beejakshara mantra 10 Basic Steps to Perform Puja For All GODS

 Puja is the act of showing reverence to a god, a spirit, or another aspect of the divine through invocations, prayers, songs, and rituals. An essential part of puja for the Hindu devotee is making a spiritual connection with the divine. Most often that contact is facilitated through an object: an element of nature, a sculpture, a vessel, a painting, or a print.  

For performing Basic Puja which has specific pre-defined order and sequence, which we ought to follow is as follows.  In Hindu religion, Pooja and Anushthaan are important and sanctimonious duties which enable the native to attain prosperity, success, peace and enlightment.
Pooja is of two types.

Saguna: This type of pooja is performed by married and family persons to fulfill their wishes or to gain some special things in life. It is mandatory to perform all the eight parts of the saguna pooja.

Nirguna: This form of pooja is used by saints or celibates. They can chant concerned mantra or offer prayers in any form of their liking or wishes.

The Procedures of Pooja
1.Physical Purification: Sprinkle pure Gangajal (Water obtained from the sacred River Ganges) on your body.
Mantra:
Om (Aum ) Apavitraha Pavitovaa Sarva-Vastaang Gatopivaa I
Yah Smaret Pundarikaaksham Sava Shyabhyaam Tarah Shuchi II

2.Soul Purification: To sanctify your inner soul, drink Gangajal spelling the name of any Hindu God.

Aum (Om) Keshwaaye Namah
Aum (Om) Naraanaye Namah
Aum (Om) Maadhwaaye Namah
Aum (Om) Hrishikeshaaye Namah

Clean your hands while chanting Aum (Om) Hrishikeshaaye Namah.

3.Purification of the seat: It is important to sanctify the place where we are supposed to sit and pray.
Mantra:
Aum Prithvi Twaya Dhritaalokaa Devitwam Vishnunaadhrita I
Twam Cha Dharayah Maamdevi Pavitram Purichaasam II

4.Pavitri Dhaaran: We need to purify the blood flowing in our body. To do this, one needs to wear the ring made of Kush (Kind of Grass) or Gold in ring or middle finger.
Mantra:
Pavitryaasthoh Vaishnabhyoh Sa Vi Turvaaha Pra Sha Ba Utpurnaa I
Mmyachidre Na Pavitre Na Surya Jasya Rashmibhihi
Tasya te Pavitraapate Pavitraputasya Yat Kaamah Pune Takshake Yamma II

5.Tilak Dhaaranam (In Hinduism, Tilak is a mark worn on forehead): Whenever we contemplate to do righteous works then we are grappled with numerous problems that delay our good work. Tilak is worn to avert these problems and help the native to obtain strength and mental stability to successfully carry out the homage.
Mantra:
Swasti Na Indro Bridhdhha Sravaaha I
Swasti Na Haan Pookha Vishvwaa Vedaaha

Swasti Nastaaraksho Arishtane Mehin
Swasti No Vrihaspaatir Dadhaatu II
6.Suryaardhyam: Sun holds a very important role in our lives. This is because Sun was the only Lord who provided important rays to the mankind, ever since its origin. Sun has eradicated the darkness and ignorance of the nature and mankind.
Mantra:
Aakrishne Narjasaa Vartamano Niveshayan Na Mrityour Martayash Cha I
Hiranya Ye Na Savitarathe Na Devo Jaa Tibhuvana Nippasyanna II
The whole environment gets lighted with the rise of Sun and this light also protects mankind from the darkness of ignorance. Sun is responsible for the social recognition and reputation; this is why we pray to him for happiness and peace by offering him the ardhya containing fresh water.
Mantra:
7.Pitree Ardhya:
Mantra:
Aum Devatabhyaha Pitribhyash Cha Mahaoyge Vyayev Cha I
Namah Swadhaye Swahaye Nitya Mev Namo Namah II
The aforementioned pitree-kriya helps in the successful completion of all rituals concerning Sanaatan Dharm.

8.Digrakshanam (Protecting the Directions)

To protect the ritual and yajna, one should sprinkle Yellow Mustard Seeds in ten directions and pray to the Lord of the respective direction. The prayer must be a form of request to protect the native and his righteous work. Following are the names of the Lords of the ten directions.

1. Varaaha
2. Garurdhwaja
3. Padmnaabha
4. Madhusoodana
5. Govinda
6. Janaardhana
7. Shri Patihi
8. Maheshwara
9. Brahma jee
10. Prithvi ( Earth)

9.Swasti Swaagatam: From time immemorial, Gods and Goddesses are welcomed by chanting sacred Vedic Mantra. However, the modern people wish to complete all this swiftly by chanting short words or chanting words in haste. Welcoming the revered, respected and worshipped Gods or Saints without any Vedic Mantra is considered wrong according to Vedic Sanaatan religious books. It is the general and important custom to greet or welcome through Vedic Mahaamantra.

Mantra:
Aum aa no bhadrah kratavo yantu vishwaotodbdhaaso aparitaas udbhidah I
Deva no yathaa sadmid vridhe asannapraayuvo rakshitaaro dive dive II

Devanaam bhadra sumatirirjooyataam denanaam raatirabhi no nivartataam I
Devanaam Sakhyamupsedima vayam deva na aayuh pratirantu jeevase II

Taanpurvayaa nivida hoomahe vayam bhagam mitramaditim dakshamstridham I
Aryamanam varunam Somamashwinaa saraswati nah subhaga mayaskarat II

Tanno vaato mayobhu vaatu bheshajam tanmaata prithivi tatpitaa dhyoh I
Tad Gravanah Somsuto Mayobhuwastadashwina shrinutam dhishnayaa yuvam II

TAmishaanam jagadastasthukhaspatim dhiyannijanvamavase hoomahe vayam I
Pushaa no yathaa vedsaamsad vridhe rakshita paayuradabdhah swastaye II

Swasti Na Indro Bridhdhha Sravaaha I
Swasti Na Haan Pookha Vishvwaa Vedaaha
Swasti Nastaaraksho Arishtane Mehin
Swasti No Vrihaspaatir Dadhaatu II

Prikhadashwa marutah prisnimaatarah subhanjaavanu bidathe khu jag mayah I
Agnejihvaa manavaah surakchasho visve nu devaa awasa gamanyah II

Bhdram Karnebhihi Shrinuyaam devaa bhadram pashye na khs bhir jay at rah I
Sthireange Tushtova Gum Sastanu Bhir Vyasemadehi Devahitam Yadaayuh II

Shri man mahaa ganadhiipataye namah II

Sholka:
Aum Tadev lagnam shudhinam ta deva I
Tara walam Chandra walam ta deva II

Vidya walam deb walam ta deva I
Laxmi patete ghriguyoon smaraami II

Vakratunda Mahaakaaya Suryakotee SamaPrabha
Nirvighnam kuru mey Deva, Sarva kaaryeshu Sarvadaa II10.Samkalp (Pledge): There are two types of Samkalp

a) Nishkaam Samkalp: This samkalp is devoid of any thoughts and wishes. And this  Samkalp is done from the curiosity of inner core.
b) Sakaam Samkalp: Through this samkalp, we wish to eradicate the problems in our  lives. We tell our problems to God by mentioning our Zodiac (Raashee), Planetary   position of the day (Gochar), house and want the God top sort out those problems. Hindu    religion believes that there is power in mantra which can decimate our problems.

These steps are precursor to a successful pooja, especially for Saguna Pooja. Remember, you will get the benefic effects of a pooja only when every step (of the aforementioned ones) is performed in the way as described. However, not following them would not harm you but it would not be beneficial either.


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Map of 12 jyothirlingas . Click to enlarge the picture. Shiva Panchakshara stotram

Nagendra haraya Trilochanaya,
Basmanga ragaya maheswaraya,
Nithyaya shudhaya digambaraya,
Tasmai nakaraya namashivaya. 1

My salutations to the letter “Na” , which is Shiva,
Who wears as garland the king of snakes.
Who has three eyes,
Who wears ash all over Him,
Who is the greatest Lord,
Who is forever,
Who is the cleanest,
And who wears the directions themselves as dress)

Mandakini salila chandana charchithaya,
Nandeeswara pramadha nadha maheswaraya,
Mandra pushpa bahu pushpa supoojithaya,
Tasmai makaraya namashivaya. 2

My salutations to the letter “Ma” , which is Shiva,
Who is bathed by waters of ganges,
Who applies sandal paste all over him,
Who has Lord Nandi as his chiefton,
Who is the greatest lord,
And who is worshipped by Mandhara and many other flowers.

Shivaaya gowri vadanara vinda,
Sooryaya daksha dwara naasakaya,
Sri neela kantaya vrisha dwajaya,
Tasmai sikaraya namashivaya. 3

My salutations to the letter “Si” , which is Shiva,
Who is peace personified,
Who is like Sun to the Lotus face of Gowri[1],
Who destroyed the fire sacrifice of Daksha[2],
Who has a blue neck,
And who has a bull in his flag.

