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Upcoming Kala Ashtami timings for March Bhairava Vishesh Sadhana. (IST)

Detailed Sadhana guidelines: kamakhyabhairavaupasaka.com/wp-content/uploads/202…

Om Bhairavaya Namah. 🙏

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NAMA 93, 94 & 95 of BHAIRAVA ASHTOTTARNAMA (108 Names of Bhairava)

NAMA 93

ॐ मुण्डभूषिताय नमः 
oṃ muṇḍabhūṣitāya namaḥ 

Meaning:

Salutations to the One who is adorned with a garland of skulls.

Remarks:

Muṇḍabhūṣita means adorned (bhūṣita) with skulls (muṇḍa).

In Śaiva iconography, this refers to the Muṇḍamālā—the garland of skulls that Bhairava wears around his neck. This motif is also found in a few goddesses such as Kālī and Tārā.

In the Tantric tradition, the esoteric meaning of the 50 skulls worn by Bhairava is that they represent the 50 letters of the Sanskrit alphabet (Varṇamālā), from “a” (अ) to “kṣa” (क्ष).

The universe is said to arise from sound vibration (Śabda/Spanda). The letters are the Mātṛkās (“Mothers”)—the fundamental powers (Śaktis) that project and structure manifested reality.

By wearing the letters as a garland, Bhairava demonstrates that He is the Lord of the Mātṛkās—the sovereign of all cosmic powers associated with each phoneme. 

These phonemes are also linked to the petals of the internal chakras (lotuses), from the Mūlādhāra up to the Ājñā chakra.


NAMA 94

ॐ बलिभुजे नमः 
oṃ balibhuje namaḥ 

Meaning:

Salutations to the One who consumes the Bali offerings.

Remarks:

The word Balibhuk means “the One who consumes (bhuj) the Bali offering.”

In Tantric scriptures, Bali is described as an offering—often involving animal sacrifice—made to deities such as Durga, Chandika, Bhairava, Kali, and others.

Before offering Bali to the main deity, the scriptures prescribe that it should first be offered to Kṣetrapālas, Bhairavas, Yoginīs, and other guardians who protect the sacred space. This appeases them so that they do not obstruct the ritual and instead assist it with their goodwill.

“O Kuleśvarī! As long as one does not offer Bali to Vaṭuka, all other deities remain unsatisfied, even if worshipped with elaborate rituals or japa.”
— Kularṇava Tantra 7.3

When we call Batuka Balibhuṅnātha (Balibhuk + Nātha, “Lord”), it signifies that He is the Master who governs the entire process of Bali.

Since Bali is also offered to lower beings such as Bhūtas, Pretas, and Piśācas, calling Batuka Balibhuṅnātha further signifies that He is the sovereign of these beings. By pleasing Batuka, one ensures that all such entities are properly appeased.

The Goddess declares in the Manthanabhairava Tantram:

“I have given Batuka authority over the entire administration of the Kula-śāsana. The great-souled Master accepts the portion of the Bali.”


NAMA 95

ॐ बलिभुङ्नाथाय नमः 
oṃ balibhuṅnāthāya namaḥ 

Meaning:

Salutations to the Lord of all the beings who are propitiated by Bali.

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COLLECTIVE SADHANA ANNOUNCEMENT

Namaste,

Kamakhya Bhairava Upasaka Foundation (KBUF) is pleased to announce next Collective Sadhana for Desha and Dharma Raksha , scheduled for:

🗓️ Sunday, 8th March 2026


This will be an offline/physical event , conducted across multiple cities in India and around the world , where upasakas will gather to perform sadhana as per the guidelines provided by Shri Rajarshi Nandy.

🌟 Purpose of the Event


The explicit purpose of this event is to invoke divine blessings for the victory and protection of our Desha and Dharma through collective Sadhana

Whenever a group of people with Shraddha on the sadhana and the Devata, get together and perform bhakti and stuti or japa, it automatically multiplies the power of the effort and generates a much stronger Shakti than normal. In times of transformation and crisis, this is exactly what is needed, for no amount of individual effort can match the power generated through collective sadhanas.

⏰ Duration & Eligibility


* The event will last approximately one and a half hours.


* It is open to all who have faith in Bhagawan Bhairava and Ma Kamakhya , and who are either directly or indirectly connected to the Kamakhya Bhairava Upasaka Foundation and wish to contribute to the Raksha and Vijaya of our Desha and Dharma in a spiritual manner.

📍 Locations

Cities in India:

Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Gurgaon, Dibrugarh, Hyderabad, Jammu, Mumbai, Mysore, Pune, Visakhapatnam.

