POOJA

BIDHI

Instructions and Only OM as Mantras

(Pooja System & Pooja Mantras)
As practiced by
Pandit Ramkissoon RamnarineSharma
Based on the South India Pooja system

Printed and Published by

Pandit Ramkissoon RamnarineSharma ( Boloji )
Lot # 2 Datta Drive, Orangefield Road, Carapichaima
Phone: 673-3764 or 730-6320

SRI DATTATREYA YOGA CENTRE POOJA BIDHI

( Pooja System )
Light a deya
Clasp hands and say this mantra:OM

Clasp hands and say this mantra:OM

Place left hand palms facing upwards on right hand palms facing down on left hand
and say this mantra:
MORNING & EVENING:OM
MORNING & EVENING :OM
MORNING & EVENING:OM
MORNING ONLY:OM

Ring bell and say this Mantra.ITI GHANTAM NAADAM KRITWA.

Say Mantra and do the following :
( Sip water from right hand ) SWAAHA
( Sip water from right hand ) SWAAHA
( Sip water from right hand) SWAAHA

Pour a spoon of water on your right hand palm and let it run down to the ground
passing through the tip of your fingers . NAMAHA
Pass right hand fingers over mouth, from right hand side. NAMAHA
Rub palms with right palm on top NAMAHA
Rub palms with left palm on top . NAMAHA
Pour a spoon of water on your right palm, and let it run to the ground passing
through the tip of your fingers. NAMAHA
Clasp hands ( like in prayer ) NAMAHA
Touch right knee with right hand. NAMAHA
Touch left knee with right hand. NAMAHA
Touch chin with right hand. NAMAHA
Touch under nose with right hand. NAMAHA
Touch right side of nostril with right hand. NAMAHA
Touch left side of nostril with right hand. NAMAHA

Touch right eye with right hand. NAMAHA

Touch left eye with right hand. NAMAHA
Touch right ear with right hand. NAMAHA
Touch left ear with right hand. NAMAHA
Touch stomach & navel with right hand. NAMAHA
Touch chest & heart with right hand. NAMAHA
Touch the head with the right hand NAMAHA
Touch right shoulder with right hand. NAMAHA

Touch left shoulder with right hand. NAMAHA

Using right hand, pull in middle finger and touch right side of nose with thumb and
index finger and left side with small and ring finger. Support right hand by putting
left hand palm under elbow of right hand and take a breath and say this
Mantra.OM
Cover right ear with right hand and say this Mantra :OM
Take a flower, put a few grains of yellow rice and a drop of water and say this
Mantra:OM
Put in Name of year, sun phase, season, month, fortnight Tithi . Your Name, Date of
Birth, Rasinaam Nakshatra, Gotra where told to do so and say this Sankalp:OM

(Year)
(Sun Phase)
(Season)
(Month)
(Fortnight)
(Tithi)
(Day) (Date) I (srotas Name) (call your name, date of
birth, rasi name, namshat, gotra and address) (Name of Deity) .
SANKALPAM SAMARPAYAMI
Take a flower, put a few grains of rice, a drop of water and say this Mantra:OM
(Call name / s of deities for whom puja / s are being done) .

Using ring finger if right hand touch hardi and touch 4 sides of Kalsa starting from
the southern side clockwise. Do the same for the Kum-Kum and sindoor. Place a
little hardi and a few grains of rice into Kalsa with water. (Say this mantra while
doing the above)
(Say this pray three (3) times)OM

Place a flower upside down into the Kalsa mouth cover the Kalsa mouth with your
right palm and say the following Mantra:OM

Dip the flower into the water in the kalsa and sprinkle on all Pooja items saying this
mantra:OM

Dip flower in water and sprinkle murti and pictures saying this Mantra:OM
Dip flower in water and sprinkle yourself saying this Mantra:OM
Sprinkle whole place with water from flower, by sprinkling water in a circle around
your head.
Put flowers near murti or bedi KALASHAM SAMARPAYAMI
Put palms together in form of praying and say this Mantra:OM
.. (Name of deity)
GANESH BHAGAWAN POOJAM SAMARPAYAMI

