Online Griha Pravesh Puja for NRI Families: Your Housewarming by Video Call

How a pandit guides Griha Pravesh by video

Griha Pravesh needs the family in the house, not the pandit. The entry, the kalash, the lamp and the milk on the stove are all done by you; the pandit recites the mantras, tells you what to do next and watches that each step is done in order. A one-on-one call means the pandit speaks to your family alone, uses your names and gotra in the sankalp, and waits for you at each step.

1. Message us on WhatsApp with the city of the new home and the dates you are considering.
2. We work out the muhurat for that city and send you the window in your local time, with the date in India alongside so relatives can join.
3. We send a samagri list adapted to what you can buy locally, and agree the price, the date and the length of the puja with you.
4. On the day, you join the call from the doorway of the new home. The pandit guides the entry, the Ganesh and kalash puja, the Vastu puja, a small havan where your home allows it, and the milk boiling, and closes with aarti.

The full description of the online puja, including the rites on the call, is on our Griha Pravesh puja by video call page.

Muhurat and time zones

A muhurat belongs to the place where the house stands. Sunrise, the tithi's start and end in local terms, and the days around a planet's setting all change with latitude and longitude, so a window computed for Delhi cannot be moved to Toronto by adding the time difference. We compute it for your new home's city.

That sometimes means an early-morning or late-evening start in your time zone, which is often easier for relatives in India to join live. For families in North America, a morning window at home falls in the evening or night in India, which relatives there can often join; for the Gulf and Europe, the two clocks are close enough that most windows suit both. If the only good window is at an awkward hour, the pandit may suggest a nearby date instead.

The dates on our Griha Pravesh muhurat page are computed for cities in India; they show which months are open, but ask us for the window in your own city before you plan.

What to prepare at home

• The device: a phone or tablet on a stand, charged, with a second phone ready; test the Wi-Fi at the main door and in the kitchen, the two places the call moves to.
• The samagri: kalash, mango leaves (or any clean green leaves where mango is not sold), a coconut, a Ganesh picture, flowers, akshat, haldi and kumkum, a ghee lamp, incense, fruit, sweets, milk and a pot. Indian grocery stores abroad stock most of it. Our full samagri list is printable.
• The havan: only if it is safe. Many apartments abroad have sensitive smoke alarms and strict rules; the pandit can perform this part with a lamp and mantras instead.
• The family: decide who carries the kalash, who lights the lamp and who boils the milk, and keep the householder's names and gotra ready for the sankalp.
• The house: clean it, put up the toran, and keep the kitchen stove free for the milk.

A live call, or a video of the puja

Most families take the live call. If your family cannot attend live, the pandit performs the puja for you and we send you a video of it instead. It is either a live call or a video recording, never both: a live call is not recorded. For Griha Pravesh the live call is usually the better choice, because the entry and the milk boiling are meant to be done by the family in the house itself.

The price, the date, the time and how long the puja takes are confirmed with you on WhatsApp when you book. You pay on WhatsApp by UPI (in India), PayPal, USDT or card-to-USDT; nothing is paid on this website. Payments are not refundable, but you can reschedule up to two times if you tell us at least 48 hours before the puja (see our refund policy).

Keeping the rites far from home

Families abroad often worry that something will be missing. Traditionally what matters most is the intention stated in the sankalp, an auspicious time, Ganesh worshipped first, the kalash brought in with the family, and the hearth lit with milk. All of that can be done anywhere. If a cow or a particular leaf is not available, the pandit names the usual substitute rather than leaving the step out.

If you are in India at the time, a pandit can also come to the home in person; see the Griha Pravesh vidhi for the full order of the day and our Griha Pravesh guide for its meaning and types.