Vibhuti (holy ashes) is especially blessed ashes that come from the sacrificial fire and are especially associated with the Hindu god Shiva. As a luck-bringing element, they apply Shiva's pendants as a tika on the forehead or on the areas of the chakras, for example. Vibhuti (holy ash) is especially blessed ash. In Sanskrit, vibhuti means "wealth." Applying Vibhuti activates the energy of clarity within us. On the one hand the clear seeing as well as recognizing and feeling ( clear intuition ) what is behind the illusion ( Maya ).
These ashes have come from a long sadhana to Navaratri, with the blessing of Raguvendra Das. It represents the destruction of samsara (the material universe) and karma (the sum of all actions) and gives the energy to the greatest benefit, "spiritual wealth. Wearing them reminds one of death and of the impermanent nature of everything in the world except God. Vibhuti also symbolizes the indestructibility of the human being, because even after burning one's own body, a little ash remains.