Dhyana ( meditation )
Put palms together in form of prayer, bow head and say this Mantra:OM
( name of deity )
DHYANAM SAMARPAYAMI
Aawahan
Put hands in signal of calling and signaling of a seat to the deity, paan leaf, throne,
Bedi and say Mantra:OM
(name of deity)AAWAAHAYAMEE
SAMARPAYAMI
Using water from blessed Kalsa, lotha or cup place two drops of water at the feet of
the deity and say this Mantra to wash feet:OM
(name of the deity)
PAADYAM SAMARPAYAMI
Argyam
Using water from blessed Khalsa, lotha or cup, place two drops of water at base of
Murti to wash hands and say this Mantra:OM
( name of deity). ARGYAM
SAMARPAYAMI
Archamaneeyam
Using water from blessed Khalsa,lotha or cup, place three drops of water at base of
deity, to drink and say this Mantra:OM
(name of deity).
ARCHAMANEEYAM SAMARPAYAMI
Snanam
Using water from blessed Khalsa, lotha or cup, place a few drops of water on the
deity, to bathe the murti and say this Mantra:OM
(name the deity ). SNANAM SAMARPAYAMI
Using water bathe the murti saying this Mantra:OM (name of deity).
SNANAM
SAMARPAYAMI

Ataha Panchaarmit Snanam Karishay

Using milk bathe the deity saying this Mantra:OM
(name the deity) KSHEERA SNANAM SAMARPAYAMI
Using Dadhee (curd) bathe the deity saying this Mantra:OM
(name the deity). DADHEE SNANAM SAMARPAYAMI
Using Ghee bathe the deity saying this Mantra:OM
(name the deity) . GRITASNANAM SAMARPAYAMI
Using honey bathe the deity saying this Mantra:OM
.. (Name of Deity) . MADHU SNANAM SAMARPAYAMI
Using Sugar bathe the deity saying this Mantra:OM
(Name of deity) SHARKARA SNANAM SAMARPAYAMI
Wash deity and wipe clean and dry and place the diety on a paan leaf on bedi or on a
throne
Offer a piece of cloth or cotton wool as cloth to deity saying this Mantra OM
. (Name of deity)
VASTRANI (or VASTRAM) SAMARPAYAMI
Offer a janeu or a piece of wick as janeu and say this Mantra OM
. (Name of deity)
UPAVITAM SAMARPAYAMI (or DHARAYAMI)
Place chandan on forehead of deity and say this Mantra OM
(Name of deity)
GANDHAM SAMARPAYAMI (or DHARAYAMI)
Offer a little Hardi powder at base of deity and say this Mantra OM
OM SHRI (Name of deity) NAMAHA
HARIDRA CHORANAM SAMARPAYAMI
Offer a little Kum Kum at the base of the deity and say this Mantra:OM
(name the deity).
KUM KUM CHORANAM SAMARPAYAMI
Offer a little Sindhoor at the base of the deity and say this Mantra:OM (name the
deity).
SINDHORA CHORANAM SAMARPAYAMI
Offer whatever else is there to offer including yellow rice money etc. at the base

Of the deity and say this Mantra:OM

(name the deity).
OM SAMASTA SAUBHAGYA DRAVYANI SAMARPAYAMI
Decorate the deity with Mala and flowers and say this Mantra:OM
(name the diety)..
PUSHPANI SAMARPAYAMI
NAAMA POOJA
Offer flowers or yellow rice (akshat) 108 times calling the 108 names of the deity .A
simple naam pooja is chanting the diety name 108 times
Read Chalisa (s) of deity
ATAHA DHUPAM
Offer incense fumes to the deity, essence and say this Mantra:OM
(name the deity) DIVYA DHUPAM AGRAPAAYAMI
ATAHA DEEPAM
Offer three wick light to deity and say this Mantra:OM (light with three wicks)
(name the deity)
EKARTI DEEPAM DARSHAYAMI
Hold container of three wicks in left hand, place flower and rice and drop of water
at the end of container in left hand and fan flames of three wicks with palm of right
hand towards deity and all other murti and pictures. At end offer two drops of water
on flower.
Touch flame with hand and touch both of your eyes saying this Mantra:OM (name
of deity)
DUPA DEEPA AANANTARAM ARCHAMANIYEEYAM SAMARPAYAMI
ATAHA NAVEDYAM
Place in plate with parsad two paan leaves, two sooparees, flowers, rice, water and
toolsie leaves. Hold plate up. Touch plate with parsad to your head and heart then
to the feet of the deity or bedi three times saying this Mantra:OM Then place plate
in front of deity. (name of deity)
.
Take a little water in your right hand and circle your hand with the water clockwise
around the plate with the parsad three times. Then let the water fall through the tip
of your fingers on the outside of the plate and say this prayer:OM
MORNING:
OM (name the deity)
EVENING:
OM (name of deity)

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Place one drop water from blessed Kalsa into the parsad and say this Mantra:OM
(name of deity)
.
Wash hands with blessed water and using both hands, pass your hands palms facing
upwards from the plate of the parsad to the base of murti six times saying this
Mantra:OM
(calling name of deity
Place one drop of water from blessed Kalsa into parsad and say this Mantra OM..
(name of deity)
SAMARPAYAMI
Place one drop of water from blessed Kalsa into parsad and say this Mantra:OM
. (name of deity SWAHA
Place four drops of water at the base of deity saying this Mantra OM..(name of
deity)
Break up a paan leaf and add to it (2) sooparee some clove, some coins and offer it at
the base of the Deity saying this Mantra:OM
..(name of deity)

