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Shree Ganesh Puja
Each new activity or pooja is started by first worshipping and offering reverences to the
holy God Lord Ganesha. He is invoked and called to preside over any worship or
yagna, and only after this the other rituals are started. He is also the first to be
worshipped during any auspicious event.
Traditionally, every religious and auspicious function begins with worship of Lord
Ganesh. No other god is equal in significance to Ganesh. The reason for this greater
significance is that the word Ganesh is a form of Brahma and hence symbolizes Omkar.
Ganesh is the Lord of Good Fortune who provides prosperity, fortune and success. He
is the Lord of Beginnings and the Remover of Obstacles of both material and spiritual
kinds, He is also known as the destroyer of evils and the God of education, knowledge,
wisdom, wealth and domestic harmony.
What to do What to say
Recite 3 times Om Shree Ganeshaya Namah!
Om Hari Om!
Recite once. Vakratunda Mahaakaaya Suryakotee Sama Prabha
Nirvighnam kuru mey Deva Sarva kaaryeshu Sarvadaa
Om Ekdantaye Vidmahe, Vakratundaaya Dheemahi, Tanno Dhanti
Prachodayaat, Om Gam Ganapataya Namah!
Place the Ganesh idol or
photo frame facing East or
West, but not facing the
South.
Apply sandal paste and
kumkum on the idol’s
forehead, palms and feet
and then garland with
flowers.
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What to do What to say
Light lamp or candle deepa jyotih param brahma
deepajyotir janardana
deepo haratu me papam
deepa jyoti namo stutae
Sip water 3 times om achutaya namaha
om anantaya namaha
om govindaya namaha
Repeat to honor guru gurur brahma, gurur vishnu, gurur devo maheshwaraha
guru sakshaat para bramha, tasmai shree guravae namaha
Invoke Ganesha by skuklam barad haram vishnum
repeating while tapping shashi varnam chatur bujam
temples prasanna vadanam dhyayet
sarva vighno pashantayae
Do pranayam OM bhoor bhuvas suvaha
tat savitur varenyam
bhargo devasya deemahi
dhiyoyo na pracho dayat
(touch right ear)
Repeat for statement of mamo patta samasta duritak shayad varra
purpose (holding rice shree parameshwara preet yartham
and flowers) maha ganapatayae poojam karishyae
Invite Ganesha to the asmin bimbae sumukam
puja maha ganpatim dhya yaami,
avahayami (offer rice)
Offer a place to sit asanam samarpayami (offer rice)
Offer water to wash argyam samarpayami (offer water)
hands
Offer water to clean feet padyam samarpayami (offer water)
Offer water to drink achamaneyam samarpayami (offer water)
Offer sweet madhu parkam samarpayami (offer rice or flowers)
Offer water to bathe in snanam samarpayami (offer water on Ganeshaʼs head)
Offer another drink snanan antaram achamaneyam samarpayami (offer water)
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Offer cloth, decoration vastra, alankara, upaveetartam, akshatan samarpayami (offer
and sacred thread in the rice)
form of rice
Offer sandalpaste on his gandhan dharayami (offer sandal)
head
Offer kumkum on his ghandopari haridra kumkumam samarpayami
head (offer kumkum)
Offer jewels abharanam samarpayami (offer rice or flowers)
Offer rice akshataan samarpayami (offer rice)
Offer flowers with each pushaihi poojayami (offer flowers while repeating the following
namaha names of Ganesha)
sumukaya namaha
yaekadantaya namaha
kapilaya namaha
gajakarnakaya namaha
lambodaraya namaha
vikataya namaha
vignarajaya namaha
ganadhipaya namaha
palachandraya namaha
gajananaya namaha
vakratundaya namaha
shoorpakarnaya namaha
herambaya namaha
skandapoorvajaya namaha
maha ganapatayae namaha
nanavida parimala patra pushpani samarpayami
Offer incense dhoopam agrahayami
Offer oil lamp deepam darshayami
Offer water sprinkled on OM bhoor bhuvas suvaha
fruit tat savitur varenyam
bhargo devasya deemahi
dhiyoyo na pracho dayat
Offer fruit naivedyam navaedayami (sprinkle water on fruit)
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What to do
What to say
With flower and rice in OM pranaya swaha
hand offer the food OM apanaya swaha
OM vyanaya swaha
OM udanaya swaha
OM samanaya swaha
OM brahamanay swaha
Offer water madhyae madhyae paneeyam samarpayami (offer water)
Offer water after eating naivedyam anantaram achamaneyam samarpayami (offer water)
Offer rice tamboolam akshatan samarpayami (offer rice)
in place of betel leaf
Light camphor or ghee vakratunda maha kaya
wick and offer in 3 suryakoti samaprabha
rotations in front of nirvignam kuru mae deva
Ganesha, then say... sarva karyaeshu sarvada
Offer water neerajan antaram achamaneyam samarpayami (offer water)
Do pradakshina and yanni kanni cha papani
bow down and express janmantara krutani cha
your wish or desire to tani tani vina shyanti
Ganesha pradakshina paday paday
Offer prayers Pratana namaskaram samarpayami
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