Cities Outside of India:

Austin(Texas-USA), Cary(North Carolina-USA), Charlotte(North Carolina-USA) Dubai(UAE), Toronto(Canada), London(UK)

Cities That Participated Previously but Are Not Joining This Collective Sadhana (To Resume in Future Sessions):

Kolkata, New York, Sydney, Coimbatore, Bengaluru, Guwahati, Sunnyvale - California

If you are based in any of the above cities and would like to participate, kindly fill out the attached form. Further details regarding timings and exact locations will be shared shortly.

Form Link: forms.gle/X42E8Xg32gZPmphW7

📝 PS:
1. This is an offline/physical event only.
2. Please fill the form only if you are committed to attending on the day of the event .
3. Due to space limitations , participation will be confirmed on a first come, first served basis .
4. Timings and exact locations will be communicated post 4th March 2026. Kindly check your email for RSVP forms.

Team – Kamakhya Bhairava Upasaka Foundation (KBUF)

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PASHYANTI - Bengaluru

The Kamakhya Bhairava Upasaka Foundation is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the next chapter of Pashyanti in Bengaluru.

Pashyanti is an exclusive and thoughtfully curated interactive engagement where Sri Rajarshi Nandy discusses spiritual themes and the deeper nuances of sadhana.

Please note that this is an invite-only gathering, with attendance limited to confirmed guests.

​🗓️ The Details
​Date: Sunday, March 8, 2026

​Time: 6:30 - 10pm

​Location: Bengaluru (Venue details will be shared privately with confirmed guests)

​📝 How to Join:

If you would like to attend, please register here by March 2:

​👉 kbuf.in/pashyanti

​Note: Space is limited, so submitting the form does not automatically guarantee a seat.

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NAMA 90, 91 & 92 of BHAIRAVA ASHTOTTARNAMA (108 Names of Bhairava)


NAMA 90

ॐ शुद्धाय नमः 
oṃ śuddhāya namaḥ 

Meaning:
Salutations to the embodiment of Absolute Purity.

Remarks:
Bhairava is called Śuddha because He is Kevala — the Absolute, without a second.

Since nothing exists outside Him, there is nothing that can stain or qualify Him. In this sense, He is also Nirañjana, without blemish or contamination.

In the Tantric understanding of the 36 tattvas, existence unfolds from the most gross levels of matter to the highest principle of pure consciousness. Bhairava is not restricted to the highest alone; He pervades the entire range of reality, from the lowest to the highest, without being conditioned by any of it. The whole of creation exists as His Vimarśa — His own awareness expressing itself as form.

As Paramaśiva, He enters the realm of manifestation and abides within the world while remaining untouched by it. Even while present within time and change, He remains Kālātīta, beyond time itself.

For this reason, Bhairava can dwell in the cremation ground (Śmaśāna), a place conventionally regarded as impure, and yet remain entirely faultless.
 

NAMA 91

ॐ नीलाञ्जनप्रख्याय नमः
oṃ nīlāñjanaprakhyāya namaḥ

Meaning:
Salutations to the One who shimmers with the deep blue-black radiance of collyrium

Remarks:
The word Nīlāñjana-prakhya is a compound consisting of nīlāñjana (dark collyrium) and prakhya (“resembling”).

The deep blue-black hue (nīla) is traditionally used to indicate the boundless expanse of consciousness, like the infinite sky (ākāśa), symbolizing the undifferentiated, formless reality. In this state, all names, forms, and distinctions of the manifest world remain dissolved in the non-dual ground of being called Bhairava.

Añjana, derived from the verbal root √añj (to anoint), carries both a medicinal and symbolic sense.

As collyrium clears the eye, añjana signifies the removal of ignorance (avidyā) and the restoration of inner vision, serving as the bridge by which the unmanifest becomes manifest.

Alternatively,if nīla denotes the unmanifest Void (śūnya) and añjana denotes the principle of rendering perceptible (vyakti-karaṇa), then Nīlāñjana-prakhya can indicate He who is the visible manifestation of the Invisible Void.


NAMA 92

ॐ दैत्यघ्ने नमः 
oṃ daityaghne namaḥ 

Meaning:
Salutations to the killer of daityas (asuras/ enemies of devas)

Remarks:
The word Daityahā means the Slayer of the Daityas.

Daityas are the offspring of the sage Kashyapa and Diti. Since Diti represents “division” (Bheda), Daityas are beings born of dualistic consciousness.

They are also more popularly known by the name Asura. Asu means “breath” or “vital force,” and ram means “to delight.” Thus, Asuras are those who delight only in the life-breath. They are beings obsessed with preserving the physical body and sensory gratification, lacking interest in the transcendental Self.

