If you have decided to bring Ganpati Bappa in your home and make him a guest for 10 days, you will have to follow the rituals and pooja. Read the following to know what the rituals are.
Ganesh Chaturthi is one the most celebrated festivals of India. Ganesh: the god with an elephant head and a giant, round belly, who has a rat as a mode of transport! On this festival, the God of knowledge is welcomed in the Hindu household with much gusto.
If you have decided to bring Ganpati Bappa into your home and make him a guest for 10 days, you will have to follow the rituals and pooja. You can call a pundit to perform the Pranpratishtha or you can do it yourself. Here is how -
Things you need -
1. Clay idol of Ganesha
2. Red flowers - preferably hibiscus
3. Durva grass
3. Modak(Sweet rice dumplings) or any sweet will do
4. Coconut
5. Sandalwood paste
6. Janve (Sacred white thread)
7. Betel leaves
8. Raised platform
9. Ghee lamp
10. Kalash
These days you get all these ingredients in a pack. Opt for that if you cannot gather them one at a time.
Step by step ritual -
1. Clean your house
2. Take a bath
3. Fill the Kalash with water and decorate it with Betel leaves. Put coconut on top of it.
4. Put the Ganesh idol on the raised platform
5. Put the Janve (Sacred thread) on the idol's left shoulder.
6. Deck the idol with garlands and red flowers.
7. Offer Durva grass
8. Put tilak of Sandalwood paste on the idol
9. Recite the following Mantra from Rigveda to do the Pranpratishtha
"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)
10. Light the ghee lamp and sing the aarti
11. Offer the Modak and pray.
Rules for performing puja at home are always flexible. Strict rituals are meant for temples and for Vedic pundits who are trained to perform them. All you have to do is pray to Ganesha with a clean and calm mind.
Ganpati Bappa Morya!
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