homastore.com (

http://www.homastore.com/shop/?cat=1 & cart=8221 & itemid=4).

> > The other option is to buy the hawan kund from Indo US Plaza. Get two

to four bricks (concrete or regular). Arrange the bricks on the floor,

preferably on a 2ft by 2ft wooden plank wrapped with aluminium foil. Make sure

you spread out the bricks, do not put them closer. Put the hawan kund on the

bricks and make sure the hawan kund is stable.

> > In the Mahagapathi homam video at

http://www.vedicastrologer.org/homam/ganapathi.htm, you can see couple of

concrete bricks underneath the hawan kund that were put on the floor. Wooden

plank with aluminium foil helps in cleaning the mess after every couple of weeks

if you are doing homam daily.

> > You can get a wooden spoon at a store like Walmart in US.

> >

> > Thanks

> > Ravi

> >

> >

> > ________________________________

> > Padmaja Bandaru <padmajab@>

> >

> > Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:36:21 PM

> > Re: Re: Havan Kund

> >

> >

> >

> > Namaste,

> >

> > Here are the websites for agnihotra supplies

> > http://www.agnihotr asupplies. com/

> > http://www.homastore.com/

> >

> > Regards,

> > Padmaja

> >

> >

> > --- On Thu, 4/30/09, shankar789 <shankar789 > wrote:

> >

> >

> > shankar789 <shankar789 >

> > Re: Havan Kund

> >

> > Thursday, April 30, 2009, 6:54 PM

> >

> >

> > Namaste Friends,

> >

> > I am trying to purchase the havan kund from the following online store, but

they dont sell 'stand' for keeping the havan kund.

> >

> > I live in a rented apartment which has carpet floor.

> >

> > One suggestion was to purchase a concrete slab from Home depot and place the

havan kund.

> >

> > The online shop people also advised me that they would try to get havan kund

with stand, as a special case but it can take few months.

> >

> > I am eager to find out how our US friends are performing homa in their

residences?

> >

> > Another point is that, these people do not sell wooden spoons and they are

offering copper spoons for ahuti. Is it adviseable to use copper spoons? I look

forward for your advice.

> >

> > Thank you,

> > Shankar

> > Detroit, MI, USA

> >

> > , Ravi Poruri <rporuri@ > wrote:

> > >

> > > Namaste Hiral,

> > > Check out this online site.

> > > http://www.indouspl aza.com/copper- hawan-kund- p-4818.html? cat=8 & cPath=

8_188 & osCsid= 3545d6eae477f0b0 f5e51b051bd7d413

> > >

> > > Regards

> > > Ravi

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > ____________ _________ _________ __

> > > Hiral Desai <hdesai_wakhlu@ ...>

> > >

> > > Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:38:21 AM

> > > Havan Kund

> > >

> > >

> > > Namaskar,

> > >

> > > I live in Massachusetts. Any information on where I could find a Havan

Kund -- whether it be a store, temple or online would be highly appreciated.

> > >

> > > Regards,

> > > Hiral

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Shankar,

 

This is what I did:

 

1. In Wallmart, bought a taurpolin sheet (blue color - in walmart, if you look

for tent equipment you may find it) (will be around $15). You can also use any

bedsheet instead. The purpuse is keep the carpet away from getting any spilling!

2. 4 Bricks (from home depot) (2 are actually sufficient - these are to keep the

homa kundam on.

3. Windows Exhaust Fan (will be around $30)

In my apartment, the fire/smoke alarm was located in the center of the house. I

used to closed the door of child bedroom and do homam in it.

 

If you use ghee in low amount (dropping 1 or 2 drops at a time and useing ghee

only to keep the fire up - otherwise using tila etc.), the smoke is negligible.

Also, before starting the homam, remove any burnt out ashes from the homakundam

as they will generate smoke.

 

While doing the homam, the smoke is negligible. At the end, I used to keep the

homa kundam in the window (I used to wait will the fire goes off) so that the

smoke is sent out quickly. Otherwise you can take it to kitchen.