Vasishta kumbhodhbhava gowthamadhi.
Munendra devarchitha shekaraya,
Chandrarka vaiswanara lochanaya,
Tasmai vakaraya namashivaya. 4

My salutations to the letter “Va” , which is Shiva,
Who is worshipped by great sages like,
Vasishta, Agasthya and Gowthama ,
As also the devas,
And who has sun , moon and fire as his three eyes.

Yaksha swaroopaya jada dharaya,
Pinaka hasthathaya sanathanaya,
Divyaya devaaya digambaraya,
Tasmai yakaraya namashivaya. 5

My salutations to the letter “Ya” , which is Shiva,
Who takes the form of Yaksha,
Who has a tufted hair,
Who is armed with spear,
Who is forever filled with peace,
Who is godly,
Who is the great God,
And who wears the directions themselves as dress.

Phalasruthi

Panchaksharamidham punyam,
Ya padeth Shiva sannidhou,
Shivaloka maapnothi,
Shive na saha modathe.

Those who read these holy five letters great,
In the temple of Shiva,.
Would go to the world of Shiva,
And be forever happy with Him.

[1] Another name of his consort Parvathy signifying she is of white colour

[2] Daksha who was the father in law of Shiva insulted him by not inviting him to the fire sacrifice he conducted and Sathi Devi who was the consort of Shive jumped in the fire and gave up her life.Shive destroyed the fire sacrifice being conducted by Daksha.

beejakshara mantra Ganesh puja - Details - End of the pooja -Story

Siva gave the leadership of hurdles to Vinayaka on 4th day (chavithi) of Bhadrapada month. On this happy occasion all people prepared kudumulu, undrallu (a type of recipe made with rice floor, jaggery cooked over steam) and other sweets, along with coconut, Bananas, honey etc. Oblated(Naivedyam) to Vighneswara and worshipped him. Vighneswara with a pleasing and satisfied mood he ate maximum of undrallu along with other sweets and some he gave to his carrier mooshika (rat). Holding some with hands, he went to kailas by evening, to pranaam his parents. While doing so, he tried to touch the feet of the parents with his hands, but the belly (on his over consumption of food) touched the floor, prior to hands. He was facing problem to make pranaam, Chandra (who is on the head of Siva) laughed at Vinaayaka sarcastically. Due to this teasing, Vinaayaka’s stomach broken off and undrallu that were in his stomach had fallen on the ground and Vinaayaka died. On seeing this unpleasant incident, Parvathi felt very sad and impricated (cursed) Chandra that who ever see you, they become sinners and they will be allegated with slanders. Slanders to wives of hermits

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While the seven hermits (saptha rishis) doing sacrifice (yaagam) and making pradakshin to Agni(god of fire), he tempted on seeing the wives of rishis and due to the fear of curse, he started deteorating. Observing this, the wife of Agni appeared as the wives, but for Damayanthi and tried to cherish her husband Agni. Saptha rishis saw this and thought that their wives are with Agni and left them. It happened so, due to the reason that, the rishi patnis have seen Chandra after the curse given to him by Parvathi .

Gods and hermits informed Siva the hardship, met by the wives of the hermits and Siva being the knowledgeable person, came to know and explained them, that wife of Agni had only taken the form (figure) of wives. Mean while Brahma came to kailash and gave life to Vinayaka and Parvathiparameswaras felt happy for the re-birth of Vighneswara. Then the gods and hermits who were there explained Parvathi, that these hardships are coming and all the people in the universe are suffering due to the curse given to Chandra.And requested Parvathi to withdraw her curse. Then Parvathi relaxed the curse and said that on which day Chandra laughed at Vighneswara i.e on 4th day (chavithi) of Bhadrapada this curse will be effected. Like wise, Brahma and others habituated not to see Chandra on 4th day of Bhadrapada.


Samanthaka Story

In Dwapara yug Naarada visited Srikrishna in Dwaraka and praised him. It became evening during their conversation and Naarada said to Srikrishna that dusk had taken place and because of Vinayaka chaviti, one should not see Chandra for to-day and explained the total story and left for heaven. Srikrishna publicised the fact in the city through announcements. Srikrishna, without seeing over the sky, was squeezing the milk to a bowl. He happened to see Chandra’s reflection in the milk bowl and afraid of the slanders he may has to face.

After somedays on the boon of Surya, Satrajith gained ‘Samanthaka gem’ and went to Dwaraka to visit Krishna. After pleasantries, Krishna suggested Satrajith to give the gem as gift to their king. But Satrajith denied and said that noone, whatever the close they may be, loses such a gem which gives 8 maunds gold a day. After some days, Satrajith’s brother “Prasena” went on a hunting in to a forest by wearing the Samanthaka gem in his neck. On a wrong notion that the gem has a piece of meat, a lion killed ‘Prasena’ and took away the gem. A bear killed the lion and gifted the gem to her daughter ‘Jaambavathi’ as a sporting toy. Next day, Satrajith learnt the death news of his brother and blamed Srikrishna that Krishna killed his brother and snatched the gem. Sri Krishna heard the propaganda made against him and understood that it is the effect of Chandra’s replica in milk bowl that he had seen on Vinayaka chavithi . To wipe-off the slander, he went to forest with his soldiers in search of Prasena. He found the body of Prasena and foot-prints of lion and after wards that of a bear.He followed the foot prints of bear which lead them to the entrance of a cave. There he found a baby playing in a cradle, where in the gem was tied to the cradle. Sri Krishna plucked the gem and started coming back. The girl started weeping loudly. Jaambavantha(bear) came in rage and attacked Krishna and started fighting with him. Fierce fighting went on for 28 days between Sri Krishna and Jaambavantha. Jaambavantha was exhausted. Then be came to know that the person defeating him is none other than Rama who killed Ravana. He surrendered to Krishna and made pranaam to him and said “Oh! Almightly, your are my Rama, and during thretha yug, you had given me a chance to take any boon from you and due to my foolishness I asked you to give an opportunity to fight with you and you said that my desire will be fulfilled in future. Then on wards I spent yugs by praying you. Now you had come to my place and fulfilled my wish. Please pardon my mistakes and bless me. Now I have no fancy over the life”. Sri Krishna was pleased and embraced him. He said Jaambavantha that he had been blamed of snatching ‘Samanthaka gem’. To wipe off the blame he requested to give the gem to him. Jaambavantha readily handed over the Samanthaka gem along with his daughter Jaambavathi. He came out of the cave along with gem and Jaambavathi. His associates who were waiting at cave felt very happy over the happenings. They all went to Dwarakapuri. SriKrishna invited Satrajith and assembled all at a place and narrated the total story to them. He returned Samanthaka gem to Satrajith. Satrajith realized and felt sorry for having blamed Sri Krishna unnecessarily. He again gave back ‘Samanthaka’ along with Satyabhama. But Sri Krishna accepted Satyabhama and asked to keep the gem with satrajith himself. Sri Krishna married both ‘Jaambavathi and Satyabhama’ on an auspicious day. Gods and hermits praised Sri Krishna and said, being capable, you could wipe off the blames came up on you, but what about the common people who are neither mighty nor capable. Sri Krishna said to them, who ever perform pooja of vinayaka and listen to the Samanthaka story, wear ‘akshathas’ over their head.If they did so even if they see Chandra on this day, they do not get any slander, he blessed gods. Hermits and all others felt very happy and thanked him. They returned to their places and every year they continued worshipping vinayaka on Bhadrapada chavithi of and lead their lives very happily and prosperously.

“SARVE JANAAH SUKHINO BHAVANTHU”

beejakshara mantra Ganesh puja - Details - Part -3 -GANESH STORIES

(Hold akshathas throughout the vratha kadha, after completion, these akshathas are to be put on your head)

In ancient days, Dharma Raj - belonging to Chandra dynasty, lost all his property and kingdom due to his cousings foul games. Along with his wife and brothers, he stayed in forests. One day in the forest he reached “Naimisaranya” where he met sage “Sootha” who was preaching epical secrets to his co-hermits like “sounak”. Dharma Raj saluted the sage and told his difficulties including losing properties and kingdom. Dharma Raj prayed Sootha to guide about any pooja or vratha that can enable him to regain all his property and kingdom. Pleased by his obedience, “sootha” told Darma Raj, that he can get back all his properties, if he performs the “vinayaka vrath”. He explained the vratha kadha as follows:

Once, kumaraswamy visited lord Siva and requested “Oh father! Please tell me a vratha, that can fulfill all the aspirations of mankind, flourish their families, and enjoy their lives peacefully”. Lord siva replied , “Oh my son! There is a pooja called vinayak vrath and on performing this pooja, people will be blessed with prosperity, with increase in their life span and they can achieve all their goals”. This pooja is to be perormed on ‘chavithi’, the 4th day in the month of ‘Bhaadrapadh’, as per Telugu calendar , by getting up early in the morning ,finishing their regulars, and taking oil bath.

An idol of ‘vinayaka’ is to be made either with gold, silver or clay depending on their capacity. This is to be placed in the north side of the house, on a prepared portico (mandapa), this portico is to be prepared with rice upon which a rangoli of eight leaved flower (Ashta Dala Padmam) is put . Now pooja is to be performed with akshatha, folwers and leaves, Dhoop and deep (jyothi) .

