Tantrokta Bajrang Baan Siddhi and Prayog Vidhi (Part 2)

What should be offered at a temple on day one before starting the Bajrang Baan siddhi at home?

The speaker says the sadhak should write 'Ram' on a peepal leaf, or failing that on at least five tulsi leaves, and offer this at a temple as the first day's worship, before returning home in red clothing to continue the practice — which women may perform just as fully as men.

He says to write "Ram" on a peepal leaf and offer it — the more leaves offered this way, the better. If a peepal leaf cannot be arranged, at minimum five tulsi leaves with "Ram" written on them should be offered instead. This is done as the first day's puja at a temple. After that temple visit, the sadhak returns home, goes to the puja room, and puts on red clothing — a red dhoti for a man, or red clothing for a woman — to continue the practice. He stresses that any woman can perform this siddhi fully and without hesitation, there is no restriction. He also reassures that Hanuman should be approached calmly, without doubt or fear, while doing this Bajrang Baan siddhi — Hanuman is a siddha devta, an avatar of Rudra, a Maharudra, a deity and not something to be afraid of the way many people are.

What preparatory steps happen at home just before the Bajrang Baan sankalp?

After returning home in red clothing, the sadhak sits on a red woolen seat and completes the usual opening purification — achaman and other purifying acts — before proceeding.

On returning home in red clothing, the sadhak first puts on the red garment, then sits on an asana that should itself be red — a red woolen (kambal) seat. Once seated, the customary opening purification is completed — achaman and other purifying acts — and the body is made pure before continuing.

What sankalp is taken to begin the 11-day Bajrang Baan siddhi?

Holding eleven tulsi leaves, eleven rupees and a coconut, the sadhak takes a Sankalpa naming their own name, gotra and place, vowing to recite the Bajrang Baan a set number of times daily for 11 days to receive Hanuman's grace, awaken the Bajrang Baan, and gain its full effect whenever it is later used.

He says to first hold in hand eleven tulsi leaves, eleven rupees, and the coconut kept ready at home, and then take the SankalpaA formal ritual resolution spoken aloud before an offering or observance, declaring its intent and dedicating its merit.. Those who know Sanskrit may recite it in Sanskrit; otherwise, in Hindi, while holding all these items the sadhak states their own name, gotra and place — "I, resident of such-and-such city, of such-and-such gotra..." — and vows: for the grace of Hanuman, for the siddhi of the Bajrang Baan, and so that its full effect is obtained whenever it is used, I resolve to recite the Bajrang Baan a set number of times daily for the next 11 days, starting today, to awaken it. He adds that eleven daily recitations is the baseline he suggests, since the complete Bajrang Baan is somewhat long, but a sadhak with greater capacity may instead vow 21 or 27 daily recitations in the sankalp itself — whichever count is chosen must be sustained every day for all 11 days.

What worship precedes the Ram Darbar puja on each day of the Bajrang Baan sadhana?

After the sankalp, the sadhak performs the customary guru and Ganpati worship, remembers the Kuldevi, keeps a 'karma sakshi' lamp burning as witness, and only then worships the Ram Darbar — Ram, Sita, Lakshman, Bharat and Shatrughna — whether as murtis or a photograph, before turning to Hanuman.

Once the sankalp is taken, the sadhak performs the opening guru puja and Ganpati puja as usual, and remembers the Kuldevi (family deity). He notes that before the sankalp is even taken, a lamp should already be lit as a "karma sakshi deep" — a lamp that witnesses the act — one that has been burning since morning is fine, but one must be lit regardless. After this guru-Ganpati worship and remembrance, the sadhak worships the Ram Darbar: sprinkling water on the murtis or photograph and applying tilak to Shri Ram, Mata Janaki (Sita), Lakshman, Bharat and Shatrughna. If a Ram Darbar murti is present in the home it is worshipped alongside Hanuman; otherwise the photograph is worshipped in its place.

How is Hanuman invoked at the start of the daily Bajrang Baan puja?

The speaker says to invoke Hanuman into the murti if one is present; if only a photograph is available, a flower is used for the invocation and then placed on a plate in front of the photograph, which becomes the seat for that day's worship.

After the Ram Darbar puja, Hanuman is invoked. If a murti of Hanuman is present, the invocation is performed into it directly. If only a photograph is available, a flower is taken, the invocation performed with it, and the flower placed on a plate in front of the photograph — worship then proceeds facing that flower.

How is Hanuman's murti bathed, painted with sindoor, and dressed with the sacred thread during the Bajrang Baan puja?

Hanuman's murti is bathed in panchamrita, Ganga water and agaru, dried, then coated in sindoor mixed with chameli oil on a paan leaf, applied from bottom to top; once fully coated, a janeu (sacred thread) is placed on Hanuman regardless of whether the worshipper personally wears one.

