Puja & Samagri
Prepare for puja with clarity
Learn the meaning of each ceremony, gather the right samagri, and follow the steps with a calm, practical guide for your household.
Read about each puja
What each ceremony means and why it is performed. No shopping list required.
Shri RamAkhand Ramayan PathAn unbroken, start-to-finish reading of the Ramcharitmanas, the much-loved retelling of Lord Ram's life. Readers take turns over 24 hours so the recitation never pauses, and it closes with a havan and aarti. Families hold it to fill a home or hall with the name of Lord Ram.Read moreAntim SanskarThe last of the sixteen sacraments of a Hindu life: the funeral rites through which a family performs their final act of love, returning the body to nature and praying for the departed soul's peace and liberation (moksha).Read moreBirthday PoojaA Hindu way to mark a birthday: an Ayushya (longevity) havan that asks for health, long life, and protection in the year ahead. It begins with the worship of Lord Ganesha and is offered into the sacred fire.Read moreGriha PraveshThe house-warming ceremony a family holds before they first live in a new home. Through a havan, it calls on Lord Ganesha, the nine planets, and Vastu (the spirit of the dwelling), so the family moves in with the house already blessed and at peace.Read moreShri ShivaRudrabhishek PujaThe ceremonial bathing (abhishek) of the Shivling with milk, honey, curd, ghee and holy water, while the Rudra hymn of the Yajurveda is chanted. One of the most revered of all rituals to Lord Shiva, performed for healing and peace of mind.Read moreShri VishnuSatyanarayan KathaA simple household puja to Lord Vishnu, worshipped as Satyanarayan, the Lord of Truth. Families hold it to give thanks, to mark a new beginning, or to ask for peace and good fortune at home. A five-part story is read aloud, and everyone shares a sweet prasad at the close.Read moreVivah SanskarThe Hindu wedding, one of the sixteen sacraments of a Hindu life, in which two people are joined for life before Agni Dev, the sacred fire, as witness. Its centre is the Saptapadi, the seven steps and vows the couple take together.Read more
