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Lord Ganesha is worshipped with all sixteen rituals along with chanting of
Puranik Mantras during Ganesha Chaturthi Puja which is also known
as Vinayaka ChaturthiPuja. Worshipping Gods and Goddesses with all 16
rituals is known as Shodashopachara Puja ( ).
If you have Lord Ganesha installed at your home and is worshipped daily
then Avahana () and Pratishthapan () should be skipped as
these two rituals are done for newly bought statues of Lord Ganesha
either made of clay or made of metal. It should be noted that pre-installed
statue of Lord Ganesha at home are not given Visarjan () but given
Utthapana () at the end of Puja.
1. Avahana
() invoking Lord Ganesha
2. Pratishthapan
() installing Lord Ganesha into the statue
3. Aasan Samarpan
( ) offering seat to Lord Ganesha
4. Ardhya Samarpan
( ) offering scented water to Lord Ganesha
5. Aachaman
()
6. Snan
()
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o
o
o
o
o
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7. Vastra Samarpan
( )
8. Yagyopavit Samarpan
( )
9. Gandha
()
10.
Akshata
() unbroken rice for Puja
11.
Pushpa Mala
( )
o
o
o
12.
Dhoop
()
13.
Deep Darshan
( )
14.
Naivedhya Nivedan
( )
o
15.
Tambula Arpana
( ) offering Paan made of betal nut and leaves
o
o
16.
Neeranajan
(/) Lord Ganesha Aarti
Ganesh Chaturthi Puja Time
Madhyahana Puja Time = 11:24 to 13:54
Duration = 2 Hours 29 Mins
On 29th, Time to Avoid Moon Sighting = 09:12 to 21:14
Duration = 12 Hours 1 Min
Coconut
Packet Of Camphor
*Pray Guru
Guru Mantra English wording:
gurur brahma guruvishnuh gurudevo maheshwara
gurussakshaat parabrahma tasmai shri gurave namah
English meaning:
The teacher is the embodiment of the trinity Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu
and Lord Shiva. To that Guru, who is none other than God himself, I salute.
Prepare the Nandadeep (lamp) by pouring oil in it and making a cotton
wick.
*Meditate upon Lord Ganesh
English wording:
shuklaambara sharam vishnum shashi varnam chaturbhujam
prasanna vadanam dhyaayet sarvavighnopa shaantaye
English meaning:
I meditate upon Lord Ganesh, who is wearing bright colored clothes, and
has four arms, pleasant faced Lord Ganesha removes all obstacles.
Make arrangements for garland to be placed around Lord Ganeshas neck.
*Invite the Lord to accept your worship.
asmin bimbe chitrapate
maha-ganapataye namah
karpura nirajanam
darsayami
nirajananantaram
acamaniyam samarpayami
English meaning:
I offer camphor aarti to Lord Ganesh in this beautiful form. After the
camphor aarti, pure water is offered to Him.
*Welcome the Lord with flowers and water
I welcome the Lord with these flowers and kalash of water.
Fill the kalash (copper pot) with water and arrange flowers.
*Offer milk, curd, ghee, honey and sugar. At the end offer water from the
kalash. Pour the mixture of all these five items into the Charanamrit set.
Offer everything with Charanamrit Set. Dip flowers in the kalash and offer
to the Lord.
*Worship the Lord with a bit of kumkum (sindoor), haldi (turmeric powder),
abir (black powder) and a paste made out of sandalwood bar.