 

If you can separate the homa kundam from the sensors with a door, you have

nothing to be worried.

 

Best regards,

Vijay

 

, " shankar789 " <shankar789 wrote:

>

> To the attention of US based friends, who stay in rented apartments

>

> Namaste,

>

> Thanks to Ms. Padmaja and Mr. Ravi for advising where to purchase havan kund.

>

> I stay in a rented apartment. All floors are carpeted. So far, I had stayed in

3 states and in all the states, the apartments' floors were carpeted. Fire alarm

gets activated if there is a heavy frying in kitchen

>

> Can you please advise me how any one (who stays in similar situation like

mine) performs daily homam? I am very very eager to perform homam and at the

same time, I am anxious not to disturb others or create nuisance to others which

in turn would cause nuisance to me.

>

> I look forward for your advices.

>

> Thank you,

> Shankar

> Detroit, MI 48335 USA

>

>

> , Ravi Poruri <rporuri@> wrote:

> >

> > Namaste,

> > One option as Padmaja garu mentioned is to get a havan kund with stand

at http://www.homastore.com (

http://www.homastore.com/shop/?cat=1 & cart=8221 & itemid=4).

> > The other option is to buy the hawan kund from Indo US Plaza. Get two

to four bricks (concrete or regular). Arrange the bricks on the floor,

preferably on a 2ft by 2ft wooden plank wrapped with aluminium foil. Make sure

you spread out the bricks, do not put them closer. Put the hawan kund on the

bricks and make sure the hawan kund is stable.

> > In the Mahagapathi homam video at

http://www.vedicastrologer.org/homam/ganapathi.htm, you can see couple of

concrete bricks underneath the hawan kund that were put on the floor. Wooden

plank with aluminium foil helps in cleaning the mess after every couple of weeks

if you are doing homam daily.

> > You can get a wooden spoon at a store like Walmart in US.

> >

> > Thanks

> > Ravi

> >

> >

> > ________________________________

> > Padmaja Bandaru <padmajab@>

> >

> > Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:36:21 PM

> > Re: Re: Havan Kund

> >

> >

> >

> > Namaste,

> >

> > Here are the websites for agnihotra supplies

> > http://www.agnihotr asupplies. com/

> > http://www.homastore.com/

> >

> > Regards,

> > Padmaja

> >

> >

> > --- On Thu, 4/30/09, shankar789 <shankar789 > wrote:

> >

> >

> > shankar789 <shankar789 >

> > Re: Havan Kund

> >

> > Thursday, April 30, 2009, 6:54 PM

> >

> >

> > Namaste Friends,

> >

> > I am trying to purchase the havan kund from the following online store, but

they dont sell 'stand' for keeping the havan kund.

> >

> > I live in a rented apartment which has carpet floor.

> >

> > One suggestion was to purchase a concrete slab from Home depot and place the

havan kund.

> >

> > The online shop people also advised me that they would try to get havan kund

with stand, as a special case but it can take few months.

> >

> > I am eager to find out how our US friends are performing homa in their

residences?

> >

> > Another point is that, these people do not sell wooden spoons and they are

offering copper spoons for ahuti. Is it adviseable to use copper spoons? I look

forward for your advice.

> >

> > Thank you,

> > Shankar

> > Detroit, MI, USA

> >

> > , Ravi Poruri <rporuri@ > wrote:

> > >

> > > Namaste Hiral,

> > > Check out this online site.

> > > http://www.indouspl aza.com/copper- hawan-kund- p-4818.html? cat=8 & cPath=

8_188 & osCsid= 3545d6eae477f0b0 f5e51b051bd7d413

> > >

> > > Regards

> > > Ravi

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > ____________ _________ _________ __

> > > Hiral Desai <hdesai_wakhlu@ ...>

> > >

> > > Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:38:21 AM

> > > Havan Kund

> > >

> > >

> > > Namaskar,

> > >

> > > I live in Massachusetts. Any information on where I could find a Havan

Kund -- whether it be a store, temple or online would be highly appreciated.

> > >

> > > Regards,

> > > Hiral

> > >

> >

>