Ketu Mantra

To be chanted 17,000 times.

PRONUNCIATION:

Palasha-pushpa-sankasham taraka-grahu masta-kam rowdram row-drat makam

goram tam keytoom prana-mam mya-ham

I offer my obeisances to the violent and fearsome Ketu, who is endowed with the potency of Lord Shiva. Resembling in his complexion the flower of a palasa plant, he serves as the head of the stars and planets.

Remedies : Ketu Mantra

For Ketu related problems and during the dasa or antardasa of Ketu:

1. Worship Lord Ganesha.

2. Recite Ganesha Dwadasanama Stotra.

3. Japa of the Ketu beeja mantra:

Om shram shreem shroum sah ketave namah,

7000 times in 40 days.

4. Recite the Ketu stotra:

Palasha pushpa sankaasham taraka graha mastakam

Roudram roudratmakam ghoram tam ketum Pranamamyaham.

5. Donate: A black cow or black mustard seeds on thursday.

6. Fasting: On Thursdays.

7. Pooja: Ganesh pooja.

8. Wear a 9 mukhi rudraksha.

9. A very good remedy for Ketu is the reciting of Shiva Panchakshari Stotra.