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Sugar cane,Black-plum(neredu), wood-apple(velaga)- 21 fruits of each of these varieties is to be offered. The pooja is to be concluded with devotional songs, dances, and music recitations. Pandits and priests to be honoured. After wards, feast to be had along with relatives and well wishers. Next day in the morning again after finishing bath, pooja is to be re-performed(punah-puja) and priests are to be honoured. Who ever performs this pooja, will be blessed by Ganapathi, all their aspirations will be accomplished. This vratha is stated to be the best of all others, and lauded by, gods, hermits and Gandharvas and performed by all of them. This was stated to ‘Kumara swamy’ by “lord siva”. Dharma Raj was advised by Sootha to do likewise to defeat his rivals and to get back all his lost property.Previously Damayanthi the princess of “Vidarbha” was able to marry king “Nala” by performing this pooja. Lord Krishna performed this pooja and blessed with Samanthaka Mani (a powerful gem) along with two virgins Jaambavathi and Satya Bhama. Sootha proceeded to say the story as followed:

In olden days, an elephant-faced demon named “Gajaanana” performed penance (meditation) about lord siva. Pleased by his penance, lord siva appeared before “Gajaanana”. He praised siva and requested him to reside in his (Gajaanana’s) stomach. Lord siva accepted his request and stayed in the stomach. Goddess parvathi started searching lord siva and came to know that, he is in the stomach of “Gajanana”. She prayed lord Vishnu for the rescue of Siva. Lord Vishnu discussed with Brahma and other gods and planned to kill “Gajasura”. They decorated Nandeeswara. Brahma and other gods have costumed as musicians. Vishnu turned him self as main musician to the group. They went to “Gajasura pura” and gave melodious music recitals along with beautiful feats of the “Nandeeswara”. Gajasura came to know about the program and invited them to his place to give a recital. The team presented a very good program, by which “Gajasura” was pleased very much and asked them about their wish if any. Sree Hari approached Gajasura and requested him, this Nandi , the carrier of Siva and came to find where abouts of Siva. They requested to hand over Siva. Gajaasura was stunned by the words of Srihari and came to know that he is the killer of demon and death is inevitable to him.
Decided not to deviate from his promise,Gajaasura prayed Siva who is in his stomach, ‘Oh lord Siva! Please make my head respectable by the universe and please wear my skin. Then he asked Srihari to take out Siva from his stomach. Srihari provoked Nandi and Nandi torn out Gajasura’s stomach with his horns and killed him. Siva came out and praised Vishnu. Lord Vishnu advised Siva that you should not give boons to the evil doers and demons. That is like feeding a snake with milk. Srihari left to vaikuntha after a fare well to Brahma and Siva left to his kailas on his Nandi

Birth of vinayaka

In kailas, Parvathi heard the arrival of her husband and felt very happy. She thought of completing her bath to welcome him. While doing so, unmindedly she prepared a small toy in the shape of a boy. She had given life to that toy with the help of “mantra” which she learnt from her father. She put that handsome boy for watching and went in side. Mean while, lord Siva came. He was halted by the boy, and not allowed to go in. Lord Siva came in a rage, towards the restriction for him in his house itself. He cut off the boy’s head and went inside. Parvathi came to know the event that took place and felt sad of it. Siva also felt sorry for the untoward incident and immediately he joined the head of ‘Gajaanana’ that was available with him. He also attributed the foreverness and respectability from all over the universe. Ganesh became the loved one of Siva and Parvathi. After wards kumara swamy was born to Siva &Parvathi.

Vigneswara’s Domination

Once upon a day gods, hermits and human praised Siva and prayed him to give a leader of obstacles. Gajaanana (Ganesh) appealed father to give leader ship to him, since he is the elder son. Kumara swamy claimed it should be given to him on the plea that, his brother is not an able one, shorter and incapable. Siva had put a competition to both his sons that “who ever take a bath in all sacred rivers and comes to him first, will get the leader ship. Kumara swamy rushed off immediately to complete the task. But Gajaanana became mum and dull, in a feeling that he is not fast enough to win the competition. He prayed his father to suggest any wayout to win the competition .Pleased by Vinayaka’s obedience and cleverness Siva taught him ‘Narayana mantra’. ‘Naara’ means water ie; water will be under control of ‘Narayana’, in turn in the control of naraayana mantra. Chanting the mantra, Vinayaka started doing ‘pradakshinas’ to his parents Siva and Parvathi. Owing to the effect of mantra, vinayaka appeared of completing bath at every sacred river, prior to the arrival of Kumara swamy. Like wise it so happened in 3 crore 50 lakh rivers. Surprised by the fact, he arrived at kailas, where in he found Vinayaka was standing beside Siva. Making pranaam to Vinayaka he apologized his father and said “Oh father! Not knowing the capacity of brother, I asked for the leadership. Please forgive me and entrust leadership to brother”.

Contributed By Suryanarayana Murthy amrutavakkula & Ramakrishna Payidipalli & Varalakshmi Amrutavakkula

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Vasthrayagnam

sloka:
raktha vastra dyayam charu deva yougyamcha mamgalam subha pradham gruhana tyam lambhoudara haratmaja ome sri maha ganadhipathiya nama – vasthra yagnam samarpayami

upaveetham

rajetam brahma suthram cha kanchmam chowrtthareiyakam gruhana sarva dharmajna bhaketa namistadayakm Ome sri maha ganadhipathiami – upavetham samarpayami

Gandham

Chamdanagaru karpooram kasthuri kumkumanvitham Vilepanam sura shresta prityardham prathigruhyathaam Ome sri maha ganadhipathi namaha – gandham samarpayami

Akshathas

Akshathaan dhavalan divyan saleeyastambulammu bham Gruhana paramanamda sambhu puthra namousthute Ome sri maha ganadhipathiyai namaha- akashathalu samarpayami

Pushpamulu

Sugandhani sutusthani jajikunda mukhanicha Yekavimsati pathrani samgruhana namowsthuthe Ome sri maha ganadhipathi namaha- puisphamamm samarpayami

1. ome sumukhayanamah
2. yakadantaya
3. kapilaya
4. gajakarnaya
5. vikataya
6. vighnarajaya
7. ganadhipaya
8. dhumaketaye
9. ganadhyakshaya
10. palachandraya
11. gajananaya
12. vakrathundaya
13. surpakarnaya
14. harambaya
15. skandapurvajaya
16. sarvasiddhipradhayakaya

Celebrate pooja by flowers and akshathas by saying the above namas
Dhoopam darsayami
Slokam: dasamgam guggulopptham sugandham manoharam Dhoopam gruhana devesa vignaraja namousthe Ome sri maha ganadipathiyinamaha (light the bop stick and see to ganasha) Put fruit before ganasha sprinkle water on it showing hand six times saying ome pranayaswaha ome apanayaswaha ome vyanayasvaha ome udanayaswaha ome samanaya swaha ome sri maha ganadhipatayenamah naivadayam samarpayami

Adhanga pooja

Ome sri ganasayanamaha-padou pujayami
Yaka danthiya namaha- gulphou poojayami
Soorpamkarmaya namaha- janunee poojayami
Vighnarajayanamaha- jhangepoojayami
Lakhuvahanayanamaha – ooroompoojayami
Herambhayanamaha – katim poojayami
Lambhoudarayanamaha – udaram poojayami
Gananadhayanamah – nnbhim poojayami
Ganesayenamah- hrudhayam poojayami
Sthoolakhamthayanamaha – khamtham poojayami
Skamdham agrajayanamaha – schamdhou poojayami
Pashahastayanamaha – hasthou poojayami
Gajavakthraya namaha – vakthram poojayami
Vhnahamtranamah – vthrou poojayami
Suurpakarmaayanamaha – karnou poojayami
Palachamdraya – lalaatam poojayami
Sri maha ganadhipathi namaha – saryaanyaangaani poojayami
Sri ganesvaraanugrahasiddyardham – patram samarpayami

Pathra pooja(leaf)/b]

1. sumukhayamaha – machei
2. ganadi pathai namaha – bruhaveera
3. umaputrayamamaha – binva
4. gajanamayanamaha – duravara
5. harasonavenaha – dattoora
6. lambotharayanamaham – badari
7. guhagrajaye namaha – aparama
8. gajakarnayanamaha – tulasi
9. yekadanthayanamaha – choota
10. vikatayamaha – karavara
11. vhinnadantayanamaha – vishnukrnatha
12. vatave namaha – dadima
13. sarvaswaraya namaha – davadaru
14. palachandrnamaha – muruvaka
15. herambaya namaha – sindhuvera
16. soorpa karyanamaha – jajipapram
17. suragrajayamahna – gandakee
18. ebhaeaktraya namaha – sanea
19. vinayakayanamaha – aawaddha
20. suraseviteyenamaha – arjuna
21. kapilayanamaha – arka
sri ganashaya yakavimsati patra pooja samaptam

