Durga pooja
Durga pooja at the house is worship of Durga, with a recitation from the Durga Saptashati when the family asks for a path in the same visit. A hundred recitations, nine recitations, or Rudra with Chandi are separate pages.
Durga pooja
दुर्गा पूजा
The rite
Durga pooja is year-round Devi worship but peaks during Navratri when families install kalash, read stuti, and keep evening lamp. Pandit Mrityunjay Sharma can open your nine-day schedule in Bengaluru or perform a single-evening Durga puja when you cannot fast all nine days.
Time at the house: Single evening about 2 hours; nine-day guidance on WhatsApp
Pandit Mrityunjay Sharma performs this as a home visit in Bengaluru. Share your area and preferred slot on WhatsApp; the samagri list is sent before the day. This page does not list fees or promise worldly results.
Why families book it
Bengaluru migrants want Bengali-style pushpanjali translated into Hindi steps their in-laws follow.
Busy couples book one consolidated evening rather than missing daily aarti while commuting on ORR.
When families ask
- First day ghatasthapana if not booked separately
- Any evening of Shardiya Navratri
- Before starting a new job as Devi remembrance
- When recovering from illness as family thanksgiving without cure claims
- Vijaya Dashami day for Devi visarjan at home
- Chaitra Navratri spring nine days if your vow is then
Before the day
Set Devi image on red cloth with uninterrupted lamp if multi-day. Keep fasting rules written on fridge. For visarjan, arrange flower immersion tub on terrace.
Short vidhi
- Sankalp naming vow length
- Ghatasthapana or renewal of existing kalash
- Devi avahan with mantra
- Shodasha upachara simplified for home
- Durga stuti or argala stotra
- Pushpanjali with bel leaves if available
- Aarti with drum or bell optional
- Havan on Ashtami if combined booking
- Visarjan with kalash water on last day if nine-day
- Prasad of sabudana or fruit for fasters
The pandit confirms the order on WhatsApp before the visit.
Samagri
- Devi murti or photo
- Kalash, coconut, mango leaves
- Red flowers and hibiscus if found
- Roli, haldi, rice
- Incense, lamp, ghee
- Fruits and coconut
- Bel patra optional
- Havan samagri for combined day
- Camphor
- Navratri fasting flour and sabudana
- New chunri for Devi
- Immersion tub or bucket
The exact list for your day is sent on WhatsApp. This page does not sell a kit, and it does not say the materials are included in a fee.
Questions
Different from Durga Ashtami page?
Ashtami is one day; this covers general Devi puja or full Navratri.
Garba same night?
Puja first; dance after arati if you wish.
Meat in fridge during fast?
Household choice; separate vessels help.
Office Navratri leave?
Book evening slots after work.
Idol visarjan in lake?
Home visarjan in tub is common in apartments.
Chaitra versus Ashwin?
Tell pandit which Navratri you keep.