If a murti is present, worship begins with a panchamritaA five-ingredient offering (commonly milk, curd, ghee, honey, sugar) used to bathe an idol before worship. abhishek — bathing Hanuman first in panchamrita, then Ganga water, then agaru — after which the murti is wiped dry thoroughly. Sindoor lepan is then applied: a paan leaf is kept ready, chameli (jasmine) oil and orange sindoor are mixed on it, and this paste is used to coat the entire murti from bottom to top. Once the sindoor lepan is complete, a janeu (sacred thread) is offered to Hanuman regardless of whether the worshipper personally wears one — he flags this detail as easy to forget and says it should not be skipped.

How is Hanuman dressed and decorated after the sindoor lepan?

If the murti is large enough, new cloth is offered as a garment; otherwise a kalava thread serves as the vastra, after which an Ashtagandha tilak is applied and Hanuman is further decorated.

For a larger murti, a new garment may be offered if the sadhak wishes; if not, a kalava (sacred red-and-yellow thread) is offered in place of a vastra. After this dressing, a tilak of AshtagandhaA fragrant paste made of eight substances, applied as a tilak before vermilion (sindoor) in remedy and worship rites. is applied and Hanuman is decorated attractively.

What daily bhog is offered to Hanuman during the 11-day Bajrang Baan sadhana?

Two laddus topped with a tulsi leaf are offered to Hanuman on each of the 11 days — fresh ones each day are better, and homemade besan laddus are best of all — after which the prepared flour is kneaded slightly stiff with a little ghee and water to shape that day's lamp.

Each day for all 11 days, two laddus are brought and offered to Hanuman. They may be bought once and kept refrigerated for daily offering, but fresh laddus brought each day are said to be better, and best of all is besan laddu made at home and offered as bhog. Each day, the two laddus with a tulsi leaf placed on top are offered to Hanuman first. Afterward, the five-grain flour prepared beforehand is kneaded with a little water — kept fairly stiff — with some ghee mixed in, to shape that day's lamp. He warns that if the dough is left too dry it can catch fire as the lamp burns down, so the lamp should be placed at some distance so that no murti or clothing catches fire.

How is the one-wick lamp built and filled for the daily Bajrang Baan path?

A single-wick lamp is shaped from the kneaded flour dough, using kalava measured against the sadhak's own body as the wick, and filled each day with oil, eleven cloves, five black peppercorns, a little yellow mustard and a piece of camphor, then lit large enough to burn for at least half an hour.

From the kneaded dough, a good single-wick (ek-mukhi) lamp is shaped, built so that the oil poured into it will not overflow — a large earthen lamp, or a lamp set inside a plate, works well. The wick is made from the kalava earlier measured against the sadhak's own body. Into the lamp go, each day: oil, eleven cloves, five black peppercorns, a little yellow mustard, and a good piece of camphor (kapoor ka gota). The lamp is then lit in Hanuman's name, and should be built large enough to burn for at least half an hour, so there is enough time to complete that day's full recitation.

How is each day's Bajrang Baan path performed once the lamp is lit?

After the lamp is lit, the sadhak first utters Ram's name and meditates on Hanuman, then holds one of the eleven 'Ram'-inscribed tulsi leaves, recites the entire Bajrang Baan once, and offers that leaf to Hanuman — repeating this eleven times to complete the day's recitation.

Once the lamp is burning, the sadhak first utters Ram's name and meditates on Hanuman before beginning the path. The method: take in hand one of the eleven tulsi leaves — each inscribed with "Ram" — kept ready, recite the complete Bajrang Baan once while holding it, then offer that leaf to Hanuman. This is repeated eleven times, completing that day's recitation. He adds that those who wish may also perform a small daily havan alongside this, which he says is very good if it can be managed.

How is the daily havan performed as part of the Bajrang Baan sadhana?

Because the Bajrang Baan is worked through the Sabar Mantra tradition, its Havan follows sabar-style procedure: ghee and guggul are offered together in ahutis first to the guru, Ganpati, the Kuldevi and the navgrahas, and then one ahuti is given for each chaupai of the Bajrang Baan in turn, reciting that chaupai as the mantra.

He explains that the Bajrang Baan is a Sabar Mantra worked through the sabar tradition, extremely potent and awakened, so its havan vidhan follows sabar-style procedure. In simple terms, a small havan can be done with cow-dung cakes or mango wood burned in any small earthen or other vessel used for havan. Ghee and guggul are mixed together and used for every ahuti in this vidhan, regardless of whether the sadhak is a woman or a man. The order of offering: one ahuti in the guru's name, one in Ganpati's name, one in the name of the Kuldevi, and one ahuti to the navgrahas while saying "Om Navgraha Bhayo Swaha." After these opening ahutis, one ahuti is offered for each chaupai of the Bajrang Baan from start to finish — for example reciting "Nishchay prem pratit te, vinay kare sanmaan, te hi kaarya sakal siddh kare Hanuman, swaha" or "Jai Hanuman sant hit kaarya, sun leejiye prabhu araj hamaari, swaha" — one ahuti accompanying each chaupai in sequence.