[b]astotharasathanama pooja

ome gajananaayanamaha
vinayakaya
pramukhaya
sukhaniddaye
mahaganapataye
mahabalayai
vignaraajaaya
dvimaturaya
supradeepaya
suraadyakshaya
meanyaia
ganadyakshaya
dvimukhaya
sumukhaya
surarignaya
mahakaalayai
herambayai
lambajataraayai
hrasvagreevaayai
mahodarayanamaha
Madhotkatayanamaha
Manrene
Mahaveeraya
Mangalaswaroopaya
Pramadaya
Pradhamaya
Praznaya
Vignakarthre
Vignahantre
Viswanetraya
Viratpataye
Cruthive
Vakrutave
Srungarine
Asrithavatsalaya
Sivapriyaya
Seeghrakarine
Saswataya
Bhavaya
Balothitaya
Bavatmajaya
Puranapurushaya
Pooshne
Prabhave
Puskarokshiptaya
Agraganyaya
Agrapoojyaya
Agragamine
Netrakruthe
Chamekaraprabhaya
Sarvaaya
Sarvopanyasaya
Sarvakatre
Sarvanetraya
Sarvasiddhipradhaya
Sarvasiddhaye
Panchahastaya
Parvathinandanaya
Kumaraguravenamaha
Akshobhyaya
Kunjarasurabhajanay
Premodhaya
Modhakapriyaya
Kanthimathe
Dhruthimathe
Kaminenamaha
Kapittaphalapriyaya
Bhramachrine
Bhrmavidyavibhave
Jishnave
Vishnupriyaya
Bhaktajeevetaya
Jitamanmadhaya
Aiswarayakaranaya
Jayasenamaha
Yakshakinnerasevidaya
Ome gangasutaya
Ganadesaya
Gamberaninadaya
Vatavenamha
Abhistavaradaya
Jyothishe
Bakthanidaye
Bavagamyaya
Mangalapradaya
Avyakathava
Aprakruthaparakramaya
Satyadharamine
Sakthiyi
Sarasambhunidhayai
Mahesayanamaha
Divyangaya
Manikinkinimekalaya
Samastadevataya
Sahishnave
Sathatothitaya
Vignantakarinenamaha
Vishvadhruse
Vihvarakhakruthe
Kalayanaguravenamaha
Unmattaveshaya
Parajithe
Samstajadharaya
Sarva aiswarya pradaya
Ekadanthaya
Srivigneswaraya
Ome sriharidraganapathiyenamaha
Sree vinayaka vratha kadha

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Siddhivinayaka pooja:

Prepare vinayaka by paste of turmeric powder and put kumkuma on it and start pooja with akshathas.

Slokam:
gururbrahmaa, gurur Vishnu. Gurur devo maheswaraha, guru sakshath parabrahma thasmisri guravey namaha

Decorate the north east corner with water and turmeric powder and ragavallis with rice flour. put a plank on ragavlli decorate the plank and put astadalapadma take a plate with rice and put a pan leaf on the rice. The vinayaka prathima place on the leaf. Then perform puoja put the plate on the plank.

How to perform Vinayaka Chavithi (vinyaka Chathurthi Puja ) ?

Put Oil Light in the niruthi ( south west) light the lamp and also dhoop stics.
Put the thamb between middle and pointer then put the pointer and thumb and other finger horizontal and palm asboul then take water into the palm with a spoon and take in by saying
1.Ome kesavaya swaaha first sip
2. ome narayanaya swaha second sip
3. ome madavaya swaha third sip
4. ome govindayanamaha (wash the hands)
5. vishnavenamaha (touch the water and wash the eyes with thumb and middle finger
6. madusudanayanamaha 7. trivikramayanamaha (clean the lips with towel and namaskaram
8. vamanayanamaha 9 sridarayanamaha (sprinkle water on head )
10. hreshikesayanamaha sprinkle on ganesh with leaf.
11. ome padmanabaya namaha sprinkle drop of water on feat
12. damodarayanamaha sprinkle water on head
13 sankarshnayanamaha clean chin with fingers
14. vasudevaya namaha cought nose with fingers lightly
15. pradyunnayanamaha
16. aniruddayanamaha (tough the eyes)
17. purushotamayanamha
18. adhokshanayanamaha (tough the ears)
19. narsimhayanamha
20. achyutayanamaha (tough the naval middle part of the stomach )
21 janardhanayanamha (tough the chest with fingers )
22. upendrayanamaha tough the head the with finger points
23. harayanamaha
24. krishnayanamha (tough the right shoulder with left hand and left shoulder with right hand)

Aatma suddhi slokam:
apavitraha pavitrova sarvava upanga thosiva
ya smareth pudari kaksham saba bahyantara suchihi

(sprinkle water on head)


Bhusuddhi: (Cleaning the space with holy water, where we are going to place the idol)


Take water in the palm and say the sloka and sprinkle water around you

slokam: 

uttistantu bhotha pisacha yeethe bhumi bharakah yethesha mavirothena brahmma karma samarahe 
 put akshitas back. Side.

Puja Starts 
Suklam ambaradharam vishum sasi varnam chaturbujam Prasanna vadanam dyayai sarva vignopa santhayai Agajanana padmarkam gajanana maharnisam Aneka damtham yeka damtam upasmahe
Put some akshetas on vinayaka by this sloka
1. apada mapahartaram dataram sarvasampadam lokabhi ramam sri ramam bhuyobhuyo namamyaham
2. ya sivo nama ruupabyam yadevi sarva mangala saranyo trayambake devi narayana namostuthe
ome sri lakshmi narayanabyam namaha
ome sri umamaheswarabya namaha
vani hiranya garbayanamaha
sechi purandarabya ya
arundati vasitabya
sitaramabya
mitreyi katyai sahita yagnavalkyabya
sarva devathabya
sarva bhudevatabya
sarva dvigdevatabya
gramadevatabye
gruha devathabye
aditaya navagraha devata

slokam:
adityacha somaya mangalaya bhudayacha
guru sukra sanibyasksha rahave kethave nameha
sarvedyo mahajanebyo namaha ayam muhurtha sumohurthostu tough the nose with fingers say
sloka: ome bho ome bhuvaha ogam suvaha ome mamaha ome janaha ome tapaha ogam satyam ome tatsa viravrenyam bhargo devasye dhemahe dheyoyona prchodaya ome apojyothi rasamrutam brhamma bhurbhuvassurom samkalpam: mamoparta dulita kshaya dwara sri parameswara preetyardam subhe sobhana muhurthe sri maha rajniya pravarta manasya adya brahmana dvitiva paradye swetha varaha kalpe vivaswta manvantre kaliyuge pradama pade -------- jeethe --------- varshe ------ kande dig-------bage -------pradehe--- asmin sarvagith nama samvatsare dakshinayane varshrutuve sravana mase suklapakshe, sukravasare subha nakshtre subayoge subakarne ------ gotram ------namam ------asmatam sakutumbaya kshema styairya vijaya arogya aiswarya abhi vyardam darma arda kama moksha chturvida purusharda pala stityardam putra powtrabhi vyudhyardham sakalavida mano wanchika pala stityardam sri ------ ex: varalakshmi pardevatha anugraha prasada sityardam varalakmi muddisya varalakmi devatapujam krisye tough the water with middle finger.

Ada nirvigyna pari sampyardam sri maha ganapathi puuja karisye

Kalasapuja: take a vessal and apply tamaric anit decorate with cukum take water into the vasel unfit sound fowers and leaves then cover the kalasa with right hand and say Kalasasya muke Vishnu kante rudra samasritaha Muletatrastithow bramma madye matru gana smrutaha Kuchoutu sagara sarve sapta devepa vasudara Rugwedo adaha yajurvedo samavedo adhervanaha anaiksha sihita sarve karsambo samasritaha Tishsrathi savitri, gayatrichi sarasvathi Scandow ganapthi skhaivah santhihi pusti kari tadhe Slokam : ragecha yamunechiva godavari saraswathi narmadha sindu kaveri jalesmin sannidi kuru ayanatamdevi pujardam mama gurutaksya tarakaha palasodikena puuja dravani diva matmanam cha samprokya sprinkle the kalesodaka with flower and sprinkle on devatas and puuja dravas

Maarjanamu:
Ome apavitrah pavithrova sarvava stanga thopive ya smare pundarea kakshasa bahya byantara suchihi Then take some akshitas turmeric powder and put on ganapathi idol then touch the idol and namaskar Sri maha ganadhipatayenamaha- prana pratistapna muhurte sumuhurtostu thadastu next read as below and namaskar to god ganapathi

Sloka:
Sumukha schivadantaksha kapilo gajakanikah Lambow deraksha vikato vigna rajo vinayakaha Dhoomakatu ragnadyaksha palachandro gajanana Vakra thunda surpa kernp harambo skandha poorvajah Shodasyani namani yah pateshruniya depi Vidyarambhe vivahecha prauese nirgame thadha Samgrame sarve karyesu vignastasye najayathe Ome sri mahaganapathayainamaha dhyayami (say this and put akshatas on ganapathi) Dhyanam

