Puja Guides
Step-by-step vidhi with every mantra written out in full — and a jaap window right where you need it.
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- Puja
- Worship at home or temple — offering light, flowers, food and prayers to a deity.
- Samagri
- The shopping list of a puja — all the items you gather before starting, like diya, flowers and sweets.
- Aarti
- Waving a lit lamp in slow circles before the deity while singing — the glowing finale of a puja.
- Prasad
- Food offered to the deity first and then shared by everyone — a blessing you can eat.
- Sankalpa
- The little promise you speak at the start of a puja or practice, saying what you are doing and why.
- Vrat
- A day of promise — often fasting or eating simply — kept for a deity or a loved one's wellbeing.
- Muhurat
- An auspicious time-window chosen from the panchang for starting something important.
- Tarpan
- Offering water with sesame seeds to remember and thank one's ancestors.
Daily practice
Vrats & fasts
Festival pujas
Life, home & work
Every guide follows a widely-practised general form, with honesty notes where traditions differ. Where your family's rite differs, your elders' way is the right way for your home.