The short answer
For heart disease, the puja tradition names first is the Maha Mrityunjaya Jaap — Shiva’s mantra for protection from illness and untimely death, chanted by pandits with the sankalp in the patient’s name and gotra. Where the kundli shows the Sun afflicted, that planet’s own shanti is added. Both are prayers made alongside medical treatment, never instead of it.
11,000 JaapMaha Mrityunjaya Jaap — 11,000 JaapOrdinary or recurring illness · 4 pandits₹5,500Includes dakshina, samagri and all — no other chargesBook Now 51,000 JaapMaha Mrityunjaya Jaap — 51,000 JaapSerious illness, long treatment · 15 pandits₹15,000Includes dakshina, samagri and all — no other chargesBook Now 1.25 Lakh JaapMaha Mrityunjaya Jaap — 1.25 Lakh JaapCritical condition, major surgery · 35 pandits₹31,000Includes dakshina, samagri and all — no other chargesBook Now
11,000 JaapMaha Mrityunjaya Jaap — 11,000 JaapOrdinary or recurring illness · 4 pandits₹5,500Includes dakshina, samagri and all — no other chargesBook Now 51,000 JaapMaha Mrityunjaya Jaap — 51,000 JaapSerious illness, long treatment · 15 pandits₹15,000Includes dakshina, samagri and all — no other chargesBook Now 1.25 Lakh JaapMaha Mrityunjaya Jaap — 1.25 Lakh JaapCritical condition, major surgery · 35 pandits₹31,000Includes dakshina, samagri and all — no other chargesBook Now Why the Sun
In Jyotish the Sun is the karaka of the heart, of vitality and of the spine. A Sun that is weak, debilitated or afflicted by Saturn or Rahu in the kundli is read as a strain on the heart. That does not mean everyone with heart disease has an afflicted Sun: whether the planet is involved is read in the person’s own kundli. You can check it free in Find Your Puja — enter the birth details and the problem, and the kundli is read for it. If it is involved, the remedy is Surya Shanti Puja.
Which count of the jaap
51,000 after a heart attack or before an angioplasty or bypass; 1.25 lakh for open-heart surgery, a transplant or a critical condition; 11,000 for a long-running but stable heart condition. A larger count is a larger prayer by more pandits; no count is a guarantee of recovery. The sankalp can be given by a family member — the patient need not be present.
What the family can do at home
- Offer water to the rising Sun each morning (arghya), with the Gayatri or the Surya mantra Om Suryaya Namah.
- Read the Aditya Hridaya Stotra on Sundays — the hymn to the Sun traditionally recited for strength of heart.
- Chant the Maha Mrityunjaya mantra 108 times a day for the patient.
Treatment comes first
Nothing in the tradition asks anyone to stop, delay or change treatment for heart disease. Follow every instruction of your doctor; the puja is a prayer for strength and for the treatment to go well. For an emergency, an ICU stay or an operation, see which puja when someone is in the ICU or has surgery tomorrow. To book: Maha Mrityunjaya Jaap in Ujjain.