Sloka:
Bhava sanchita papowghavidvansini vichakshana Vignadharka bhaswantham vigna raja mahan bhaje Eaka danta surpakarnam gajavaktraw chaturbhujam Pasankisedharam devam dhgaya tsiddi vinayakeni

Sloka:
Dhyaye dgajananam devam thapte kanchna sanibham Chaturbhujam mahakayam sarvabharanabhoositam Ome sri maha ganadhipatayenamaha dhyana samarpayami

Asanam
Mowktikhaihi pusyaragaisha nanaratnai dwirajitam Rathana simhasanam charu preetyardham pratigruhyatham Ome sri maha ganapathayainamaha- cimhasanardham akashta samarpayami

Arghyam
Gowri putri namastasu sankarasya priyanandanam gruhanyartham mayadattam dwanda puspa kshitiryutam Ome sri maha ganadipathiyainamaha- arghyam sarmayapayammi (sprinkle water with flower at ganapathi)

padyam

gajavaktra namastestu sarvadheestaaradayaka bhaktya tadyam mayadattam gruhana dwiradanana ome maha ganadipathyai namaha- padyam samapayami (sprinkle water with flower at ganapathi)

Achamanam
Anadhanadha sarvajana dwervana varapujitha gruhanachamanam deva thuvhyam dattham mayaprabhow Ome sri ganadhipathyai namaha – achamanaiyum samapayami Madhuparkam

Dadhi ksheira samayukitham maddhvajyema samarpitham Madhuparkam gruhanedam gajavakthra namousthuthe Ome sri maha ganadhipathyai namaha- madhuparkam samarpayami

Pamchamrutha snanam
Snanam pamchamruthirdheva gruhana gananayaka Anadhanadha saryajna geervanagana poojithi Ome sri maha ganadhipathi namaha – pamchamrupha snanam samarpayami (cow milk, cow curd, cow gee, honey and sugar together called panchamurtha)

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• GANESH PUJA PART -3
• GANESH PUJA PART-2
• GANESH PUJA PART -1

beejakshara mantra Perform Ganesh puja - To fight with fate

SALUTATIONS to Lord Ganesha who is Brahman Himself, who is the Supreme Lord, who is the energy of Lord Shiva, who is the source of all bliss, and who is the bestower of all virtuous qualities and success in all undertakings.

Mushikavaahana modaka hastha,
Chaamara karna vilambitha sutra,
Vaamana rupa maheshwara putra,
Vighna vinaayaka paada namasthe

MEANING: "O Lord 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 Chaturthi is one of the most popular of Hindu festivals. This is the birthday of Lord Ganesha. It is the day most sacred to Lord Ganesha. It falls on the 4th day of the bright fortnight of Bhadrapada (August-September). It is observed throughout India, as well as by devoted Hindus in all parts of the world.

Clay figures of the Deity are made and after being worshipped for two days, or in some cases ten days, they are thrown into water.

Lord Ganesha is the elephant-headed God. He is worshipped first in any prayers. His Names are repeated first before any auspicious work is begun, before any kind of worship is begun.

He is the Lord of power and wisdom. He is the eldest son of Lord Shiva and the elder brother of Skanda or Kartikeya. He is the energy of Lord Shiva and so He is called the son of Shankar and Umadevi. By worshipping Lord Ganesha mothers hope to earn for their sons the sterling virtues of Ganesha.

The following story is narrated about His birth and how He came to have the head of an elephant:

Once upon a time, the Goddess Gauri (consort of Lord Shiva), while bathing, created Ganesha as a pure white being out of the mud of Her Body and placed Him at the entrance of the house. She told Him not to allow anyone to enter while she went inside for a bath. Lord Shiva Himself was returning home quite thirsty and was stopped by Ganesha at the gate. Shiva became angry and cut off Ganesha's head as He thought Ganesha was an outsider.

When Gauri came to know of this she was sorely grieved. To console her grief, Shiva ordered His servants to cut off and bring to Him the head of any creature that might be sleeping with its head facing north. The servants went on their mission and found only an elephant in that position. The sacrifice was thus made and the elephant's head was brought before Shiva. The Lord then joined the elephant's head onto the body of Ganesha.

Lord Shiva made His son worthy of worship at the beginning of all undertakings, marriages, expeditions, studies, etc. He ordained that the annual worship of Ganesha should take place on the 4th day of the bright half of Bhadrapada.

Without the Grace of Sri Ganesha and His help nothing whatsoever can be achieved. No action can be undertaken without His support, Grace or blessing.

In his first lesson in the alphabet a Maharashtrian child is initiated into the Mantra of Lord Ganesha, Om Sri Ganeshaya Namah. Only then is the alphabet taught.

The following are some of the common Names of Lord Ganesha: Dhoomraketu, Sumukha, Ekadantha, Gajakarnaka, Lambodara, Vignaraja, Ganadhyaksha, Phalachandra, Gajanana, Vinayaka, Vakratunda, Siddhivinayaka, Surpakarna, Heramba, Skandapurvaja, Kapila and Vigneshwara. He is also known by many as Maha-Ganapathi.

His Mantra is Om Gung Ganapathaye Namah. Spiritual aspirants who worship Ganesha as their tutelary Deity repeat this Mantra or Om Sri Ganeshaya Namah.

The devotees of Ganesha also do Japa of the Ganesha Gayatri Mantra. This is as follows.

Tat purushaaya vidmahe
Vakratundaaya dheemahi
Tanno dhanti prachodayaat.

Lord Ganesha is an embodiment of wisdom and bliss. He is the Lord of Brahmacharins. He is foremost amongst the celibates.

He has as his vehicle a small mouse. He is the presiding Deity of the Muladhara Chakra, the psychic centre in the body in which the Kundalini Shakti resides.

He is the Lord who removes all obstacles on the path of the spiritual aspirant, and bestows upon him worldly as well as spiritual success. Hence He is called Vigna Vinayaka. His Bija Akshara (root syllable) is Gung, pronounced to rhyme with the English word "sung". He is the Lord of harmony and peace.

Lord Ganesha represents Om or the Pranava, which is the chief Mantra among the Hindus. Nothing can be done without uttering it. This explains the practice of invoking Ganesha before beginning any rite or undertaking any project. His two feet represent the power of knowledge and the power of action. The elephant head is significant in that it is the only figure in nature that has the form of the symbol for Om.

The significance of riding on a mouse is the complete conquest over egoism. The holding of the ankusha represents His rulership of the world. It is the emblem of divine Royalty.

Ganesha is the first God. Riding on a mouse, one of nature's smallest creatures and having the head of an elephant, the biggest of all animals, denotes that Ganesha is the creator of all creatures. Elephants are very wise animals; this indicates that Lord Ganesha is an embodiment of wisdom. It also denotes the process of evolution--the mouse gradually evolves into an elephant and finally becomes a man. This is why Ganesha has a human body, an elephant's head and a mouse as His vehicle. This is the symbolic philosophy of His form.

He is the Lord of Ganas or groups, for instance groups of elements, groups of senses, etc. He is the head of the followers of Shiva or the celestial servants of Lord Shiva.

The Vaishnavas also worship Lord Ganesha. They have given Him the name of Tumbikkai Alwar which means the divinity with the proboscis (the elephant's trunk).

Lord Ganesha's two powers are the Kundalini and the Vallabha or power of love.

He is very fond of sweet pudding or balls of rice flour with a sweet core. On one of His birthdays He was going around house to house accepting the offerings of sweet puddings. Having eaten a good number of these, He set out moving on His mouse at night. Suddenly the mouse stumbled--it had seen a snake and became frightened--with the result that Ganesha fell down. His stomach burst open and all the sweet puddings came out. But Ganesha stuffed them back into His stomach and, catching hold of the snake, tied it around His belly.

Seeing all this, the moon in the sky had a hearty laugh. This unseemly behaviour of the moon annoyed Him immensely and so he pulled out one of His tusks and hurled it against the moon, and cursed that no one should look at the moon on the Ganesh Chaturthi day. If anyone does, he will surely earn a bad name, censure or ill-repute. However, if by mistake someone does happen to look at the moon on this day, then the only way he can be freed from the curse is by repeating or listening to the story of how Lord Krishna cleared His character regarding the Syamantaka jewel. This story is quoted in the Srimad Bhagavatam. Lord Ganesha was pleased to ordain thus. Glory to Lord Ganesha! How kind and merciful He is unto His devotees!

Ganesha and His brother Lord Subramanya once had a dispute as to who was the elder of the two. The matter was referred to Lord Shiva for final decision. Shiva decided that whoever would make a tour of the whole world and come back first to the starting point had the right to be the elder. Subramanya flew off at once on his vehicle, the peacock, to make a circuit of the world. But the wise Ganesha went, in loving worshipfulness, around His divine parents and asked for the prize of His victory.

Lord Shiva said, "Beloved and wise Ganesha! But how can I give you the prize; you did not go around the world?"

Ganesha replied, "No, but I have gone around my parents. My parents represent the entire manifested universe!"

