Ganesha, Lakshmi, Vastu-purusha · 60–90 minutes
Griha pravesh — entering the new home
Moving into a new/renovated home, on a chosen muhurta
In the simplest words
Entering a new home the blessed way — kalash first, right foot first, boiling milk till it spills (let sweetness overflow here), and Ganesh-Lakshmi's welcome.
A house becomes a home the way a murti becomes a deity — by invitation. The simple griha pravesh: a right foot over a threshold of mango leaves and kalash, Ganesha before all, milk boiled till it spills, and the first night actually slept there. The vastu shanti havan, where the family wants it, is the priest's ceremony; this is the household's own.
Samagri — what you need
0/4 gatheredThe vidhi, step by step
0/6 doneDress the threshold
Toran up, swastik on the doorframe, rangoli before it, the kalash at the door's right.
Enter right foot first
At the muhurta, the family enters together — right foot over the threshold, the kalash carried in by the gṛhiṇī or eldest, Ganesha's name aloud.
ॐ गं गणपतये नमः
Oṁ Gaṁ Gaṇapataye Namaḥ
Om — Gam — salutations to Ganapati, lord of the ganas. The ganas are the hosts that attend Shiva; devotional commentators widen the word to every ordered set of forces in the world — and Ganapati is the intelligence that marshals them. The mantra is a request in miniature: let what stands in the way step aside, and let what scatters come into order.
Source: Gaṇapati Atharvaśīrṣa (Ganapati Upaniṣad)
Ganesh-Lakshmi sthapana
In the puja corner (north-east by vastu preference): images set, diya and dhoop lit, the obstacle-remover and the grace of prosperity installed before furniture matters.
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभ । निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा ॥
Vakratuṇḍa mahākāya sūryakoṭi-samaprabha, nirvighnaṁ kuru me deva sarva-kāryeṣu sarvadā
O curved-trunked, mighty-bodied one, radiant as ten million suns — make all my works free of obstacles, always. The verse asks for nirvighna: not that the work be done for us, but that the path be clear enough for our own effort to count. 'Always, in all works' makes it the one prayer wide enough to cover everything a life will attempt.
Source: Traditional Gaṇeśa dhyāna-śloka, recited at the start of most Gaṇeśa pūjās; no single scriptural source is established.
Boil the milk over
In the new kitchen, milk boiled till it spills toward the east — abundance overflowing as the stove's first act; sweet rice or kheer made from it.
Lakshmi's walk-through
With the diya, walk every room — light shown to each corner; the Shreem mantra soft throughout.
ॐ श्रीं महालक्ष्म्यै नमः
Oṁ Śrīṁ Mahālakṣmyai Namaḥ
Om — Shreem — salutations to Mahalakshmi. Shreem is shri compressed into a seed, planted by repetition. The mantra asks the goddess of abundance for her presence rather than her presents — where Lakshmi dwells, the tradition says, sufficiency follows on its own.
Source: Traditional bīja-mantra of the Devi worship corpus
Feed & sleep
The kheer offered then shared — guests, helpers, and the neighbours' children first; and the family sleeps in the house that night. An unslept-in pravesh, the elders say, is a visit.
Note: Muhurta is chosen by family panchang (Akshaya Tritiya and post-Devutthana dates are favourites; Chaturmas is traditionally avoided). Rented homes take the same rite gladly — the house does not check the paperwork.