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A complete step-by-step guide to daily puja at home. From waking mantra and morning bath to invoking the deity, offering, and requesting forgiveness.

Pooja Basics — Daily Ritual Mantras (12 മന്ത്രങ്ങൾ) 🛕 Temple Reference
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🌅 Morning Prayers

Upon waking — before rising from bed, before bath
Karagre Vasate Lakshmi (Morning Hand Prayer)

कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः करमध्ये सरस्वती। करमूले तु गोविन्दः प्रभाते …

At the tip of the hand dwells Lakshmi; in the middle of the hand is S…

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Samudra Vasane Devi (Morning Earth Prayer)

समुद्रवसने देवि पर्वतस्तनमण्डले। विष्णुपत्नि नमस्तुभ्यं पादस्पर्शं क्ष…

O Goddess Earth, who wears the ocean as garment and mountains as boso…

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Surya Namaskar Mantra (Sun Salutation Prayer)

ॐ मित्राय नमः। ॐ रवये नमः। ॐ सूर्याय नमः। ॐ भानवे नमः। ॐ खगाय…

Salutations to the Sun through his twelve names: the Friend, the Radi…

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Brahma Muhurta Awakening Prayer

उत्तिष्ठ उत्तिष्ठ गोविन्द उत्तिष्ठ गरुडध्वज। उत्तिष्ठ कमलाकान्त त्रैलोक्…

Arise, arise, O Govinda! Arise, O bearer of the Garuda flag! Arise, O…

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Prātaḥ Smaraṇa — Morning Remembrance

प्रातः स्मरामि हृदि संस्फुरदात्मतत्त्वं सच्चित्सुखं परमहंसगतिं तुरी…

At dawn I remember the Self shining in the heart — pure Being, Consci…

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🛕 Pooja Sequence

Sixteen-step Shodashopachara or simplified five-step Panchopachara
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Āchamana — Sipping Water (Purification)
Step 1 of daily puja sequence

ॐ केशवाय नमः। ॐ नारायणाय नमः। ॐ माधवाय नमः। ॐ गोविन्दाय नमः। ॐ विष्णवे नमः। ॐ मधु…

Three sips of water taken while reciting twelve names of Vishnu. This purificat…
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Prāṇa Pratiṣṭhā — Invocation of Life
Step 2 of daily puja sequence

ॐ आं ह्रीं क्रों यं रं लं वं शं षं सं हं क्षं। अस्मिन् मूर्तौ प्राण इह प्राणाः। अस्मिन् म…

Through this mantra, the life force (prana), the individual soul (jiva), and al…
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Āvāhana — Invocation of the Deity
Step 3 of daily puja sequence

ॐ [देवतायाः नाम] इहागच्छ इह तिष्ठ। इह सन्निधिं कुरु इह सन्निरुध्यस्व। अत्र अधिष्ठानं कु…

O [name of deity], please come here and stay here. Establish your presence here…
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Āsana Mantra — Offering a Seat
Step 4 of daily puja sequence

ॐ नमः [देवतायाः नाम] एतदासनं सम्प्रतिगृह्यताम्।

O [deity], I offer you this seat. Please accept it.
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Pādyam & Arghyam — Water for Feet and Hands
Step 5 of daily puja sequence

ॐ [देवतायाः नाम] नमः। इदं पाद्यं सम्प्रतिगृह्यताम्। ॐ [देवतायाः नाम] नमः। इदमर्घ्यं सम्…

O [deity], please accept this water for washing your feet. Please accept this w…
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Puṣpa Mantra — Offering Flowers
Step 6 of daily puja sequence

ॐ [देवतायाः नाम] नमः। एतत् पुष्पं सम्प्रतिगृह्यताम्॥

O [deity], salutations to you. Please accept these flowers.
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Dhūpa & Dīpa Mantra — Incense and Lamp Offering
Step 7 of daily puja sequence

ॐ [देवतायाः नाम] नमः। वनस्पतिरसोद्भूतो गन्धाढ्यो गन्ध उत्तमः। आघ्रेयः सर्वदेवानां धूपोऽ…

O [deity] — this fragrance, born from the essence of plants, most excellent amo…
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Naivedya Mantra — Food Offering
Step 8 of daily puja sequence

ॐ प्राणाय स्वाहा। ॐ अपानाय स्वाहा। ॐ समानाय स्वाहा। ॐ उदानाय स्वाहा। ॐ व्यानाय स्वाहा।…

Svāhā to the five prāṇas — prāṇa, apāna, samāna, udāna, vyāna — and to Brahman.…
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Kṣamā Prārthanā — Prayer for Forgiveness
Step 9 of daily puja sequence

ॐ आवाहनं न जानामि न जानामि विसर्जनम्। पूजां चैव न जानामि क्षम्यतां परमेश्वर॥ मन्त्रहीन…

O Supreme Lord, I do not know the correct method of invocation or farewell; I d…
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Maṅgalāśāsana — Auspicious Closing Blessing
Step 10 of daily puja sequence

ॐ स्वस्ति प्रजाभ्यः परिपालयन्तां न्यायेन मार्गेण महीं महीशाः। गोब्राह्मणेभ्यः शुभमस्तु नित्…

May there be well-being for all people. May rulers govern the earth justly. May…
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Visarjana — Farewell to the Deity
Step 11 of daily puja sequence

ॐ [देवतायाः नाम] यथास्थानं प्रतिगच्छ। पुनरागमनाय च।

O [deity], please return to your proper abode. And please come again (when I ca…
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Samarpana — Complete Offering
Step 12 of daily puja sequence

ॐ यद्यत्कर्म कृतं सर्वं हरये समर्पितम्। तेन तस्य प्रसादेन मुक्तिर्भवति मे ध्रुवम्॥ कायेन वा…

Whatever actions I have done, I offer them all to Hari. By His grace, liberatio…

🌙 Evening Prayers

At dusk — lighting the lamp (deepam), evening aarti
Tvameva Mata Cha Pita (Surrender Prayer)

त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव त्वमेव बन्धुश्च सखा त्वमेव। त्वमेव विद्या…

You alone are my mother and father. You alone are my relative and fri…
Shubham Karoti Kalyanam (Lamp-lighting Prayer)

शुभं करोति कल्याणम् आरोग्यं धनसम्पदाम्। शत्रुबुद्धिविनाशाय दीपज्योत…

O light of the lamp — you who bring auspiciousness, health, and wealt…
Rātri Prayer (Evening Offering)

ॐ अग्निं दूतं पुरो दधे हव्यवाहमुप ब्रुवे। देवाँ आसादयादिह॥ शान्…

I place Agni (fire) as the messenger in front, invoking him as the ca…
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Puja Tip

Begin with achamana (purification sip of water), then invoke Ganesha before any puja. End with kshama prarthana to seek forgiveness for any errors during the ritual.

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