What is offered into the havan after all the chaupai ahutis, and how does the daily worship close?

Once every chaupai ahuti is complete, a whole lemon — uncut and unsqueezed — is offered into the havan as a Nimbu Bali by either a man or a woman, followed by pranam and, optionally, an Aarti waved five times with camphor and two cloves.

After the complete round of chaupai ahutis, a lemon is offered. He notes this detail was missed earlier in the vidhi, so a lemon should always be kept ready. Either a man or a woman may perform this Nimbu Bali — there is no restriction by gender. The whole lemon is placed into the havan uncut and without being squeezed, and pranam is offered. After this, if desired, an AartiA ritual of waving a lit lamp or flame before a deity's image, performed here at the close of Deepdan once the lamps begin to burn down. can be performed for Hanuman — or camphor with two cloves placed on top can be lit and waved as aarti, shown five times.

How is the day's recitation formally offered to Hanuman at the end of the puja?

Holding water in one hand, the sadhak asks forgiveness and dedicates the full merit of that day's recitation to Hanuman, uttering Ram's name — or simply 'Jai Shri Ram' — and pouring the water into Hanuman's right hand.

After the aarti, the sadhak takes water in one hand for a kshama prarthana (prayer of forgiveness), stating that whatever merit has come from that day's completed recitation is offered in full to Hanuman. He says this can be done while uttering Ram's name — saying "Jai Shri Ram" — or with whatever mantra the sadhak has faith in; he keeps the wording deliberately simple so no one is put off by an unfamiliar mantra. The water is then poured into Hanuman's right hand, completing the kshama prarthana for that day.

What discipline of celibacy and timing must be kept during the 11-day Bajrang Baan siddhi?

Regardless of gender or marital status, strict brahmacharya — including mentally — must be kept for all 11 days, and the puja should ideally be done before 8 a.m.; if done at night instead, garlic and onion must be avoided that day and the food eaten must be fully sattvic.

Whether the sadhak is a man or a woman, married or unmarried, strict BrahmacharyaStrict celibacy required through an extended ritual observance. must be observed correctly through all 11 days — with special attention that there is no breach even at the mental level. He advises doing this practice in the morning before 8 a.m.; doing it at night means the sadhak cannot keep the accompanying fast, so morning is preferred. If it must be done at night instead, the condition to watch is that garlic and onion are not eaten for the rest of that day — and this only works if the food eaten is fully sattvic; if the sadhak is likely to eat outside food, he advises against attempting the night option at all.

Do the siddhi-period restrictions continue once the Bajrang Baan is put to use afterward?

These restrictions apply only during the siddhi period itself; once siddhi is complete, the Bajrang Baan can be used at any time without them, and a sadhak who has not performed havan daily should at minimum give five ahutis to Ram on the final day, saying 'Sitaram Chandraya Swaha.'

He clarifies that all these disciplines — brahmacharya, timing, diet — apply only during the siddhi period. Afterward, during actual use (prayog), the Bajrang Baan can be applied at any time without concern; but during the siddhi period itself, every one of these points must be carefully observed. If a sadhak is not doing the havan every day, at minimum five ahutis should be offered to Ram on the final day, saying "Sitaram Chandraya Swaha" — he specifies it is "Swaha," not "Namah." Doing the havan daily throughout is best; otherwise it can be completed on the 11th and final day, after that day's recitations are finished.

What closing rites are performed on the eleventh and final day of the Bajrang Baan siddhi?

On day 11, after the havan and its offerings, the sadhak visits the temple again for a full Hanuman puja and performs a Purnahuti in which a 'gari' coconut — cut open, filled with kheer or jaggery, and wrapped in red cloth on a paan leaf — is offered with the purnahuti mantra, kept small to suit the size of the havan vessel.

After the havan is done, with its dedication and aarti, the sadhak visits the temple again — whether havan has been performed daily or only on the final day, everyone visits the temple on the 11th and final day, whichever weekday it falls on, and performs Hanuman's full puja there once more. On this final day's havan, after the lemon bali, a "gari" coconut — the kind used to make coconut oil — is brought. It is cut on the side that faced the tree it grew from, and the top is opened; kheer or jaggery is filled inside, and it is wrapped in red cloth, placed on a paan leaf, and offered as the Purnahuti with the purnahuti mantra recited. He notes the gari coconut should be kept small, since the havan vessel itself is likely small, so it burns fully rather than being left half-consumed.

What happens to the first-day coconut, and what is offered at the temple to complete the siddhi?