In Puranic lore, Shiva takes the fierce form of Bhairava to kill numerous Asuras like Andhakāsura, Tripurāsura, Gajasura, Jalandhara, and many others.

Esoterically, these Daitya forces also operate within us whenever consciousness is absorbed solely in sensory gratification or operating from lower chakras. As Daityahā, Batuka Bhairava leads us to victory against these inner asuras, leading consciousness beyond division and bodily identification toward higher states of awareness.

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MAHASHIVARATRI UPASANA

​Wishing everyone a very auspicious Mahashivaratri. While Shivaratri is undoubtedly one of the greatest nights for puja and devotional sadhana of Bhagwan Shiva, it is also a time when many other sadhanas can be performed to produce remarkable spiritual effects. Most people spend the time in abhishekam of the Shiva Linga through all the prahars of the night, along with fasting and other sevas to Shiva.
​For those who are into Bhairava sadhanas, one may do the upasana given in the video for this night:
​https://youtu.be/CWsnJ-4FGAo?si=jFFja...

​On this sacred occasion, Kamakhya Bhairava Kula is organising multiple Rudrabhishekams and Abhishekams of Bhagwan Bhairava in close to 20 temples across Kashi, Ujjain, Chennai, Cheyyur, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Poichalur, Tezpur, Thiruvennainallur, and Thirumeiyyam.

​Those participating in the shivaratri sadhana can upload the photos using the following link:
​
forms.gle/e5jisMC2QcreeuxQ7

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COLLECTIVE SADHANA ANNOUNCEMENT

Namaste,

Kamakhya Bhairava Upasaka Foundation (KBUF) is pleased to announce next Collective Sadhana for Desha and Dharma Raksha , scheduled for:

🗓️ Sunday, 22nd Feb 2026


This will be an offline/physical event , conducted across multiple cities in India and around the world , where upasakas will gather to perform sadhana as per the guidelines provided by Shri Rajarshi Nandy.

🌟 Purpose of the Event


The explicit purpose of this event is to invoke divine blessings for the victory and protection of our Desha and Dharma through collective Sadhana

Whenever a group of people with Shraddha on the sadhana and the Devata, get together and perform bhakti and stuti or japa, it automatically multiplies the power of the effort and generates a much stronger Shakti than normal. In times of transformation and crisis, this is exactly what is needed, for no amount of individual effort can match the power generated through collective sadhanas.

⏰ Duration & Eligibility


* The event will last approximately one and a half hours.


* It is open to all who have faith in Bhagawan Bhairava and Ma Kamakhya , and who are either directly or indirectly connected to the Kamakhya Bhairava Upasaka Foundation and wish to contribute to the Raksha and Vijaya of our Desha and Dharma in a spiritual manner.

📍 Locations

Cities in India:

Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jammu, Mumbai, Mysore, Pune, Visakhapatnam.

Cities Outside of India:

Austin, Texas, USA; Cary, North Carolina, USA; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Sunnyvale, California, USA; Dubai, UAE and Toronto, Canada.

New Cities added for 22nd Feb '26:

Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Sunnyvale

Cities not participating from last Collective Sadhana:

Kolkata, New York, Sydney

If you are based in any of the above cities and would like to participate, kindly fill out the attached form. Further details regarding timings and exact locations will be shared shortly.

Form Link: forms.gle/j9KFS54hLp3jGmPg7

📝 PS:
1. This is an offline/physical event only.
2. Please fill the form only if you are committed to attending on the day of the event .
3. Due to space limitations , participation will be confirmed on a first come, first served basis .
4. Timings and exact locations will be communicated post 17th Feb 2026. Kindly check your email for RSVP forms.

Team – Kamakhya Bhairava Upasaka Foundation (KBUF)

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NAMA 87, 88 & 89 of BHAIRAVA ASHTOTTARNAMA (108 Names of Bhairava)

NAMA 87

ॐ स्तम्भिने नमः 
oṃ stambhine namaḥ 

Meaning:
Salutations to the One who is the embodiment of paralysing or arresting force.

Remarks:
Stambhin (स्तम्भिन्) derives from the Sanskrit verbal root √stambh — to fix firmly, to support, to arrest, to make rigid or motionless. Thus, Stambhin denotes “the one who possesses the power of arresting, stabilizing, and rendering motionless.”

Internally, the force of Stambhana stills prāṇa and arrests citta-vṛtti, eventually opening the gates to higher spiritual states. The practitioner experiences a state in which mental fluctuation ceases, yet awareness remains fully luminous.

Externally, it functions as a protective force, halting hostilities—evil eye, sorcery, or psychic aggression—before they manifest in physical reality.

Stambhana is also one of the Ṣaṭkarmas in Tantra. It is used in applications to paralyze enemies, freeze the movement of water or fire, and silence the speech of opponents.