Thus the dispute was settled in favour of Lord Ganesha, who was thereafter acknowledged as the elder of the two brothers. Mother Parvati also gave Him a fruit as a prize for this victory.

In the Ganapathi Upanishad, Ganesha is identified with the Supreme Self. The legends that are connected with Lord Ganesha are recorded in the Ganesha Khanda of the Brahma Vivartha Purana.

On the Ganesh Chaturthi day, meditate on the stories connected with Lord Ganesha early in the morning, during the Brahmamuhurta period. Then, after taking a bath, go to the temple and do the prayers of Lord Ganesha. Offer Him some coconut and sweet pudding. Pray with faith and devotion that He may remove all the obstacles that you experience on the spiritual path. Worship Him at home, too. You can get the assistance of a pundit. Have an image of Lord Ganesha in your house. Feel His Presence in it.

Don't forget not to look at the moon on that day; remember that it behaved unbecomingly towards the Lord. This really means avoid the company of all those who have no faith in God, and who deride God, your Guru and religion, from this very day.

Take fresh spiritual resolves and pray to Lord Ganesha for inner spiritual strength to attain success in all your undertakings.

May the blessings of Sri Ganesha be upon you all! May He remove all the obstacles that stand in your spiritual path! May He bestow on you all material prosperity as well as liberation!

So perform Ganesh puja - to live prosperously.

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Ganesh puja - Details - Part -3

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beejakshara mantra Imporatance of Karthika Somavaram-Monday

Sage explains the process of Karthika Vratham to be observed on Kartika Somvaram. He tells the story about how a dog gets the entry to Kailasam after taking part in Karthika Somvara Vratam

The Day 2 of the Kartika Puranam begins with a discussion about the importance and speciality of Kartheeka Somavaram (the 3 or 4 Mondays that occur in month of Kartheekam). 

Kartheeka Somavaram is the most favorite day of Lord Shiva. Men and Women needs to bath in a river, pray to Lord Shiva with Bilvapatram, fast during the day and feast after the moon turns up in the sky in the evening. 

They needs to stay awake all night, engage in spirtual discourses and then take a river bath on the next day. This is followed by making donations to the poor depending on ones abilities. If not possible, atleast three brahmins could be fed. In general, it is good if no food items are taken on the 

Kartheeka Somavaram day. Doing the Kartheeka Vratam on the Mondays and praying to Lord Shiva would entitle the devotee of Kailasham. Praying to Lord Vishnu will entitle the devotee to Vaikuntham.

Dog gets Kailasam entry on observing Kartheeka Somvaram

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beejakshara mantra The Power of Karthika Somavaram (Monday)

The first Monday of the month of Kartikam is considered very powerful. Read on to know more from the story of the Karkasa, a beautiful girl who turns to a dog and how she returns back to her beautiful body.

The Day 1 of the Kartika Puranam consists of two sections:

Section 1 primary tells us about how Sage Sootha (Sootha maharshi) tells the Kartika Puranam to Saunikadi Maha-rishis and Maharshi Vashistha telling about the rules of the Kartika puranam to King Janaka. The section was elaborated about what to do during the month and how to start about. The beautiful explanations by Vashistha keep readers close to their ears.

Section 2 comprises of a story as a part of the Kartika Somawara Vratham (the first Monday of Kartika Masam). The story is about Nishturi, the daughter of a Brahmin, who falls into bad habits during her teen years. Nisthuri was deep into bad habits that she is often referred as 'Karkasa' by everyone.

As time for marriage comes, Karkasa's father decides to marry her to 'Misra Sharma', a Brahmin from Saurasthra. Misra Sharma is good, humble and a well educated young Brahmin who follows religious traditions with great devotion. Karkasa marries Misra Sharma and because of the humble mentality of Misra Sharma, Karkasa continues to enjoy all she wants to do. As days pass by, she takes more advantage of the gentleness of Misra Sharma and begins to shout at and even beat Misra Sharma. Misra Sharma continues to bear with her even when she does bad things in order not to hamper the good name earned by his family in the society. Karkasa however makes use of the situation and continues to be enjoying in the presence of other men. She even began to have physical relationships with other men disregarding her husband and in-laws.

One day, one of her comforts tells her that they are meeting at odd times because of her husband and that they can enjoy even better when her husband is not there. The same night, Karkasa kills her husband by banging a large hard rock on his head. She even takes the dead body to the outskirts of the city and throws it into an old well. Her in-laws, afraid of her and unable to do anything, remain calm, and runs away from. With no husband and in-laws to stop her, Karkasa felt more freedom and enjoyed even more. She even made men to get her money grabbed from their wives.

As time passed by, her beauty and vigor began to get down. With her blood becoming lighter, she began to be easily prone to diseases. Since she had physical intimacy with many men, she was even prone to sexually transmitted diseases. Soon she lost all her money and began to it find difficult to get food, water, clothing or even a place to stay. The diseases have led her to death. No one in the society came forward to take her to the burial ground.

Upon her death, soldiers from the Yama Lokam - the land of the dead, comes and takes her to Lord Yama, the Lord of Death. Yama Dharmaraja assigns a variety of punishments to her. She is made to stick to a hot-iron pillar as punishment for ignoring her husband and spending time with other men. She is banged in her head with a hot mace for killing her husband. Hot mercury is poured into her ears for shouting at her husband and beating him. Because of her cruel acts, her family in the prior ten ages and the later ten ages were also made to suffer. After suffering in the Yama loka for some ages, she is allowed to be born on earth as a dog for fifteen ages.

In her fifteenth age, she took birth in the land of Kalinga as a dog. She used to stay at the house of a Brahmin. The Brahmin who was following the traditions during the month of Kartikam, at night, has left some food outside his house which the dog eats. As soon as the dog ate the food, she began to get to know her past and began to shout for help. The Brahmin comes out of the house and was first surprised seeing a dog speak. He then enquires what has happened to her. The dog tells him that she was born as a dog for 14 times prior to her current life and that she does not know how she was able to get to know what has happened to her in her past lives.

The Brahmin, using his power, gets to know the whole episode of the dog, and tells it about what has happened in the past. The dog, upon knowing her past, began to beg the Brahmin for Moksha. He then decides to transfer the Punya gained by him on one of his Kartika Somavaram (The Monday of Kartika Masam) to the dog. The dog upon taking the punya, leaves the avatar of the dog and turns in to a beautiful woman.

"Hence, you should follow the Kartika Somavaram", says Vashistha to King Janaka.

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beejakshara mantra Follows Rules in Karthika Masam-Vratam Details

Karthika masam starts on the day after deepavali and ends after 30 days.

Here i am giving the basic Rituals we should follow for this month. You can find the detailed vratha vidhanam in karthika puranam book.

1) One should not eat non veg food for the whole month.

2) Must take meal only once per day for the 30 days, we can eat breakfast at nights or atleast we must follow this  on auspicious days like mondays, karthika poornima, koti somavaram etc.

3) Must take shower(including hair) daily.

4) Must light deepam every evening and do pooja.

5) Read one chapter in karthika puranam book everyday. If you don’t have karthika puranam read the story given in the below link daily ...    

Note : It is even good to hear the story if someone is reading it loud

6) Prepare prasadam on mondays , karthika poornima,  koti somavaram and remaining days you can even keep some fruit as prasadam.


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beejakshara mantra Panchang - The Hindu Calendar

Panchang -Hindu calendar

Tithi, Vara, Nakshatra, Yoga and Karana are the five basic elements of Pancha-anga. For all calculations we follow the Chitrapaksha Ayanamsa, popularly called Lahiri Ayanamsa. The Panchang details are as on that date at Delhi.

The table bellow provides the monthly panchanga. For panchanga of any date including Chandra Bala, Ashtama Chandra, Ghata Vara, Rahukala, Gulika, Yamaganda, Vara Durmhurtha see below..

Rahukaalam also called as rahukaal in Hindi, rahukalam, rahu kal, rahu kalam is the time in day which is called the time of Rahu. Rahukaal varies with day or date and the place.

That means rahu kaal keeps changing for different days and is also different for different places(difference is due to the change in standard time).

Any holy , auspicious or good work should never be started during the rahukaal. Rahukaal lasts for nearly one and half or not more than 2 hours.

As per Indian mythology and vedic shastras it is recommened to avoid doing good things in this time span. Note: Rahukaal is not dangerous, its a myth. But the fact is, the work you started in Rahukaalam duration will be delayed or get bored of that work..

You can also check the Rahu kaal today as below table. select the options to display according.. The below table show the rahukaalam of the day.. Select the options 

Easy way to remember rahu kalam

    Just remeber this phrase

    "Mother Saw Father Wearing The Turban suddenly"

    M(other)- 7:30 - 9:00 - MONDAY
    S(aw) - 9:00 - 10:30 -SATURDAY
    F(ather) - 10:30 - 12:00 - FRIDAY
    W(earing) - 12:00 - 1:30 -WEDNESDAY
    TH(e) - 1:30 - 3:00 - THURSDAY
    TU(rban) - 3:00 - 4:30- TUESDAY

    Sunday - 4:30 - 6:00

    ASSUMING THE SUNRISE IS AT 6:00 AM
 

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beejakshara mantra online Video Suprabhatam- M S Subbulakshmi

During Suprabhatam, the Suprabhatam, Stotram, Prapatti and Mangalasasanam slokas are recited, and a descendant of Tallapaka Annamacharya sings a few of Annamacharya's sankeertanas. Devotees present at the time of Suprabhatam can have the Lord's Suprabhata Darsanam, also called Viswarupa Sarvadarsanam.

