One-on-One Puja by Video Call, Performed Live for Your Family

01What a one-on-one video puja is

In a traditional home puja, the pandit sits with the family, recites the mantras and tells each person when to offer water, flowers, rice or the lamp. A one-on-one video puja keeps that shape. The only difference is distance: the pandit is on a video call instead of in the room, and the family's own hands do every offering at the family's own altar.

It is made for families who cannot easily bring a pandit home: families living abroad, families in towns without a pandit who knows their tradition, and families who simply want a particular puja done properly on a particular day. Because the call is private, the puja is about your family only: your names in the sankalp, your gotra, your occasion and your questions.

Most pujas that a pandit leads in a home can be done this way, from a Satyanarayan Katha or a Ganesh puja to a Griha Pravesh in a new home or a naming ceremony for a newborn. A few rites are traditionally tied to a particular tirtha (holy place) or need several priests in person; for those we tell you honestly on WhatsApp what can and cannot be done by video.

02How it works, step by step

1. Book on WhatsApp: Message us on WhatsApp with the puja you want, your city and country, and your time zone. The button on this page fills in the puja and your time zone for you; you add your city.
2. Choose the date and muhurat: We suggest dates and times in your own local time. Where the puja calls for a muhurat (an auspicious window), it is worked out from the panchang for the city you are in, not for India.
3. Samagri arranged for you: The pandit arranges all the samagri for the puja, at no extra charge; you only need a clean, quiet place at home to sit for the call.
4. Join the video call: At the agreed time you join a one-on-one video call with the pandit from your home altar, on WhatsApp video or Google Meet, whichever your family prefers. It is your family's call alone.
5. Sankalp with your names and gotra: The pandit begins with the sankalp: the formal statement of the place, the date, the names of the family members, your gotra and the intention of the puja.
6. The puja: The pandit recites the mantras and guides each offering step by step, so that the hands placing the flowers, the water and the lamp are your own.
7. Aarti: The puja closes with aarti: you wave the lamp at your altar while the pandit sings, and the whole family can join in.
8. Prasad guidance: The pandit tells you how to offer and share the prasad, and what to do afterwards with the flowers, the kalash water and the other offerings.

03What you need at home

You need a clean, quiet corner to sit (the pandit arranges all the samagri, at no extra charge), and a phone, tablet or laptop with a camera and a steady internet connection. A few practical points help the puja go smoothly:

• Place the device on a stand or a pile of books at eye level, a little to one side of the altar, so the pandit can see the altar and you can see the pandit.
• Keep the device plugged in, and switch notifications off for the duration of the call.
• Use a speaker or keep the volume high so everyone present can hear the mantras; elders often like to sit closest.
• Lay out the samagri in small bowls before the call starts, in the order on the list, so nothing has to be searched for in the middle of the puja.
• Keep a jug of water, a cloth, matches and spare cotton wicks within reach.
• If a havan is part of the puja, check the room's smoke alarm and ventilation first; the pandit can suggest a smaller, smokeless form where a full fire is not possible.

04How it differs from watching a group stream

Many temples and websites stream a puja to hundreds of viewers at once, or read out a long list of names during a group sankalp. Those can be lovely ways to join a festival from afar, but they are a different thing:

A one-on-one puja is closer to inviting the pandit home. It suits family occasions and personal sankalps, where the point is that this puja is yours.

05Time zones for families abroad

We schedule every puja in your local time and arrange the pandit's side in India. When a puja needs a muhurat, it is worked out for the city you live in, because sunrise, the tithi (lunar day) and the nakshatra at your home are what the muhurat rests on. A tithi that begins on a Tuesday evening in India may already be Tuesday morning in New York, so the right day abroad is not always the date printed in an Indian calendar.

Our country guides explain this for the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, the UAE and Singapore, each with a live example from our engine. You can also look up dates yourself in the Muhurta Finder.

06Pujas you can book by video call

• Satyanarayan Puja
• Griha Pravesh Puja
• Ganesh Puja
• Lakshmi Puja
• Rudrabhishek
• Maha Mrityunjaya Jaap
• Navagraha Shanti Puja
• Kaal Sarp Dosh Puja
• Mangal Dosh Puja
• Pitru Dosh Puja and Shraddh
• Sundarkand Path
• Durga Saptashati Path
• Ayushya Homa (Birthday Puja)
• Naamkaran Ceremony
• Surya Graha Jaap
• Chandra Graha Jaap
• Mangal Graha Jaap
• Budha Graha Jaap
• Guru Graha Jaap
• Shukra Graha Jaap
• Shani Graha Jaap
• Rahu Graha Jaap
• Ketu Graha Jaap
• Lakshmi Kubera Havan
• Rudra Havan
• Mrityunjaya Havan
• Navgraha Havan
• Gayatri Havan
• Vrat Udyapan
• Engagement and Roka Puja
• Garud Puran Path
• Diwali Lakshmi Puja
• Navratri Durga Puja
• Dussehra Puja
• Holika Puja
• Hartalika Teej Puja
• Govardhan Puja
• Ganesh Chaturthi Puja
• Janmashtami Puja
• Kubera Puja
• Vyapar Vriddhi Puja
• Mahalakshmi Vrat Puja
• Dhanvantari Puja
• Ayush Homam
• Sudarshan Homam
• Sanjeevani Puja
• Swayamvar Parvati Puja
• Santana Gopala Puja
• Dampati Puja
• Griha Shanti Puja
• Saraswati Puja
• Hayagriva Puja
• Baglamukhi Puja
• Vishwakarma Puja
• Guru Puja
• Shani Shanti Puja
• Rahu Ketu Shanti Puja
• Annaprashan Sanskar
• Hanuman Puja
• Nav Chandi Yagna
• Maha Shivaratri Puja
• Ram Navami Puja
• Office or Shop Opening Puja
• Vishnu Sahasranama Path
• Vastu Shanti Puja
• Chandi Homam
• Navaratna Puja

07Guides for families abroad

• Families in the USA
• Families in the UK
• Families in Canada
• Families in Australia
• Families in the UAE
• Families in Singapore

08Booking, payment and rescheduling

All bookings are made on WhatsApp. 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).

The call is on WhatsApp video or Google Meet, whichever your family prefers. The pandit performs the puja in Sanskrit and speaks Hindi; a team member who speaks English joins the live call to help families who prefer English.

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. The price, the date, the time and how long the puja takes are confirmed with you on WhatsApp when you book.