Dhanteras Pooja Vidhi I am posting a simple dhanteras Pooja Vidhi (What to do on dhanteras day) for the benefit of the Fijian Community and the community at large. This is the vidhi which the Fijian Community has used for the past several decades to perform Dhanteras pooja at their homes. This is a simple vidhi which is formulated by Pt. Hemant Vimal Sharma. (Fomer Editor of Shanti Dut in Fiji) Clean your pooja place. Put red cloth and place murtis of Devi and devta. Put a kalash with water and mango or other leaves. Place a coconut on it. Place tikka on coconut. Place 9 supari or 1 if you don’t have that many on a paan leaf. Put a 10cents coin on that. Place 7-9 types of grains( urdi, mutter, rice, chana etc) on a small plate or saucer. Put the akhand diya (which will go one till diwali night). In the new vessel, pot or plate (which you may have bought) place rice and then put laxmi Vishnu or laxmi murti on it. If you have Kuber yantra or laxmi yantra also place them on the aasan. Also if you have Dakshinavarti Shankh (laxmi shankh) place in a plate also and put on aasan (Altar). If possible you can also make a diya for Yamraj today with 4 wicks. Place oil or ghee in it. If you know mantras you can recite, if not just say in simple language. Example – Bhagwaan main aap ko chandan laga rah hu, main prashaad chada raha hu etc Sprinkle water all around the pooja place. Sprinkle water on yourself. Sip water three times. Take some water in your left hand and then touch your lips, nose, eyes, ears, shoulders, knees and chest with the ring finger of your right hand. Put chandan on your forehead. Light the main diya and put chandan on it. Place a flower near the diya. Take some rice and flowers in your hands and say,” Aaj main tryodashi ke din apne pariwaar waalo ke saath, diwali ke awsar par Dhanteras ki pooja kar raha hu.” Place the rice and flower near the diya. Sprinkle some water on Ganesh Ji. Place yellow thread on his shoulder from left to right. Put chandan on his forehead. Put sindoor and haldi. Place a mala. Show dhoop (agarbatti) show the diya. Place some fruits or Prasad near the murti. Place paan/supari/lawang/illaichi. Put some doob grass. Place a coin. Take some flowers recite ‘Om shree ganeshaaye namah” and place near Ganesh’s feet. In the lota or kalash, place flowers, coin, supari, paan, lawang illachi, doob and chandan. Place the coconut on top of the leaves. Wrap a red cloth around the coconut. Wrap a yellow dora with a piece of whole haldi on the neck of the kalash. Place tikka on coconut and lota. Say” Om Shree kalashaaye namah. Om Varunaaye namah. Om brhamane namah, Om vishnuwe namha, Om Shivaaye namah. Om dhanvantraye namah. Om Kuberaaye namah.’ On the navgrah, place chandan and sindoor tikka on supari. Put some rice. Say “ om Navgrah devtaaye namah.” Place 2 red flowers, 2 white, 3 dark, 1 yellow and 1 greenish. (If not then tulsi leaves or doob.) Touch the grains on the saucer and recite “Om Dhanvantre namah. Om Kuberaaye namha. Om lakhsmaye namah.” Place laxmi and Vishnu murti in a plate. Also place shankh and yantras. Wash them with water. Wash with Milk, Yoghurt, Honey, Sugar and Ghee. Clean them and wash them again. Collect the milk etc in a glass. That becomes your charnamirit. Put shinghaar (clothes jewelleries) etc on laxmi murti. Put chandan and sindoor tikka. Place the garland. Show dhoop and diya. Take prasad in your hand. Put Prasad and fruits on the aasan. Show with your hands. Place some drops of water. Place the paan and supari with lawaang and illaichi. Place some coins and the lotus flower (If you have some). In the shankh place doob, gaathi haldi (whole haldi) paan, supari, yellow dora, coins and flowers. Place tikka. Take some flowers in your hands. Say, “Om Shankh devtaaye namah.” Pray to lord dhanvantri, Kuber, yam and maata laxmi for peace and prosperity. Light the yam diya also. Place tikka on it. Do hawan if you want to. Place some wood in the hawan kund. Place a kapoor. Light it. Pour ghee and hawan samagri. You can recite the names of all devi and devtas and put samagri. Example : Om ganeshaaye namah swaha. Om Shivaaye namah swaha, Om Kuberaaye namah swaha. …. At the end of the hawan. Do Aarti. Place some diyas around the house. At the front and back doors, at your outside pooja place. Take the yam diya in your hands and go around all the rooms of the house. Take the diya out side the house in the south direction and place it at a clean spot. Pray to Yamraaj. This is a simple dhanteras pooja vidhi. Hope this simple step will help.
Posted on: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:31:36 +0000