Ganesha Pooja · వినాయక చవితి పూజ

Read the full Vinayaka Vratam with mantras and katha

Vinayaka Chavithi falls on Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi. The same order of worship, in a shorter form, is used to begin any pooja or new undertaking, because Lord Ganesha removes obstacles. See the calendar for this year's date in your city.

Customs differ by family and region. Please treat this as a guide, and follow your family's practice or your priest where they differ.

Items · పూజా సామగ్రి

• Clay idol of Ganesha · మట్టి వినాయకుడు
• Mandapam or low table (peeta) · పీట, మండపం
• Palavelli (frame of fruits and leaves hung above) · పాలవెల్లి
• Durva grass · గరిక
• 21 kinds of leaves, as available (ekavimsati patri) · ఏకవింశతి పత్రి
• Undrallu · ఉండ్రాళ్ళు
• Kudumulu · కుడుములు
• Payasam · పాయసం
• Cloth or sacred thread for the deity · వస్త్రం, యజ్ఞోపవీతం
• Turmeric · పసుపు
• Kumkum · కుంకుమ
• Sandalwood paste · గంధం
• Akshatalu (rice with turmeric) · అక్షతలు
• Betel leaves · తమలపాకులు
• Betel nuts · వక్కలు
• Coconuts · కొబ్బరికాయలు
• Bananas and other fruit · అరటిపండ్లు, పండ్లు
• Flowers · పువ్వులు
• Incense sticks · అగరబత్తులు
• Camphor · కర్పూరం
• Oil or ghee lamp with wicks · దీపం, వత్తులు
• Ghee · నెయ్యి
• Jaggery or sugar · బెల్లం, పంచదార
• Water vessel and spoon · పంచపాత్ర, ఉద్ధరిణి
• Bell · గంట
• Plate for harati · హారతి పళ్ళెం
• Clean cloth for the altar · వస్త్రం

Order of the pooja · పూజా విధానం

1. Preparation. Bathe, clean the place, draw a muggu, set up the mandapam and palavelli, and place the idol.
2. Achamanam and sankalpam. Sip water with the names of the Lord, then state the date, your name, gotram and purpose. The panchangam details for the sankalpam are on the calendar.
3. Pranapratishtha. Invite the Lord's presence into the idol.
4. Shodasopachara pooja. Offer the sixteen services: invocation, seat, water, bath, cloth, sacred thread, sandalwood, flowers, incense, lamp, food and more.
5. Patri pooja and ashtottaram. Offer the leaves and flowers while reciting the Lord's 108 names.
6. Naivedyam and harati. Offer undrallu, kudumulu and fruit, then show camphor harati.
7. Vinayaka katha. Hear the story, holding akshatalu, and place them on your head at the end.
8. Visarjanam. On the day your family follows, take the idol respectfully to water. A clay idol can be immersed in a bucket at home and the water poured into the garden.

The story to hear

The Vinayaka katha tells of the Moon laughing at Ganesha, and of Parvati's curse that anyone who sees the Moon on Chavithi will face false blame. It continues with Lord Krishna, who was falsely accused of stealing the Syamantaka gem and cleared his name by recovering it. Tradition holds that hearing this story and placing the akshatalu on one's head removes that blame.

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