Vrat Udyapan by Video Call

01What the Vrat Udyapan is, and when families hold it

Udyapan is the formal close of a vrat kept over many weeks: sixteen Mondays (Solah Somvar), Thursdays for Brihaspati, or a year of Ekadashis. The vrat's deity is worshipped, its katha is read, and the vow is completed with an offering and daan.

Each vrat has its own deity and katha: Shiva and Parvati for Solah Somvar, Brihaspati (Vishnu) for Thursdays, and Vishnu for Ekadashi. Tell us which vrat you kept when you book.

02What the Vrat Udyapan is traditionally done for

• Traditionally done to complete a vow kept over many weeks.
• Traditionally done to give thanks to the vrat's deity.
• Traditionally done so the vrat is closed with its katha and daan, as tradition asks.

When: on the vrat's weekday or Ekadashi after the last fast.

03Count, duration, and what is included

The vrat's katha in every package, a havan of 108 ahutis in Advance, and abhishek or archana in Premium. 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 Vrat Udyapan works by video call

The Vrat Udyapan 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 performs the Ganesh puja and the puja of your vrat's deity, reads its katha, and, in the upper packages, offers a havan at his end. Your family completes the udyapan with the daan the pandit describes.

05Who it suits

Anyone who has kept a vrat for a set number of weeks and wishes to close it properly, including families abroad without a local pandit.

06Timing and muhurat

On the vrat's own weekday or Ekadashi after the last fast. The date is worked out for your city; see 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.