Vahana Puja English

Vahana Puja Vidhaanam ||Shree Krishnaaji || (Learn the Mantra recitation with the help of video in youtube Medhayoga)

When can we do the Vahana Puja ? On the Ayutha Puja day, while purchasing New vehicle , When you observe any negative symptoms, On each Friday, When we plan a long trip we can perform this Vahana Puja. While selecting days for the vahana puja we have to avoid the following : Rahu kala, EmaghaNta timings on the day, Saturday and Tuesday, Astami and Navami Titis.

What are the benefits of doing Vahana Puja ? It removes : 1 The negative effects caused due to Eyes Drishti (gaze) by the other people. 2 Negativity attached with the places (sthala doshas) 3 Negative illusionary thoughts or dreams occurring to the driver 4 Evil forces – Dead perons souls attack (Bhuta , Preda , Pisaca doshas) The Vahana puja by removing all the above issues ensures a protecting shield to the driver and the passengers. The mantras referred in this puja vidhanam are very powerful. These mantras can be recited daily before starting the vehicle. This will be a protecting power to the driver.

Is there any need to go to temples and do these type of Vahana Puja ? Definitely NOT. Vahana puja is to be performed by the owner himself. How much we love our vehicle that much it is important to do this puja on our own. When you perform this puja with the help of other temple priest we have to understand that they are doing puja only to earn money. They are not a pure souls. Their whims

and fancies will affect your vehicles too. So it is always better to perform this vahana puja on your own. We have given this puja in a simplified way. You can complete it in less than 20 minutes time. Puja means connecting the supreme soul with our soul. It is not done by others on behalf of us. Remember these words.

How to perform the Vahana Puja ? – preparations. If there is a need to send the vehicle to service station complete it before the puja. Clean your vehicle inside and outside with water. Apply Sandal paste and kumkum on the Eight sides of the Car, On the place of Engine (Bonnet) , Vehicle’s Key, On the Wheels , Steering wheel etc., Decorate the vehicle with garlands and flowers as per your ability. Keep the vehicle key on the Bonnet / on the seat with flowers. Before doing puja we have to take a clean bath, wear a traditional or neat dress, adhere the religious symbols on the forehead and other parts of our body.

Things needed for Vahana Puja. Turmeric powder to prepare Cone shaped Vinayakar, Sandal paste, Kumkum, Akshata ( Mixture of rice + turmeric + few drops of ghee) , Tulsi leaves (should not be used for Ganapati – can be used on vinayakar caturti) , Loose flowers for arcana, incense sticks, cotton wicks, ghee / oil for deepa, Camphor , Camphor Arati plate, Deepa Arati plate, Panca patra (copper glass) uddharini (copper spoon) , Five Bananas, Beetel leaves and nuts, Sweets (for new vehicles-optional) , lemons -Four wheeler two – Two wheeler – two, one White pumpkin(Optional), Match Box, a Small cup to pour arghyam water, Naivedya plate, A Coconut for Drishti removal. While breaking the coconut do it in a safe distance from the vehicle. There are chances that the broken pieces of coconut may hit the vehicle and cause some scratches.

In Which direction Vahana Puja to be performed? Place your vehicle facing East or North. You have to stand facing west or North.

Can this Vahana Puja be performed as a profession? Yes you can very well do. Irrespective of your caste and creed you can do this vahana puja for yourself or on behalf of others. You can accept a nominal fee (dakshina) for this puja. This will be a part time employment for the youngsters, students and elderly people. You may please train the elderly people at your home to learn this vahana puja method and provide them an importance. Again we are proclaiming “ Irrespective of your caste and creed you can learn and do this puja on behalf of others.” During the Ayutha puja season this will be a divine service to the people. Along with your friends and relatives you can plan this service. But try to keep the service Fee (dakshina) to a minimum level. You can write your doubts and comments on the comments section of the youtube video. Please do not write a separate mail to us. Request you to co-operate on this.

