Navagraha Puja in Varanasi

Navagraha Puja samagri list

• Navagraha mandala cloth or nine coloured cloths
• Nine grains (wheat, rice, toor, moong, chana, white beans, black sesame, urad, horse gram)
• Kalash with mango leaves and coconut
• Roli, kumkum, turmeric and chandan
• Akshat (unbroken rice)
• Flowers of different colours and garlands
• Betel leaves and supari
• Ghee diya, cotton wicks and incense
• Janeu (holy thread) and mauli
• Fruits and sweets for naivedya
• Panchamrit ingredients
• Nine types of samidha for homam (if performed)
• Havan samagri and ghee (if homam is included)
• Camphor for aarti

The Pandit confirms the final list for your family's vidhi, and can arrange the samagri in Varanasi on request.

Navagraha Puja vidhi, step by step

1. 1Preparation and purification. The space is cleaned and the altar set up. The Pandit performs achaman and pavitrikaran to purify the participants and samagri.
2. 2Ganesh puja and sankalp. Lord Ganesha is worshipped first. The Pandit then takes the sankalp with the names, gotra and, where relevant, birth details of the family members.
3. 3Kalash sthapana. A kalash with water, mango leaves and a coconut is established and Varuna and other devatas are invoked.
4. 4Navagraha mandala sthapana. The nine grahas are installed on a mandala, each in its traditional position and colour, often using their associated grains.
5. 5Individual graha puja and mantras. Each graha is offered flowers, akshat, its traditional grain and naivedya while its Vedic or beej mantra is recited.
6. 6Navagraha homam (optional). If the family chooses, a homam is performed with samidha traditionally associated with each graha.
7. 7Aarti and prarthana. Aarti is performed and the family offers a prayer for peace and well-being.
8. 8Dakshina, daan and prasad. The puja concludes with dakshina, any daan the family wishes to make, and distribution of prasad.