Home & PropertyPerformed by: 1 PanditDuration: 2–3 hours
Griha Pravesh Puja
Enter your new home the way the parampara prescribes - Vastu Devta seated, the first lamp lit at the threshold, and the family deity formally established.
Overview
What Is This Puja?
Griha Pravesh Puja is the traditional Vedic procedure by which a house becomes a home. Drawn from the Paraskara Grihyasutra and conducted across centuries in the North Indian Brahmin parampara, it is one of the sixteen Sanskaras of household life. The ritual moves through purification, sankalp, invocation of Ganesh ji and Varun Dev, propitiation of the Navagraha, the central seating of Vastu Devta and Panch Shilayen, the formal threshold crossing led by the housewife with a lit lamp, and the establishment of the Kul Devata and Lakshmi ji in the new home.
Your gotra and Kul Devata are recorded at booking, so the correct invocation is performed. The puja is conducted at your home as Ghar Par Puja. The base puja takes approximately two hours, with Hawan offered as an optional 30-minute add-on at the time of booking. All SiddhiStar pandits are lineage-trained in the Narwar Dham parampara, and the full vidhi-vidhan - including Panch Shilayen placement and Vastu Devta sthapana - is conducted in one trained lineage tradition.
SiddhiStar Note
“As per shastrik parampara, the distinction between a house and a home is not emotional. It is ritual. A house becomes a home the moment the sacred lamp enters its threshold for the first time, Vastu Devta is formally seated through full vidhi-vidhan, and the family deity takes residence. Griha Pravesh is that moment of transition. The ritual is anchored in the Grihyasutras of the Shukla Yajurveda.”
Primary Deities
Ganesha • Gauri • Varun Dev • Navagraha • Vastu Devta • Panch Shilayen • Kul Devata • Lakshmi
Commonly requested for
●Moving into a newly purchased apartment or home for the first time
●Re-entry after major renovation or structural changes
●NRI families entering the home before handover to caretakers
●Families who moved in without puja and wish to perform it within the first year
●Inherited or purchased property with prior occupants
●Re-establishing a home after long absence of six months or more
Ritual Flow
Understanding the sequence helps you participate meaningfully rather than merely observe.
Opening sequence
1
Pavitrikaran & Achaman
The family's primary member is purified with sacred water and three sips of achaman, preparing the body and mind for the ritual.
2
Tilak & Rakshabandhan
Tilak is applied to the forehead and the protective mauli tied on the right wrist of the yajman. The mauli is the visible mark that the yajman is under the protection of the rite for its duration.
3
Dik Rakshan
Yellow mustard is offered to the four directions to secure the puja space from obstacles. The four directions are bound so that no negative force enters the consecrated mandala.
Understanding the sequence helps you participate meaningfully rather than merely observe. The exact order may vary based on the pandit's reading of family gotra and circumstance.
Samagri Required
Every item has a function - this is a functional manifest, not a shopping list.
Roli (100 gm)
Tilak, sankalp, archan
Moli / Kalawa (2 bundles (gulli))
Wrist, kalash, idol tying
Sindoor (50 gm)
Devi puja, suhag, tilak
Abeer (20 gm)
Archan
Gulal - Lal (20 gm)
Archan
Gulal - Peela (20 gm)
Archan
Abhrak (mica) (20 gm)
Kalash, tantra-pratik
Haldi (powder) (50 gm)
Archan, kalash
Kapur (camphor) (20 gm)
Aarti
Dhoop batti (1 packet)
Dhoop deep
Ruii (cotton) (10 gm)
Wick-making
Itra (5 ml (1 shishi))
Deity offering
Peeli sarso (20 gm)
Puja, kalash
Laung (5 gm)
Naivedya, hawan
Elaichi (chhoti) (5 gm)
Naivedya, hawan
Supari (7 pcs)
Sankalp, kalash
Nariyal (whole) (1 pc)
Kalash sthapana
Panchmewa (50 gm)
Naivedya
Shahad (50 gm shishi)
Panchamrit, naivedya
Sarvaushadhi (10 gm)
Kalash
Janeu / Yajnopavita (5 pcs)
Deity, yajman, sankalp
SiddhiStar Samagri Policy
The SiddhiStar Anushthan Samagri required for the puja is included in the puja price. The family may choose to receive the samagri at home before the puja date, or arrange the required items themselves from a local kirana store or home delivery app. Either option is honoured equally. The Anushthan Samagri is provided for convenience and standardisation, and is not a separate charge or a ritual necessity.
Hawan Samagri is separate from the Anushthan Samagri and is available as an optional add-on at an additional charge. If the family opts for a Hawan as part of the puja, the applicable Hawan Samagri will be included and charged separately.