*Offer the benevolent Lord the traditional Dhoop Aarti with Brass Dhoop
Lamp and circle the Lord Ganesha Idol three to five times in the clock wise
direction
* Perform The Lord Ganesha Aarti Jai Ganesh Deva/Jai Dev Jai
dev(famous marathi arti) with the traditional Niranjan Lamp. All the five
oil cotton wicks of the Niranjan should be lighted as this a part of the
customary ritual of the traditional Ganesh Pooja
While i was in Maharashtra, this was the famous marathi lyrics of jai dev
jai dev arti that would linger in the temples of Pune :
Jai Dev Jai Dev Arti
Jaidev Jaidev Jai Mangal Murti ll
Darshan Maatre Man: Kaamna Phurti ll
Sukhkarta Dukhharta Varta Vighnachi ll
Nurvi Purvi Prem Krupa Jayachi ll
Sarvangi Sundar Uti Shendurachi ll
Kanti Jhalke Mal Mukataphalaanchi..ll
Jaidev Jaidev Jai Mangal Murti ll
Darshan Maatre Man: Kaamna Phurti ll
Ratnakhachit Phara Tujh Gaurikumra ll
Chandanaachi Uti Kumkumkeshara ll
After reciting the following Shanti Mantra, cleanup your pooja place
sarve santu sukhinah
sarve santu niramayah
sarve bhadrani pashyantu
maa kashchid sukhabhag bhavet
//OM Ganeshaya Namah//
Red Flowers
Coconut
Chandan or Sandalwood
Incense Sticks
Choice of fruits
Ganpati Bappa
Majha
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The Puja
First clean the house and take a bath.
A Clay image of Lord Ganesha is installed in a raised platform.
Pray to Lord Ganesh and you can recite mantras or bhajans
dedicated to Lord Ganesha.
Next step is to invoke Ganesha into the image. This is known as
pran-prathishta. The Pran Prathista mantra in Sanskrit to be invoked is
found in the Rig Veda and is part of Ganesh Suktha.
ganananh tva ganapatim havamahe kavim kavinam upamashravastamam |
jyeshhtharajam brahmanan.h brahmanaspata A nah shrivnvannutibhih
sida sadanam || (Rig Veda 2.23.1)
ni shhu sida ganapate ganeshhu tvamahurvipratamam kavinam |
na rite tvat.h kriyate kinchanare mahamarkam maghavan.h chitramarcha
|| (Rig Veda 10.112.9)
We invoke You, O Ganapati of the ganas (Lord Shiva attendants), Who are
Brahmana-spati of the brahmas (prayers), the wisest among the wise,
Who abound in treasure beyond all measure, the most brilliant one. Do
listen to our prayers, come with Your blessings and assurances of
protection into our home, and be seated. (Rig Veda 2.23.1)
Sit down among the worshippers, O Ganapati, the best sage among the
sages. Without You nothing can be done here or far. Accept with honor, O
wealthy One, our great and variegated hymns of praise. (Rig Veda
10.112.9)
Now Ganesha is installed in the idol and one can perform arati and
light the lamps.Some people perform the shhodashopachara, which are
Offer 21 modakas
Break the coconut or just keep it along with the idol. You can also
keep fried grains. (The food of the rat the vehicle of Ganesha).
You can also recite the 108 salutations dedicated to Lord Ganesha or
read the Ganesha Upanishad or just simply pray.
The number 21 signifies - the five organs of perception, five organs of
action, five vital airs (pranas), five elements, and the mind.
While performing Ganesha Puja at home, you can always be flexible. The
strict rituals are meant for Vedic priests. All you need to be careful is to
perform the pujas with a clean body and clean mind.
What is more important is devotion not the ritual.
Try to be simple. Concentrate on your prayers not on decoration and other
ritualistic details.
Is there any special Ganesh Visarjan mantras or procedure? Any specific ritual while
performing immersion of Ganesha after Chaturthi Pujas. These are some of the common
doubts that many devotees have? The concept of Ganesh Chaturthi is that Ganesha comes
to the home of his devotees on Ganesh Chaturthi day. He brings auspiciousness, hope,
success and happiness to all homes. During his brief stay, He removes all obstacles. While
returning He takes with him all problems and unhappiness.
Ganesh Visarjan Mantras
There are no specific Ganesh Visarjan mantras. The only chant that is done is Ganapati
Bappa Moriya...
You can also chant this prayer
Mushikavaahana modaka hastha,
Chaamara karna vilambitha sutra,
Vaamana rupa maheshwara putra,
Vighna vinaayaka paada namasthe
O Vinayaka! The remover of all obstacles, the son of Lord Shiva, with a form which is very
short, with mouse as Thy vehicle, with sweet pudding in hand, with wide ears and long
hanging trunk, I prostrate at Thy lotus-like Feet!