Video links for Vahana puja :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYirdxXmon0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=476COzOlCQo

Sarvejanas sukino bhavantu |

pūjā paddhati || shree krishnaji || (Learn the Mantras reciting through Youtube audio) ācamanaṁ (for inner purification. Intake an uddharini of water for each of the below 3 mantras) ōm̐ acyutāya nama: | ōm̐ anantāya nama: | ōm̐ govindāya nama: || guru vandanaṁ || ( with Namaskara Mudra) gurur brahmā gururviṣṇu: gururdevo maheśvara: | guru: śākṣāt paraṁbrahma tasmai śrī gurave nama : || śrī kr̥ṣṇānandanātha śrīguru pādukābhyāṁ nama: || gaṇapati pūjā | (Tap 5 times lightly on the temple of your forehead) śuklāṁ baradharaṁ viṣṇuṁ śaśivarṇaṁ caturbhujaṁ | prasannavadanaṁ dhyāyet sarvavighnopaśāntaye || Make a cone shaped turmeric Vinayakar and do worship. saṅkalpaṁ | Keep some flowers and akshata in your right palm cover it with left palm recite the below sankalpam mantras and place the akshata and flower on the North side of the Turmeric Vinayakar. (If the puja done for others tell their name for example - kiruṣṇā nāmadheyasya / nāmnāyā: (for female suffix with “nāmnāyā:” )) mamopātta

samasta duritakṣayadvārā, śrī paramesvara prītyartham śrī man nārāyaṇaprītyarthaṁ kariṣyamāṇasya karmaṇa: nirvighnena parisamāptyartthaṁ ādau vighneśvara pūjāṁ kariśye || gaṇapati āvāhanaṁ | (Take few flowers and akshata. Recite the below ganapathi avahana mantra and place the f & a on the Turmeric Vinayakar ) gaṇānāṁ tvā gaṇapatiguṁ havāmahe kavim kavīnāṁ upamaśravastamaṁ | jyeṣṭha rājaṁ brahmaṇāṁ brahmaṇaspata āna: śruṇvannūtibhissīda sādanaṁ || ekadantāya vidmahe vakratuṇḍāya dhīmahī | tanno danti pracodayāt || asmin haridrābimbe sumukhaṁ śrī mahā gaṇapatiṁ dhyāyāmi, āvāhayāmi | āsanaṁ ( Providing Seat to Ganapathi) śrī mahā gaṇapataye nama: āsanaṁ samarpayāmi | ( Place akshata on T.V) arghyaṁ ( Offering water to wash hands) śrī mahā gaṇapataye nama: hastayo: arghyaṁ samarpayāmi | (Pour an Uddharini water on the arghyam cup placed before the ganapati)

pādyaṁ (Offering water to wash Legs) śrī mahā gaṇapataye nama: pādayo: pādyaṁ samarpayāmi | (Pour an Uddharini water on the arghyam cup placed before the ganapati) ācamanīyaṁ ( Offering water to wash Mouth) śrī mahā gaṇapataye nama: ācamanīyaṁ samarpayāmi | (Pour an Uddharini water on the arghyam cup placed before the ganapati) snānaṁ ( Taking bath) śrī mahā gaṇapataye nama: snānaṁ samarpayāmi | ( Take an uddharini water and touch it with a flower and sprinkle on the T.V.) vastraṁ | (Offering Clothe – if not offer akshata) śrī mahā gaṇapataye nama: vastrārthaṁ akṣatān samarpayāmi | gandhaṁ | ( Apply Sandal paste on T.V.) śrī mahā gaṇapataye nama: gandhān dhārayāmi | kuṁkumaṁ |(Apply kumkum on the Sandal paste) śrī mahā gaṇapataye nama: gandhasyopari haridrākuṁkumam samarpayāmi| puṣpam | (Do archana on TV with flowers – Donot use tulsi for Vinayakar except on Vinayakar caturti) śrī mahā gaṇapataye nama: puṣpai: pūjayāmi samarpayāmi| dhūpaṁ |( Show incense smoke to TV) śrī mahā gaṇapataye nama: dhūpamāghrāpayāmi| dīpaṁ ( Doing Ghee or Oil deepa Arati to TV) śrī mahā gaṇapataye nama: dīpaṁ darśayāmi | naivedyaṁ ( Offer Two Bananas for prasad in a plate. Pour an Uddharini water on the naivedya prasad and recite mantra)

