Ganapati Puja is a devotional ritual dedicated to Lord Ganesha, seeking his blessings for intelligence, success, and obstacle removal. This puja is performed with deep reverence and follows a structured sequence of offerings and prayers:

1. Dhyana (Meditation): The devotee centers their mind and invokes Lord Ganesha.
2. Avahana (Invocation): The deity is invited into the idol or image using sacred mantras.
3. Shodashopachara Puja (16-fold Worship): Various offerings such as flowers, incense, lamps (deepam), and food (naivedya) are presented.
4. Ganapati Stotra and Aarti: Hymns and prayers like Ganapati Atharvasirsha are chanted, followed by the waving of lighted lamps.
5. Prasadam Distribution: The blessed food is shared among devotees as a token of divine grace.

Each step in Ganapati Puja enhances spiritual connection, removes negativity, and attracts prosperity, making it a powerful ritual for both individuals and families.

Delving into Ganapati Homam

Ganapati Homam is a sacred Vedic fire ritual performed to invoke Lord Ganesha’s blessings, remove obstacles, and attract success and prosperity. This powerful ritual purifies the environment, dispels negative energies, and ensures auspicious beginnings.

Process of Ganapati Homam:

1. Purification – Cleansing the space and participants to create a sanctified atmosphere.
2. Sankalpa (Resolution) – Declaring the devotee’s intent and purpose for the ritual.
3. Agni Pratishthapana (Fire Installation) – Igniting the sacred fire, symbolizing divine presence.
4. Offerings – Offering ghee, herbs, and grains into the fire while chanting sacred mantras.
5. Purnahuti (Final Offering) – Concluding the ritual with a grand offering to invoke divine grace.

The sacred fire acts as a bridge between the devotee and the divine, ensuring that prayers reach Lord Ganesha directly.

Who should perform Ganapati Puja and Homam?

It is customary to perform Ganapati Pooja and Homam to seek Ganapati’s blessings before starting any endeavor or undertaking any venture or making a new beginning. People seeking success at the start of any business, work life, student life, marriage, Housewarming (Griha-Pravesh) and even Naming ceremonies (Naamkaran). People who are specifically affected by Kethu Dosha. Lord Ganesha is the planetary overlord of Kethu. Hence, one should perform the Ganapati Puja and Homam to please Lord Ganapati and to remove the negative effects of the Dosha.

Samagri required for Ganapati Homam Puja 

• Turmeric Powder/ Haldi / Arishina – 100 gms
• Kumkum / Kumkuma – 1 Packet
• Sandal Wood Paste /Powder / srigandha– 1 Packet
• Agarbathi(Incense Sticks) / Oodinakaddi– 1 Packet
• Camphor / karpura – 1 Packet
• Beetle Leaves / Veelyadele – Approx. 30 leaves
• Flowers – 4 Bunches
• Fruits – Bananas and 5 other Varieties
• Coconuts – 4 nos
• Rice – 2.5 kg
• Kalasa Vasthram – 1 Towel or 2 Yards Fabric
• Rice Poha (Beaten Rice)/ Avalakki – 1 Packet
• Honey/ Jenutuppa – 1 Small Bottle
• Ghee/ Tuppa – 500 gms
• Dates (Karjur)/ Kahrjura/uttutte – 1 Packet

Auspicious tithi/occasions for performing Ganapathy homam?

This Homam is best when performed during the Brahma Muhurtham time 4:30 am – 6:00 am before sunrise to fully reap the benefits. The days of Chaturthi of every month and Vinayaka Chaturthi / Ganesh Chaturthi are considered as extremely auspicious days. Tritiya of Navaratri is a great time to perform Homa.

Further, the date can also be decided according to Janma Nakshatra, the yoga, and the Tithi of that particular person. 

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