SAMARPAYAMI

Take some of the blessed water in palm of your right hand and pass it clockwise
Around the plate with the parsad saying this Mantra OM and then let it fall through
your fingers outside the plate .
.(name of deity) POOJAM SAMARPAYAMI
KARPOOR ARTI
Offer lighted camphor (Karpoor) in container to the deity waving it from left to
right at the base of the deity saying this Mantra OM , doing arti.
Hold container with burning camphor in left hand, place flowers, rice and water at
the base of container in left hand, fan flame with right palm towards deity saying
this Mantra:OM
..(name of deity) SAMARPAYAMI
(Then turn around clockwise once with camphor and show camphor Arti to the
audience while turning around) say with them:OM
.

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Place container on the ground. Take a flower and pass it clockwise around the flame,
touch your eyes with the flowers. Place the flower at the base of the deity and say
this Mantra:OM(name of deity)
SAMARPAYAMI
Place two drops of blessed water on the flowers on container with camphor and say
this Mantra:OM .(name of deity)
SAMARPAYAMI
PERSONAL PRAYER
Take flowers, yellow rice, and water hold it in clasp hand and pray. This is your time
for your personal prayer. Also pray for others and say this Mantra:OM
(name of deity)
MANTRA PUSHPANI SAMARPAYAMI
PRADAKSHANA
Stand up and turn around clockwise three times saying this Mantra:OM
Touch the ground with your right hand, then touch your hand to your head and
heart and say this Mantra:OM
(name of deity)
PRADAKSHINA SAMARPAYAMII
Offer yellow rice and say the Mantra each time, offering rice at the end of each
Mantra:OM
.(name of deity) OM
.(name of deity)OM
.(name of deity)OM .(name of deity) OM
.(name of deity)OM
.(name of deity)OM .(name of deity)OM
Offer flowers with yellow rice and water at the end of this Mantra:OM
.(name of deity
POOJAM SAMARPAYAMI
Offer flowers, yellow rice and water at the end of this Mantra:OM
.(name of deity)
Offer flowers, yellow rice and water at the end of this Mantra:OM
.(name of deity)
MANTRA JAPAM,

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Touch index finger, middle finger and ring finger with thumb (both hands) three
times saying this Mantra:OM.(name of deity) (3 times)
After last time do it once more and bow with clasp hands. Say this Mantra:OM
Clasp hands in form of prayer and say this Mantra:OM
.(name of deity)
TWAMEVA MAATA PEETA TWAMEVA
TWAMEVA BAANDHU SAKA TWAMEVA
TWAMEVA VIDYA DRAVINAM TWAMEVA
TWAMEVA SARVANG MAMA DEVA DEVA
KAYENA VAACHA MANA SENDREYE, SAMARPAYAMI.
Touch both ears with hands on each sides and say this Mantra:OM
ACHUTAM, KESHAVAM, RAMANARAYANAM, SHRI DHARAM,
MADHAVAM, KRISHNA DAMOODHARAM, ACHUTAM, KESHAVAM,
RAMANARAYANAM, SHRI DHARAM, MADHAVAM, GOPIKA VALAVAM.
Fill your hands with flowers, place a few grains of yellow rice and few drops of
water, clasp hands and prayer saying this Mantra:OM
HARI RAM, HARI RAM, RAM RAM HARI HARI
HARI KRISHNA, HARI KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA HARI HARI
RAM RAM, HARI HARI, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARI HARI
RAM RAM, HARI HARI, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARI HARI
SARVECHA, SUKHINA SANTU
SARVE SANTU, NIRAMAYAHA
SARVE BHADRANI, PASHYANTU
MAA KASCHIT, DHUKHA BHAGA BHAVET
OM SHRI GANESHAYA NAMAHA
SHRI SARASWATEYAI NAMAHA
SHRI PADAVALLABHA
NARASIMHA SARASWATEE
SHRI GURU DATTATREYA NAMAHA
(Call the name of the deity and as many other deities especially those whose murtis
and pictures are within puja area)
SHRI..JAISHRI.JAI.JAI
Offer flowers at base of deity
OM TAT SAT
SHRI KRISHNA ARPANAM MASTOO
SHRI GURU BHYO(3 times) NAMAHA HARIHI OM

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Prostrate at the base of the deity.

Male - full (all limb) prostration.
Female - half way down prostration.
END OF POOJA.

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