śrī mahā gaṇapataye nama: naivedyam nivedayāmi | tāmbūlaṁ | (Beetel leaves and nuts- pour an uddharini water on it) śrī mahā gaṇapataye nama: tāmbūlaṁ samarpayāmi | karpūra āratti | ( Showing karpura Arati to TV) śrī mahā gaṇapataye nama: karpūra nīrājanaṁ sandarśayāmi | ( Show the arati to others to take raksha) prārthanā | ( with namaskara mudra) vakratuṇḍa mahākāya sūryakoṭi samaprabha | nirvighnaṁ kuru me deva sarva kāryeṣu sarvadā ||

vāhana pūjā ārambhaṁ | gaṇapati namaskāraṁ | (Tap on the temple) śuklāṁ baradharaṁ viṣṇuṁ śaśivarṇaṁ caturbhujaṁ | prasannavadanaṁ dhyāyet sarvavighnopaśāntaye || vāhana pūjā saṅkalpaṁ | (Take few akshata in the right palm and cover it with left palm. Recite the below mantra and place the a & f on the North side of the vehicle) mamopātta samasta duritakṣayadvārā śrī parameśvaraprītyarthaṁ śrīman nārāyaṇaprītyarthaṁ asyām śubhatithau asyāṁ śubha nakṣatre śubhe śobhane muhūrtthe (If the puja done for others tell their name for example kiruṣṇā nāmadheyasya (for female suffix with “nāmnāyā:”)) mama sahakuṭumbasya kṣemasthairya dhairya vīrya vijaya āyur ārogya abhiviruddhyarthaṁ, ādityādi nava graha pīḍā śāṁtiyartham, sarva ariṣṭa doṣa bhaya nivāraṇārthaṁ, samasta duritopaśāṁtyarthaṁ vāhana pūjāṁ kariṣye ||

vighneśvara yathāsthānaṁ | After reciting the below mantras place akshatas on TV and move Vinayakar lightly towards North) agajānana padmārkaṁ gajānanaṁ aharniśaṁ | anekadantaṁ bhaktānāṁ ekadantaṁ upāsmahe || asmāt haridrābimbāt sumukhaṁ vighneśvaraṁ yathāsthānaṁ pratiṣṭhāpayāmi || (Reciting the below mantra take few akshatas from the feet of TV and place it on your head) vighneśvara prasādaṁ śirasā gr̥hṇāmi || Worshipping on the Vehicle kalaśa pūjā | Cover the water filled Panca patra (uddharini placed inside) with right palm and recite the below mantra to invoke auspicious rivers gaṅge ca yamune caiva godāvari sarasvati | narmade sindhu kāveri jalesmin sannidhiṁ kuru || ( Do sprinkle (prokshana) the water with uddharin on yourself, puja things, vehicle, Key, persons assembled) ōm̐ vināyakāya nama: | (akshata on the vehicle ) ādityādi navagraha devatābhyo nama: | ( a & f on vehicle) grāma devatābhyo nama: | (a & f on vehicle) nagara devatābhyo nama: |(a & f on vehicle)

Do Ashta dig Bhairava puja on the eight sides of the vehicle placing a & f) ōm̐ asitāṅga bhairavāya śrī pādukāṁ pūjayāmi nama: | East ōm̐ ruru bhairavāya śrī pādukāṁ pūjayāmi nama: | South East ōm̐ caṇḍa bhairavāya śrī pādukāṁ pūjayāmi nama: | South ōm̐ krodha bhairavāya śrī pādukāṁ pūjayāmi nama: | South West ōm̐ unmatta bhairavāya śrī pādukāṁ pūjayāmi nama: | West ōm̐ kapāla bhairavāya śrī pādukāṁ pūjayāmi nama: | North West ōm̐ bhīṣaṇa bhairavāya śrī pādukāṁ pūjayāmi nama: | North ōm̐ samhāra bhairavāya śrī pādukāṁ pūjayāmi nama: | North East sudarśana pūjā | ( Do sudarsana puja on the four wheels of the vehicle placing a & f ) ōm̐ nārāyaṇāya vidmahe vāsudevāya dhīmahi | tanno viṣṇu: pracodayāt || ōm̐ sudarśanāya vidmahe mahā jvālāya dhīmahi | tannaś cakra: pracodayāt || ōm̐ sudarśanāya nama: | ōm̐ sahasrāra huṁ phaṭ || (Do durga puja on the place where engine is found with a & f ) Durga puja ōm̐ aiṁ hrīṁ klīṁ cāmuṇḍāyai vicce || ( 3 times) ōm̐ kātyāyanāya vidmahe kanyakumāri dhīmahī |

