I get lots of emails on help on how to do Guru Puja or anusham etc – as recent as yesterday. People ask for lots of people’s phone number for help etc. I posted one article recently on the need to keep things simple and easy. Anyways, here is the normal “template” for any puja.
A typical Puja involves the following 27 steps:
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Dhyaanam Samarpayami (Think or meditate on the Lord)
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Aawaahanam Samarpayami (Offering invitation the Lord)
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Aasanam Samarpayami (Offer a seat to the Lord)
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Paadyam Samarpayami (Offer water to wash the feet)
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Arghyam Samarpayami (Offer water to wash the hands)
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Aachamaneeyam Samarpayami (Offer water to drink)
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Snaanam Samarpayami (Give bath to the Lord)
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Maha Abhishekam Samarpayami (Give main head bath to the Lord)
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Pratishtaapayaami (Make him seated)
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Vasthram Samarpayami (Offer clothes to the Lord)
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Yajnopaveetham Samarpayami (Offer the Holy Thread)
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Gandham Samarpayami (Offer sandalwood paste/powder)
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Akshatham Samarpayami (Offer Akshatha/ Rice)
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Pushpam Samarpayami (Offer Flowers to the Lord)
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Ashthothtra Poojam Samarpayami (Offer the holy 108 names)
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Dhoopam Aaghraapayaami (Offer Fragrance / Agarbatti)
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Deepam Darshayaami (Offer light to the lord)
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Neivedyam Samarpayami (Offer Food to the Lord)
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Phalam Samarpayami (Offer Fruits to the Lord)
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Taamboolam Samarpayami (Offer betel nut and leaves)
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Dakshinam Samarpayami (Offer money to the Lord)
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Maha Nirajanam Samarpayami (Offer aarti to the Lord)
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Pradakshinam Samarpayami (Taking clockwise rounds of aarti)
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Namaskaram Samarpayami (Offer Prostrations)
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Mantra Pushpam Samarpayami (Offer incantations and flowers)
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Praarthanaam Samarpayami (Offer prayers, request your desires)
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Kshamaapanam Samarpayami (Offer apologies and ask for forgiveness)
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This puja can be done in 30 mts or in 3 hours depending on how detailed one wants to do – result is the same – just because someone does a puja for 3 hours, he would not get any additional blessings 🙂
In this list, you can use specific mantra for each devata – for instance, the mantra for avahanam will be different for Ganapathi vs Narayana. For Mahaperiyava, please click this link. I personally just do my siva puja procedure for Mahaperiyava also. I have also used these mantras for some of my pujas. During abishekam (snanam), I do rudrabishekam etc. If you do not know how to do that, take a flower and sprinkle (prokshanam) on Mahaperiyava photo or any devata photo or vigraham….
If you are not used to Sanskrit words, you can skip all, just say “asanam samaryapi”, argyam samarpayami etc. Where it says “mantra pushpam” you can chant Mahaperiyava ashtothram/trisathi/sahasranamam (text given under “Important Links” on the main page of this blog). I sometimes do Rudra Trisathi. At the end, sing thevaram, maitrim Bhajatha and chant Thotakashtakam before doing namaskaram.
All you need is a photo of a devata/guru etc. It could be any Guru – Mahaperiyava, Pudhuperiyava, Balaperiyava, Ramana, Raghavendra swami etc. Our Vedas have given a nice template for doing all these rituals. just follow it with bakthi. Again – there are NO special routine for Mahaperiyava. Everything will fall under this template only.
Dont waste time in emailing me or anyone for that matter. you have all in front of you (or within you in vedantic terms) and searching elsewhere!
If you are considering starting an anusham puja and dont know how to do this – use this as a template.
Mahaperiyava Sharanam!