For meaning of Venkateswara suprabhatam. please click Here



Click on play button to listen - M.S.SubbuLakshmi - Lord Venkateswara Suprabhatam -
(Prayer for wakingup the GOD)

beejakshara mantra SatyaNarayana Swamy Vratam -Puja Details

Lord Satyanarayana swamy is another form of Lord Vishnu who is commonly worshipped by Hindus in their homes along with family and friends. The worship is performed usually on a full moon (purnima) day of the month. People worship by reciting the gracious story of the Lord which was once told by Lord Vishnu himself to the sage Narada for the benefit of humankind. The Lord's grace is described in a Hindu mythological book called Skanda Purana. He has four hands like Lord Vishnu, however, his fourth hand does not hold a lotus rather it is extended upward to bless people. 

This Vratam (Prayers) can be done by anyone irrespective of any Caste, Creed, Sect, Sex and Age.
If anybody is performing Satyanarayana swamy puja, one should attend even though he / she has not been invited. One should take the Holy Prasada which will give after the completion of the puja.

Procedure of performing Satyanarayana Swamy Vratam:

Previous Night, think of the Lord Sri SatyanaaraayaNa and mentally decide to perform puujaa the next day.  This is the sankalpa.

Next day early morning keep the same thoughts of worshipping the Lord and take a head-bath  (if possible an oil-bath). Wash Kalasha and fill it with clean water upto 3/4 of it and place it near the altar in a clean place and cover it up. Observe Fast (if possible).

Again in the evening take a head-bath. This should be done by both husband and wife. Wear youe best dress and decorate yourself and the kalasha. Decorate the front door, altar and the place near the altar. Invite your relatives, friends (who have bhakti in the Lord). The yajamaan's dress should be traditional dhoti.


Keep all the things for puja ready, near the altar.

Play This Audio (Satyanarayana Swamy Puja ) Vratam and Katha (story of Lord Satyanarayana Swamy)

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beejakshara mantra DEVI KAVACHAM -ARMOUR OF GODDESS-DASARA SPECIAL

DEVI KAVACHAM

(Armour of the Goddess- Navaratri- Dasara-Goddess)

(This great stotra comes as a prelude to the great Devi Mahatmyam. It can also be chanted separately)


1.    Markandeya Uvacha: -

       Yath guhyam paramam loke sarva rakshakaram nrunam,

       Yanna kasya Chidagyatham, thanme bruhi pithamaha.



Oh Lord Brahma (Grand father of all) Please teach me that which is secret to all the world, which is great, which gives complete protection, and which has not been told to any one.



2.    Brahmo Uvacha:-
       Asthi guhya thamam vipra, Sarva bhoothopakaarakam,

       Devyasthu kavacham punyam tachrunushwa maha mune.



Hey great sage, There is a very secret Devi Kavacha (Armour of Goddess, which is useful to all animals and which has not been told to any one.



3.    Pradhamam Sailaputhreethi, dwitheeyam Brahma Charini,

       Treetheeyam Chadra Gandethi Koosmandethi Chathurthakam.



4.    Panchamam Skanda Matheti shashtam Kathyayaneethi cha.

       Sapthamam Kala Rathreethi Maha Goureethi Chasthamam.



5.    Navamam Sidhitha proktha Nava Durga prakeerthitha,

       Ukthanyethani naamani Brahmanaiva Maahaathmana.



I have with extreme happiness sung the fame of the nine mothers, Sailaputhri(The daughter of Himalayas), Brahmacharini(She who leads you to salvation), Chandra Ganda(she who hangs the crescent in her bell), Kooshmanda(She who eats away the earth with its pain and sorrow), Skandamatha(Mother of Lord Subrahmanya), Kathyayani(She who was born in the hermitage of Sage Kathyayana), Kala Rathri(She who is the end of God of death), Mahagouri(The pure white Goddess) and Sidhitha(She who gives Salvation. The great God has told these in the Vedas.



6.    Agnina dahyamanasthu Sathru madhye Gatho rane,

       Vishame durgame Chaiva bhayartha saranam Gatha,

     

7.    Na Thesham jayathe kinchid asubham rana sankate,

       Naapadam thasya pasyami soka dukha bhayam nahi.



He who remember these nine mothers will not suffer even if he is burnt in fire, even if he has gone to war, even if he is very sad, even if he is terribly afraid of war.



8.    Yaisthu bhakthya smrutha noonam teshamrudhi prajayathe.



Any one who remembers those names with devotion is also are free of these fears and sorrows.



Pretha Samstha thu Chamunda varahi Mahishasna,

     

9.    Indri Gaja Samaruda Vaishnavi Garudasana,

       Maheswari vrushabarooda Kaumari Shikhi vahana,

     

10.  Brahmi hamsa samarooda sarvabharana Bhooshitha,

       Nanabharana Shobhadya Nano rathnopa Shobitha,

     



11.  Drusyanthe Radhamarooda Devya Kopa Samanvitha.



Kali rides on corpses, Varahi rides on Garuda, Maheswari on bull, Kaumari on Peacock, Brahmi on a swan and all of them wear different types of ornaments and have different types of luster, wear different type of gems and are seen on the charriots with very angry faces.

(This is the description of the seven holy mothers)



Samkham Chakram, Gadham, Shakthim, Halancha, musalayudham,

     

12.  Gedagam, thomaram chaiva parasum pasameva cha,

       Kunthayudham, trishoolan cha Sarngayudhamuthamam,

     

13.  Daithyanam deha nasaya bakthanam abhayaya cha,

       Darayanthyudhanetham devanamcha hithaya vai.



They hold in their hands conch, mace, spear, plough, shield, tall spear, axe, trident, strong bow made of horns so that they can kill asuras, bless devotees and for the good of devas.



14.  Mahabale, mahothsahe, Maha bhaya vinasini,

       Trahi maam dushprekshya, Sathrunam Bhaya vardhini.



Hey strong Goddess, Hey enthusiastic Goddess, Hey goddess who removes fear of death, Hey Goddess who is extremely impossible to see and Hey Goddess, who increases the fear of your enemies, please protect us.



15.  Prachyam Rakshathi mamaindri, agneyam agni devatha,

       Dakshine raksha Vaarahi, Nairythyam thwam Gadga Dharinim.



Let Indrani (Power of Indra) protect me in the east, Agni (Female power of fire God, in the southeast, varahi (the power of varaha) in the south, and Gadgadharini (She holds a sword), in the southwest.



16.  Pradeechyam varuni Rakshed vayavyam Mruga Vahini,

       Raksed udecchyam Kaumari and easanyam Soola Dharini.



Let the power of Varuna (God of rain) protect me in the west, the power of wind, in the northwest, Kaumari (the power of Lord Subrahmanya) in the north and Maheswari (The power of Lord Shiva) in the Northeast.



17.  Urdhwam Brahmani mey rakshed adhsthad vaishnavi Thadha,

       Evam dasa disa Rakshe Chamunda Sava Vahana.



Let Brahmani (Power of Lord Brahma) protect me at the top, let Vaishnavi (Power of Vishnu) protect me below and let Chamunda who sits on a seat of Corpse thus protect me on all the ten sides.



18.  Jayame Chagradha sthadhu, vijaya sthadu Prushtatha,

       Ajitha vama parswe sthu Dakshine chaparajitha.



Let Jaya (She who is Victory) stand before me, let Vijaya (She who is always victorious) stand behind me, let Ajitha (She who cannot be won) stand to my left and Aparjitha (She who has never been defeated) stand on my right.



19.  Shikhamudhyothini rakshedhuma moordhni vyavasthidha,

       Maladhari lalate cha brovow rakshed yasawini.



Let Udhyothini (She who is ever prepared) protect my hair, Uma (goddess Parvathy) my head, Maladhari (She who wears a garland) my forehead and Yasawini (She who is famous) my eye brows.



20.  Trinethra cha bruvor madhye yamaganda cha Nasike,

       Sankhini chakshshor madhye, srothrayor vindhya vasini.



21.  Kapalow kalika rakshed, kana moole thu sankari,

       Nasikayam sugandha cha utharoshta cha charchika.



Let Trinethra (She who has three eyes) protect the space between eye brows, Yamaganda (death to God of death) protect my nose, Sankhini (She who has a conch) the space between two eyes, Dwara Vasini (She who lives deep inside) my ears, Kalika (the black goddess) my cheeks, Sankari (Wife of Lord Parameshwara) the ear lobes, Sugandha (She who smells nice) the nose bridge and Charchiga (she who is above description) outside my mouth.