Ganesh Visarjan Procedure
Before taking Ganesh for Visarjan. You should perform Aarti. All the family members
should be present. Usual Ganesh Mantras and Aarti prayers should be chanted.
The visarjan ritual begins with the Uttarang puja which involves offering five items,
namely deep (oil lamps), pushp (flowers), dhoop (incense), gandh (fragrance) and
naivedya (food) to Ganpati.
After this, all members of the household gather to perform the aarti and sprinkle akshat or
raw rice upon the lord.
The murti of Ganesha is then lifted from its seat and carried to the threshold where it is
turned to face the house and placed on the floor.
You should thank Ganesha for visiting your home. Thank him for
bringing prosperity and auspiciousness. Thank him for taking away all difficulties with him.
Ask for his pardon for any mistakes committed.
If you plan to bring Ganesh murti next year, then ask him to return.
Now a spoonful of curd is poured into Ganesh's outstretched palm because Hindus
especially Maharashtrians believe that any guest who receives curd and rice is sure to visit
again.
Ask for His blessings. The family then circumambulates Ganesha murti after which it is led
for immersion.
Take some water and sprinkle it on the person performing the Visarjan.
The person performing the Visarjan should remove all garlands and other decorations on
Ganesha.
Collect it in a newspaper or cover. This should not be thrown in the river or water body.
Should be place in appropriate spot given by authorities or should be deposited in a hole in
one's compound.
Now it is time to lift up the Ganesha.
Lift up the Ganesha. Other people around can chant Ganapati Bappa Moriya... and other
Ganesha chants.
Once the murti is lifted up do not place it at home. Walk out of home and move quickly
towards the immersion point.
Never look back at home with the murti in the hand.
While immersing the murti chant ...Ganapati Bappa moriya...
Some devotees perform another aarti at the spot of immersion but this is skipped due to
heavy rush.
seas. This is harmful to environment and creates water pollution. Remember the same
water is pumped and is made available to use in our homes.
This is the true Hindu culture Ganesha gets His form using earth (mud) and returns to
earth.
Before
taking
Ganesha
for
the visarjanceremony, one should perform the arti(prayer). All the family members should be
present at that time. The rituals of the visarjan begin with anuttarang Puja (holy ceremony)
which
involves
to
Ganpati. After offering panchameva to Lord Ganesha, all should gather and perform Aarti.
Then some Akshat (raw rice) is sprinkled onto the idol. The idol of Ganesha is then lifted from
his seat and is carried to some threshold, where it is turned to face the house and is placed on
the floor.
We should ask for his pardon for any mistakes committed by us. If we plan to bring the idol
next year for Pooja, we should invite him and ask him to return next year. A spoonful of curd is
poured by the women of the house in the idols mouth, as it is believed that guests who
receive curd and rice are sure to visit again. Then everyone in the family should ask for his
blessings. Now the family members should circumambulate the Ganesha idol and proceed for
the immersion. The Ganesha idol is now taken to every of the house. This is done to ask
Ganesha to bless every part of our house.
Take some Gangaajal (Holy water) and sprinkle it on the person doing the visarjan. All the
garlands and the other decorations done on the Ganesha idol should be removed by the
person doing the visarjan. They should be collected in some newspaper or a cover, and not to
be immersed with the idol. They can be offered at the peepal or bargad (banyan) tree. Now
the idol is to be lifted up, and people going to do the visarjan chant the mantra:
Ganpati Bappa Moriya, Mangal Murti Moriya.
Once the idol is lifted it should not be placed in the home. The person holding the idol in hand
should move out of the home and should proceed to the immersion point. One should not look
back at the house once they proceed to the immersion point. If you have time you can also
perform a small Aarti (prayer) at the immersion point. After performing the immersion, do not
look back at the idol. You can either take a dip in the river itself or come home take a bath
and perform a small Pooja(prayer). This visarjan of Lord Ganesha is performed and devotes
wait for a year for him to come and give them the golden opportunity of his service.