Soma Maṭha सोम मठ Spiritual Center

04/19/2026

Happy Akshaya Tritiya! May Lord Perumal’s blessings increase peace, health, happiness, and prosperity for all.

04/14/2026

Happy Pothandu to everyone. May the blessings of Shri Dhanvantari bring a healthy and prosperous new year for one and all.

04/07/2026

Om namah shivaya. We are still praying daily and raising money to redo the Ashta bandhana ceremony to join the Lingam to the Yoni base.

04/01/2026

We were fortunate to have the opportunity today to visit Back Creek in far Western Virginia and offer Rudra Abhishekam to a swayambhu Lingam there.

Back Creek River is a very sacred spot. It is located just miles from the border of Virginia and West Virginia in Bath County. The River gorge runs between Back Creek Mountain to the East and Little Mountain to the West. The whole area is permeated by a powerful presence of Lord Shiva, especially down in the gorge and up the Western slope of Back Creek Mountain. The river produces many swayambhu Shiva Lingams and many fossiliferous rocks also. The area has unique features like ducks that blow 58 degree air from the ground and many deep pools on the mountain. The area is as powerful as any Temple and possibly the most powerful spiritual site in Virginia.

The water in Back Creek River is very pure and sacred. The River feeds into the Jackson River which merges with the Cowpasture River to form the James which feeds into the Chesapeake Bay. The water has a unique color which is often bright blue, but changes and may appear green, pink, yellow, black, brown, and also white. Visiting the sacred site is like visiting the Holy rivers in India, though the location is unknown to most people in modern times. This area was a place where Natives used to meet occasionally for community prayers and purification, similar to Kumbha melas held in India. Certain spots around here were pilgrimages by Natives here trouble to conceive. The place is symbolic of Shiva and Shakti with Back Creek Mountain representing Shiva and Little Mountain representing Shakti.

We could not get as far as we normally like to go along the trail due to snow on the ground. The water was quite cold, so standing in the water for Abhishekam was somewhat of a tapasya. But many native wildflowers were blooming like bloodroot, trout lilly, and several types of hepatica. It is always a great blessing to visit this sacred site.

03/19/2026

Donate today to help us re-do the Ashta Bandhana rituals to join Shivalingam to Yoni. Om namah shivaya

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03/19/2026

Ugadi is the Lunar / Solar New Year, celebrated on the first day of the Lunar month during which the sidereal Sun moves into the first Sign of Mesha / Aries. Happy Ugadi to all! Om namah shivaya

03/18/2026

Join our class to Learn a 16-step home puja which can be offered to any Deity you prefer.

Follow the link below to learn more:

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03/12/2026

Prabhavali (arch) and nagabaranam (cobra hood) arrived for Shiva today. Om namah shivaya

03/05/2026

The class teaching how to perform a 16-step home puja has begun. The first of 10 parts is available now online. Visit our website and join the class to learn more.

Learn to Perform Home Puja A 10-Hour Guided Course with SwamijiBeginning March 1st About the Course In this 10-hour course, Swamiji gently guides students step-by-step through performing a traditional Shodasha Upachara Puja — the classical sixteen-step Vedic worship revealed by the Sages.Puja mean...

03/05/2026

Get your copy of our 2026 wall calendar of important festival dates, astrological transits and monthly observances for the Gods and Goddesses for North America.

Vedic Calendar​ North American Calendar of Hindu Festivals, and Astrological Timings for Worshiping the Gods and Goddesses. 2026 As many have requested, this year we are producing a wall calendar. This 2026 Vedic Wall Calendar presents important festival dates and astrological transits specificall...

02/27/2026

Is it appropriate to keep very large images of God in the home for worship? Watch until the end for the reason.