22.  Adhare Cha amrutha kala, jihwayam thu saraswathi,

       Dandhan rakshathu Kaumari, kanda madhye thu Chandika.



Let my lips be protected by Chandra Kala, (she who wears the crescent moon) Sarawathi (Goddess of learning) my tongue, Kaumari (She who is a young girl) my teeth and chandika (she who cannot be measured) the middle of my neck.



23.  Gandikam chithraganda, cha mahamaya cha thaluke,

       Kamakshim Chibukam raksseth, vacham me sarva mangala.



Let my throat be protected by Chitra Ganda(She who is picturesque), Mahamaya(great enchantress) protect the small tongue, Kamakshi(She who has attractive eyes) protect my beard and voice be protected by Sarva mangala. (She who gives all that is good)



24.  Greevayam Badhrakali cha prushtavamse danurdhari,

       Neelagreeva bahikante nalikam nalakoobhari.



25.  Gadga dharinyobhou skandow bahu me vajra dharini,

       Hasthayor dhandini rakshed ambika cha anguleeshu cha.



Let Badrakali (the black goddess who protects) protect my neck, Neelagreeva (the goddess who is blue) protect the back portion of my neck, Nalakoobari protect the neck joint, Gadgadharini (She who holds the sword) protect my shoulders, Vajradharini (She who holds Vajrayudha) protect my arms, dhandini (She who punishes) protect my hands and Ambika (she who is the mother of the world) protect my fingers.



26.  Nakham sooleswari raksheth kukshow rakshet naleswari,

       Sthanou rakshet mahadevi mana soka nasini.



Let Sooleswari (she who holds the spear) protect my nails, Naleswari protect my abdomen, Mahadevi (The great goddess) protect my breasts and let Soka nasini (She who destroys sorrows) protect my mind.



27.  Hrudayam lalitha devi hydhare shoola dharini,

       Nabhim cha kamini raksheth, guhyam guhyeswari thadha,

     

Let Lalitha (The goddess who is easy to attain) protect my heart, let Sooladharini (She who holds the trident) protect my stomach, Kamini (She who is lovable) protect my belly and let Guhyeswari (She who is secret) protect my reproductive organs.



28.  Bhoothanatha cha medram cha gudham mahisha vahini,

       Katyam bhagagavathi rakshed januni vindhya vasini.



Let my penis be protected by Bhoothanada (She who is the ruler of all beings), my behind protected by Mahisha vahini, (She who rides on buffalo) my thighs by Bhagawathi (She who is the goddess) and knees be protected by Vindhyavasini. (She who lives on Vindhya Mountains)



29.  Jange mahabala proktha janumadhye vinayaki,

       Gulphayor narasimhi cha padha prushte amithoujasi.



30.  Padamanguli sreedhari cha padadasthalavasini,

       Nakhan damshtra karali cha kesamscaivordhwa kesini.



Let my knee cap be protected by Mahabala (she who is very strong) who has been mentioned in the Vedas, the centre of the knee be protected by Vinayaki, (She who helps us carry out things without obstruction, the forelegs be protected by Narasimhi)(The female power of Lord Narasimha), the top of the feet be protected by Amithoujasi, the fingers of the feet be protected by Sreedhari (She who holds Maha lakshmi), the bottom of the feet by Thalavasini, Nails of the feet by Karali (She who is black with anger)and hair all over the body by Oordhwakesi. (Goddess having long hair)



31.  Roma koopani Kaubheri twacham Vageeswari Thadha,

       Raktha majjavasa mamsanya asthi medhamsi parvathi.



Let the hair pores all over the body be protected by Kaubheri (The female power of the of Kubhera), skin be protected by Vagheeswari, (The goddess of words) and let Parvathy (The daughter of the Mountain) protect my blood, flesh, juices bones and fat.



32.  Andhrani kala Rathrischa, piuthancha makuteswari,

       Padmavathi padma kose kaphe choodamani sthadha.



Let my intestines be protected by Kala Rathri, (Goddess of Dark night) the bile be protected by Magudeswari, (Goddess who wears a crown, heart be protected by Padmavathi)(Goddess who sits on lotus) and let Choodamani (Goddess who is a great gem) protect my phlegm



33.  Jwalamukhi nakha jwalam abhedya sarva sandhishu,

       Shukram brahmani me rakshed chayam chathreswari Thadha.



Let the shine of my nails be protected by Jwalamukhi (She who has a face of a flame), all the joints be protected by Abhedya (She who cannot be injured), shadow be protected by Chatreswari (She who is like an umbrella) and Oh Brahmani (The female power of Lord Brahma) protect my semen.



34.  Ahankaram Mano budhim rakjsha me dharma charini,

       Pranapanou thadha vyana samana dhanameva cha,

     

35.  Yasa keerthim cha Lakshmin cha Sadha rakshathu Chakrini,

       Gothram Indrani me raksheth pasunme raksha Chandika.



Hey Dharmacharini(she walks on the path of Dharma), please protect my mind, intellect and my ego. Let the winds of the body viz. Prana, Apana, Vyana, Samana, Udhana. as well as fame, good name and wealth be protected by Chakreswari(She who wields the holy wheel). Hey Indrani(The female power of Lord Indra) protect my progeny and Hey Chandika(She who cannot be measured) protect my cows.



36.  Puthran Rakshed Mahalakshmi, Bharyam Rakshadu Bhairavi,

       Margam Kshemakari rakshed dwijaya sarvatha sthitha.



Let Maha Lakshmi protect my sons, Let Bhairavi (Another name for Parvathy) protect my wife and let my way be protected by Kshemakari (She who looks after) who is victorious and lives everywhere.



37.  Raksha heenanthu yath sthanam varjitham kavachena thu,

       Thad sarvam raksha me devi jayanthi papa nasini.



Whichever part does not have protectio, let all those be protected by you goddess who is the greatest and who destroys sins.



38.  Padamekam na Gachethu yadi chedh cha Shubatmana,

       Kavachenavyatho nithyam yathra yathra hi gachathi.



39.  Thathra thathratha labascha vijaya saarva kamika,

       Yam yam chinthayathe kamam tham tham prapnothi nischitham.



The one, who wishes all good to happen to him, should not walk a step without this Armour. One who travels to any direction protected by this armor will earn lot of money, get all sort of victory and definitely get all his wishes fulfilled.



40.  Paramaiswaryamathulam prapsyathe bhoothale pumaan,

       Nirbhayo jayathe marthya samgrameswaparajitha.



The man will get unmatched wealth and all human beings that chant this will walk without fear, being victorious in all wars.



41.  Trilokye thu bhaveth poojya kavachenavutha puman,

       Idanthu devya kavacham devanam abhi durlabham.



42.  Ya padeth prayatho nithyam trisandhyam sradhayan witha,

       Daivikale bavethasya trilokye cha aparajitha.



43.  Jived varsha satham sagramapamruthyu vivarjitha,

       Nasyanthi vyadhaya sarve lutha visphotakadhaya.



44.  Sthavaram jangamam chapi kruthrimam chapi yadvisham,

       Abhicharani sarvani manthra yanthrani bhoothale,

     

45.  Bhoochara khecharas chaiva jalajaschoupadashika,

       Sahaja kulaja mala dakini sakini sthadha,

     

46.  Antharikshachara ghora dakinyancha maha bala,

       Gruha bhootha pisachascha yaksha gandarwa rakshasa.



47.  Brahma rakshasa vethala Koosmanda bhairavadhaya,

       Nasyanthi darsanathasya kavache hrudhi samsthithe.



He who daily reads this Armour of the Goddess, which is even difficult for devas to obtain, in dawn, noon and dusk with devotion would be able to realise the goddess in person. He would live for one hundred years without getting defeated in all he three worlds with no untimely death in his family. This would destroy all the poxes. All the effects artificial poisons with temporary and permanent effects would be destroyed. All the black magic done in this world, and the bad spirits which travel on the earth and in the sky, which are made in water, which can be created and which hear the suggestions like Kulaja, Mala, Shakini and dakini, the terrible spirits which travel in the ether, the ghosts which reside in the home, yakshas, gandarwahas, Rakshasas, Brahmarakshasas, Vetalas Koosmandas and Bhairavis will be destroyed by the sight of such a man.



48.  Manonathir bhavedragna thejovrudhi karam param,

       Yasahasa vardhathe sopi keerthi manditha bhoothale.



The king would honour him and for he will have the glitter of divine power and his fame will increase in this materialistic world.



49.  Japeth sapthasathim chandim kruthwa thu kavacham pura,

       Yavad bhoomandalam dathe sasaila vana kananam.



50.  Thavathistathi medhinyam santhathi puthra pouthriki,

       Dehanthe paramam sthanam yath surair abhi durlabham.

Prapnothi purusho nithyam mahamaya prasadatha.



After reciting this Armour of the Goddess if one recites The “Devi Mahatmya (also called Chandi or Durga Sapthasathi) he would live in this world (Surrounded by forests and mountains) with sons and grand sons and in the end attain that salvation which even gods cannot get.


Devi Kavacham Samaptham
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