SRI MAHA GANAPATHY YANTRA PUJA

SRI MAHA GANAPATHY YANTRA PUJA

                SRI MAHA GANAPATHY YANTRA PUJA

                 Initial Steps

1. Entering the place of worship:   
2. Asanam or Posture  :     
3. Pranayamam or Awareness-based Breathing 
4. Vyapakam or Distribution of Energy:
5. Awareness of Sounds both within and outside ourselves
6. Dhyanam or Visualization : 
7. Samanya Arghya Patram Sthapanam : 
8. Preparation of Samanya Arghyam
9. Purifying the articles of worship
10. Vishesha Arghya Patram Sthapanam
11. Preparation of Vishesha Arghyam 
12. Guru Paduka Mantra and Sprinkling of Vishesha Arghyam on your head
13. Drawing the Yantra of Maha Ganapathi 
14. Offering Energies of Fullness to the Yantra
15. Invocation of Maha Ganapathi into the Yantra
16. Worshipping of Mahaganapathi through 5 intimate rituals of Gandham (Musk Perfume), Pushpam (Flower and Garlands), Dhupam (Incense Smoke), Deepam (Ghee Lamp), Naivedyam (Fruit), Tambulam (Beetle Leaf), Ananda Karpuram (Camphor Light)

Worship of the Deities in the Yantra

1. Worshipping Maha Ganapathi in the Center of the Yantra – 10 times

2. Six Pair of Deities in the Central Triangle of the Yantra – 

(i) Siddha Lakshmi and Sri Mahaganapathi 

(ii) Sri and Sri Pathi, 

(iii) Girja and Girja Pathi, 

(iv) Rathi and Rathi Pathi, 

(v) Mahi and Mahi Pathi, 

(vi) Mahalakshmi and Mahalakshmi Pathi

3. Six Pairs of Deities in the Six Triangles of the Hexagon in the Yantra – 

(i) Ridhi and Amoda, 

(ii) Samridhi and Pramoda, 

(iii) Kanti and Sumukha, 

(iv) Madnavati and Durmukha, 

(v) Madhadrava and Avighna, 

(vi) Dravini and Vighna Katru

4. Two pair of Deities on left and right between the Hexagon and Circle in the Yantra –

(i) Vasudhara and Shankhanidhi (right), 

(ii) Vasumathi and Padmanidhi (left)

5. Six Deities of the limbs in the six joints of the triangles in the Yantra – 

(i) Hridaya Shakti, 

(ii) Shira Shakti, 

(iii) Shikha Shakti, 

(iv) Kavacha Shakti, 

(v) Netra Shakti, 

(vi) Astra Shakti

6. Eight Shaktis in the eight-petal lotus in the Yantra – 

(i) Brahmi, 

(ii) Maheshwari, 

(iii) Koumari, 

(iv) Vaishnavi, 

(v) Varahi, 

(vi) Mahendri, 

(vii) Chamunda, 

(viii) Mahalakshmi

7. Eight Loka Palakas in the Square of the Yantra – 

(i) Indra, 

(ii) Agni, 

(iii) Yama, 

(iv) Niruthi, 

(v) Varuna, 

(vi) Vayu, 

(vii) Kubera, 

(viii) Ishana

8. Tarpanam for Maha Ganapathi 10 Times in the Center of the Yantra

Sixteen Upacharas (Services) to Sri Maha Ganapathi

Dhyanam, Asanam, Padyo Padyam, Hastyor Arghyam, Mukhe Achmanyam, Snanam,
Vastrayugmam, Yajnopavitam, Gandham, Pushpani, Dhupam, Deepam,
Naivyedyam, Tambulam, Ananda Karpura, Atma Pradakshina Namaskaram

Optional Homam

With Ghee using steps 2 and 3 in the Yantra Puja above – starting from Sri/Sri Pathi
and ending with Vighna Katru. Three times offering of Ghee Tarpanam to
Sri Maha Ganapathi. 

Post-Puja Steps

1. Bali Haranam
2. Blessings from Sri Maha Ganapathi (young boy) and Sri Siddha Lakshmi (young girl)
3. Namaskaram
4. Mantra Japam of the Maha Ganapathi Mantra as much as possible

Homage to the Lineage

Dhusta-Kshatriya, Kulantaka, Renuka Garbha Samboda, Mahadeva Vasishya,
Parashurama, Sri Bhargavaho Upadhyaya, Srimat Kulacharya Virichita Kalpasutre
Ganapathi Prakaranam Sampuranam