The coconut kept aside on day one may be broken after the final purnahuti and eaten by anyone as prasad without restriction, and on the last day at least 1.25 kg of laddus should be offered to Hanuman at the temple, with some brought home and the rest distributed; completing all of this makes the Bajrang Baan awakened and siddha.

The coconut set aside on the very first day can, after the final Purnahuti, be broken at home and eaten by everyone as prasad — he specifies there is no restriction here by gender, anyone can eat it. It may instead be taken to the temple, offered there, and eaten as prasad afterward. On the final day, one more thing remains: at the temple, at least 1.25 kg (sava kilo) of laddus should be offered to Hanuman. A few of these are brought back home, and the rest are left with the temple priest to distribute, or the sadhak may distribute them personally to those present. He says that completing the sadhana this way makes the Bajrang Baan awakened and siddha-chaitanya (fully conscious and empowered) for that sadhak.

How is the siddha Bajrang Baan applied to protect a distressed child using mustard seeds?

Holding yellow mustard seeds in hand, the sadhak invokes Ram and Hanuman, recites the full Bajrang Baan while asking that the mustard be awakened and consecrated for the named child's protection, then waves it counter-clockwise over the child three or seven times before discarding it outside and burning it.

As one example of use — say a small child at home is crying persistently and appears to be affected by Nazar or some other obstruction — the sadhak takes yellow mustard seeds in hand and first recites the full Bajrang Baan, invoking Ram's name ("Sitaram, Sitaram") and asking for his grace. Then, addressing Hanuman, the sadhak states that this Bajrang Baan path is being recited, and asks that the mustard be awakened, consecrated, and made fully conscious; the child is named, and it is asked that whatever obstruction afflicts them be removed and the child protected, with Hanuman's grace fulfilling this purpose. After this, the Bajrang Baan is recited once more, and the mustard is waved counter-clockwise over the child three or seven times, as desired, then taken outside the house and burned. He adds that bhasma (BhasmaSacred ash, used as a substitute for milk in a Shivling's abhishekam when milk isn't available., sacred ash) can be empowered in the very same way — the sadhak may apply it to themselves for constant protection, or give it to someone else in the household.

How is a protective thread empowered with the Bajrang Baan for a child in distress?

A red thread is tied with anywhere from 8 to 18 knots — since Hanuman is the giver of the eight siddhis and nine nidhis — and the Bajrang Baan is recited once per knot; for a child in distress it is first washed on a Tuesday in raw milk, cow urine and panchamrita or Ganga water, then tied with eight knots while Ram's name is invoked at each one.

He explains how a thread is empowered: eight knots are tied at minimum, since Hanuman is the giver of the eight siddhis and nine nidhis, and up to 18 knots may be tied; whatever number of knots is tied, that many recitations of the Bajrang Baan must be done, one per knot. As an example, if a child in the household is in distress — struggling while studying away from home, or frightened at night — a red thread is taken and, on a Tuesday, first washed in raw milk, then in cow's urine (GomutraCow urine, added in a small quantity to a purification vessel alongside Gangajal in remedies for ancestral or ritual impurity.), and then in panchamritaA five-ingredient offering (commonly milk, curd, ghee, honey, sugar) used to bathe an idol before worship. or Ganga water. Eight knots are then tied into it, and holding each knot in turn while uttering Ram's name, the Bajrang Baan is recited once per knot — eight full recitations in total for eight knots.

How is the empowered thread finally offered and tied, and what other applications does the siddha Bajrang Baan have?

After the recitations, incense and a camphor-and-clove aarti are offered to Hanuman with a prayer before the thread is tied on the person it protects; once siddha, the speaker says the Bajrang Baan has countless further uses, including empowering water with gomutra and Ganga water to clear obstruction from a home, and even to immobilize a hostile sorcerer's power — though such advanced applications demand real inner strength from the practitioner.

Once the knot-by-knot recitation is complete, the thread is placed near Hanuman; dhoop and deep are shown, camphor with two cloves is lit and offered as AartiA ritual of waving a lit lamp or flame before a deity's image, performed here at the close of Deepdan once the lamps begin to burn down., and a prayer is made to Hanuman before the thread is tied onto the person it is meant to protect — after which, he says, that person receives full protection. He adds that once the Bajrang Baan is siddha this way, it can be applied in countless further ways. For obstruction in a household, water is empowered in the evening by reciting the Bajrang Baan over it, a little GomutraCow urine, added in a small quantity to a purification vessel alongside Gangajal in remedies for ancestral or ritual impurity. and Ganga water are added, and the water is then sprinkled throughout the house. He also states that, once siddha, the Bajrang Baan alone can immobilize (stambhit) an enemy who is working hostile sorcery and can bind that person's occult power — though he adds that such deeper applications require the practitioner to be genuinely strong-willed and to build real inner capacity, since many such applications become possible only with that strength.