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Hindu Festivals and Rituals Explained by AdarshPanditji
India is known for the grand celebration of festivals which happen all through the year. Along with festivals there are many rituals which are performed on various occasions like house warming, marriage, naming ceremony etc. And also many follow daily rituals at home.
Most of the rituals have been followed for generations and are believed to benefit the performer and their family members in many ways. The elders at home pass the knowledge of rituals and other traditions to the youngsters. The pandit ji (priest) who has the knowledge of rituals also helps a lot in transferring the knowledge. Some of the rituals are complicated and hence usually performed only by the panditjis.
Understanding the steps and meaning of the rituals helps in performing the rituals properly and helps in reaping the benefits.
How I Started Learning from AdarshPanditji
Being spiritually inclined from childhood, I always wanted to explore more about God, rituals, etc and I happened to meet Adarsh Panditji in a temple close to my home who seemed very friendly and knowledgeable in this area. I built a good rapport with him and expressed interest in learning more about rituals. Panditji agreed to share knowledge of spirituality, rituals etc.
Started learning about basic steps to do puja at home daily. Noted down important mantras. Got to understand how to read the panchang, masas, moon movements and the names of days as per Hindu calendar. The learning is going on and looks like it will take ages to understand everything because it is so vast, but very interesting. You can read more about Panditji on the About AdarshPanditji page.
Ganesha Puja at Home: Step-by-Step Vidhi from AdarshPanditji
I thought of sharing this knowledge to those who are interested and hence created this website using basic digital skills. And felt it would be good to start with Ganapati festival. You can follow the steps listed below to perform the Ganesha puja at your home. Wish you happy Ganesha puja.
- Decorate your home, take bath and light a lamp before beginning the puja
- Avahana - Invocation of Lord Ganesha, fold your hands in front of Lord Ganesha Idol and pray to him
- Pratishthapana - Installing Lord Ganesha - Pray to Lord to accept the seat you have offered. Worship Lord Ganesha by offering him flowers.
- Padya Samarpan - Offer water to the Lord’s feet.
- Achamana - Pour some water into your right palm and drink it.
- Snanam - Offer water to the Lord for bathing.
- Panchamrita Snanam - Offer panchamrit made of milk, curd, ghee, sugar, and honey to Lord Ganesha.
- Vastra Samarpan - Offer a fresh piece of cloth to cover the upper body.
- Gandha - Offer chandan paste, garike grass, light incense sticks
- Pushpa Mala - Offer flower garland
- Naivedya - Offer Fruits and Sweets like Modaka, kadabu, laddoo to Lord Ganesha
- Tambulam - Offer Coconut, paan, supari, haldi and kumkum.
- Dakshina - Offer coins.
- Deep Samarpan - Offer Aarti and Sing the Ganesha Aarti songs.
- Pradakshina - Circumambulate the deity
- Akshata - Offer rice colored with kumkum and haldi
- Namaskara - Bow before the deity
Looking for more guides? The AdarshPanditji blog covers daily puja, reading the panchang, griha pravesh and Diwali Lakshmi puja.
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