NAMA 88

ॐ मारणाय नमः 
oṃ māraṇāya namaḥ 

Meaning:
Salutations to the One who is the embodiment of annihilating force.

Remarks:
Māraṇa derives from the root √mṛ (मृ) (to die) and means the act of killing or annihilation.

Bhairava is called Mahākāla and Kālakāla, the one who devours even Kāla itself. Kāla is the force that marks the end of every being. Thus, Bhairava has control over the entire life cycle of birth and rebirth. He governs the transition of the jīva from one upādhi (mind–body limitation) to another, and ultimately beyond all upādhis.

Internally, this force is experienced as the destruction of avidyā (ignorance), the burning of vāsanās, the destruction of paśu-bhāva, and the annihilation of the ṣaḍ-ripus.

It is also one of the known Ṣaṭkarma prayogas in Tantra, in the context of causing death to an opponent or enemy in battle. Standing at the threshold, Bhairava can still the breath and release the jīva from its hold on the mind and body, bringing about prāṇotkramaṇa—the departure of the life force from the physical form.


 NAMA 89

ॐ क्षोभणाय नमः
oṃ kṣobhaṇāya namaḥ

Meaning:
Salutations to the  One who is the embodiment of agitation.

Remarks:
Kṣobhaṇa is derived from the root √kṣubh (to shake, to agitate) and denotes the force that causes agitation or movement.

In the state of cosmic rest (pralaya), Puruṣa and Prakṛti exist in a silent, static embrace. Bhairava is the “divine tremor” (spanda) that shatters this stillness. By his mere will, he agitates these two fundamental principles, causing the dormant guṇas of Prakṛti to stir and the light of Puruṣa to project outward into the world of form. Just as a magnet agitates iron filings without moving itself, Pārābhairava, through his mere presence and will (icchā), sets the universe in motion.

It is this very force that stirs us out of material contentment and awakens us from sleep and ignorance. Kṣobhaṇa raises kuṇḍalinī from dormancy and shakes the citta loose from saṃskāras, eventually leading one onto the spiritual path.

When viewed through the lens of Ṣaṭkarma prayogas, the act of kṣobhaṇa produces disturbance and agitation in the minds of adversaries.

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Upcoming Kala Ashtami timings for Bhairava Vishesh Sadhana. (IST)

Detailed Sadhana guidelines: kamakhyabhairavaupasaka.com/wp-content/uploads/202…

Om Bhairavaya Namah. 🙏

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COLLECTIVE SADHANA ANNOUNCEMENT

Kamakhya Bhairava Upasaka Foundation (KBUF) is pleased to announce the next Collective Sadhana for Desha and Dharma Raksha, scheduled for:

🗓️ Sunday, 8th Feb 2026

This will be an offline/physical event, conducted across multiple cities in India and around the world, where upasakas will gather to perform sadhana as per the guidelines provided by Shri Rajarshi Nandy.

​🌟 Purpose of the Event

​The explicit purpose of this event is to invoke divine blessings for the victory and protection of our Desha and Dharma through collective Sadhana.

​Whenever a group of people with Shraddha in the sadhana and the Devata get together and perform bhakti, stuti, or japa, it automatically multiplies the power of the effort and generates a much stronger Shakti than normal. In times of transformation and crisis, this is exactly what is needed, for no amount of individual effort can match the power generated through collective sadhanas.

​⏰ Duration & Eligibility

• The event will last approximately one and a half hours.

• ⁠It is open to all who have faith in Bhagawan Bhairava and Ma Kamakhya, and who are either directly or indirectly connected to the Kamakhya Bhairava Upasaka Foundation and wish to contribute to the Raksha and Vijaya of our Desha and Dharma in a spiritual manner.

​📍 Locations

​Cities in India:

Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Gurgaon, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jammu, Kolkata, Mumbai, Mysore, Pune, and Visakhapatnam.

​Cities Outside of India:

Austin, Texas, USA; Cary, North Carolina, USA; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Dubai, UAE; New York, USA; Sydney, Australia; and Toronto, Canada.

​If you are based in any of the above cities and would like to participate, kindly fill out the attached form. Further details regarding timings and exact locations will be shared shortly.
​
Form Link: forms.gle/WkAjFLcdqVs2QD9T6

​📝 PS:

1. This is an offline/physical event only.
2. Please fill the form only if you are committed to attending on the day of the event.
3. ⁠Due to space limitations, participation will be confirmed on a first-come, first-served basis.
4. ⁠Timings and exact locations will be communicated post 3rd Feb 2026. Kindly check your email for RSVP forms.

Team – Kamakhya Bhairava Upasaka Foundation (KBUF)

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