Occasions
New home pujas in Ara (गृह प्रवेश)
The rituals families keep for this occasion in Ara, and the order they are usually kept in.
4 pujas cover almost every booking for this occasion. Which ones you keep depends on your family's custom.
- Griha Pravesh गृह प्रवेश — the house-warming ceremony performed before moving into a new home
- Vastu Shanti वास्तु शांति — the rite kept for a newly built house before Griha Pravesh
- Satyanarayan Katha सत्यनारायण कथा — the katha of Bhagwan Satyanarayan, traditionally read to give thanks
- Havan हवन — the fire offering, kept on its own or as part of a larger vidhi