Ganesh Puja by Video Call, Performed Live for Your Family

01What the Ganesh Puja is, and when families hold it

Ganesha is worshipped first in almost every Hindu rite, as Vighnaharta, the remover of obstacles, and as the lord of beginnings. A Ganesh puja on its own is held for new beginnings: a new home, a new business, a new vehicle, the first day of school, or before a journey or an exam.

The great festival is Ganesh Chaturthi, on the fourth lunar day of the bright half of Bhadrapada, usually in August or September, when many families install an idol at home for one and a half, three, five, seven or ten days. Each month, many devotees also keep Sankashti Chaturthi, the fourth day of the waning moon, fasting until moonrise.

02What the Ganesh Puja is traditionally done for

• Traditionally done to remove obstacles before a new venture.
• Traditionally done for wisdom and a good start to studies.
• Traditionally done as the first worship before any other rite.

When: before any new beginning, on Chaturthi tithis, on Wednesdays, or on Ganesh Chaturthi.

03Count, duration, and what is included

Ganesh's 108 names in every package; the Atharvashirsha 21 or 108 times and a Ganapati havan in the upper packages. Typical durations are listed in each package below; the price, the date, the time and how long the puja takes are confirmed with you on WhatsApp when you book.

Included in every package:

• Either a live call or a video recording of the puja if you cannot attend, never both
• All samagri, arranged by the pandit at no extra charge
• Sankalp in your family's names and gotra
• Date and muhurat worked out for your city
• Keepsake certificate after the puja (Certificate included)

Not included:

• Shipping of prasad
• Any in-person visit by a pandit

04How the Ganesh Puja works by video call

The Ganesh Puja is performed live by an experienced pandit we work with, on a one-on-one video call with your family. You stay at home, anywhere in the world, and do the offerings with your own hands while the pandit leads. The steps:

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.

On the call the pandit leads the avahana (inviting Ganesha), the offerings of durva grass, red flowers, modak or laddoos, and the recitation of Ganesha's names; families who wish can include the Ganapati Atharvashirsha. For Ganesh Chaturthi the pandit can also guide the pran pratishtha of your idol on the first day and the visarjan (farewell) at the end.

05Who it suits

It suits any family starting something new, families keeping Ganesh Chaturthi at home far from a pandal, and devotees who keep Sankashti each month and want the puja led properly. It is also a good first video puja for a family trying the format, because it is short in its simplest form and needs no fire.

06Timing and muhurat

For Ganesh Chaturthi, many panchangs prefer the madhyahna (midday) period of the Chaturthi tithi for the main puja, and the tithi's timing differs by city. Sankashti is completed after moonrise, which also depends on where you live. We compute both for your city. For a new beginning on any other day, a muhurat can be chosen from the Muhurta Finder.

07Booking, 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.