tanno durgi: pracodayāt || ( Once / Thrice) ōm̐ jvalajvalaśūlini duṣṭagrahān huṁ phaṭ svāhā | ( Once / Thrice) sarva maṅgala māṅgalye śive sarvārttha sādhike | śaraṇye trayaṁbake devi nārāyaṇi namostute || (Once / Thrice) mr̥tyuñjaya mantra pūjā | (on the engine place) ōm̐ trayambakaṁ yajāmahe sugandhiṁ puṣṭivardhanaṁ | urvārukamiva ba~ndhanān mr̥tyormukṣīya māmr̥tāt || (do archana Once) ōm̐ mr̥tyuñjayāya nama: (do archana Once)

upacāra pūjā āvāhitābhya: devatābhyo nama: dhyāyāmi āvāhayāmi |( a & f) āsanaṁ samarpayāmi | (a & f) arghyaṁ samarpayāmi | (water in arghyam cup) pādyaṁ samarpayāmi | (water in arghyam cup) ācamanīyam samarpayāmi | (water in arghyam cup) snānaṁ samarpayāmi | (Sprinkle water with flower on the car) snānānantaraṁ ācamanīyam samarpayāmi |(water in arghyam cup) gandam dārayāmi | - (apply sandal paste) haridrā kuṁkumam samarpayāmi | ( apply kumkum on sandal paste) dhūpamāghrāpayāmi | (Show incense smoke on all directions of the vehicle)

dīpaṁ darśayāmi | ( standing before the vehilce take ghee deepa arati three times – in clockwise direction) naivedyam nivedayāmi | (Offer prasad to devata invoked in the vehicle. pour an uddharini water on the prasad) karpūra tāmbūlam samarpayāmi | (Offer beetel leaves and nuts) karpūra nīrājanaṁ darśayāmi | (standing before the vehilce take ghee deepa arati three times – in clockwise direction) pradakṣiṇa namaskārān samarpayāmi | ( Come around the vehicle in clock wise direcion and do namaskar ) Take few akshatas and flowers do yathastanam of the devatas invoked in the vehicle.

āvāhitābhya: devatābhyo nama: yathāsthānam pratiṣṭhāpayāmi || - Place a & f on the vehicle Light camphore on a coconut and touch the eight sides and centre engine side with the coconut. Standing before the vehicle rotate the coconut with camphore 3 times clockwise and 3 times anti clockwise and break the coconut forcefully before the vehicle reciting “huṁ phaṭ” If you are breaking pumpkin to remove the drishti dosa – make a square side cut in the pumpkin and place some kumkum inside and lock the opening with cut piece. Standing before the vehicle light a camphore on the pumpkin rotate the pumpkin with camphore 3 times clockwise and 3 times anti clockwise and break the pumpkin forcefully before the vehicle reciting “huṁ phaṭ” To remove the drishti dosa - Take four or two lemons. Stand before the vehicle and rotate your hand with lemons 3 times clockwise and 3 times anti clockwise directions and place one lemon under each wheel. Start and move the vehicle slightly to crush the lemons.

Take few akshatas and flowers with an uddharini water pour it on the land reciting kr̥ṣṇa kr̥ṣṇa kr̥ṣṇa vāhana pūjā samāptam

Ashta dig bhairava puja

Placing the lemons under the wheels

Coconut Drishti Removal

Vahana Decoration

Pumpkin Drishti Removal

Annexure :

Gayatri Mantra Japa Atharva Veda : Gayatri, the Mother of Vedas, is the bestower of boons. She protects her devotee from the wrong path and leads him on to the right path. She bestows longevity, health, progeny, cattle-wealth, name and fame and leads on to selfrealization and final union with supreme head. Gayatri is praised as the donor of longevity, life, force, power, fame, wealth and divine light. Vishwamitra : “ There is no Mantra in all the four vedas which can be compared with Gayatri.” Gaayantam ThrayatE Ithi Gayatri : That Mantra which protects him who chants it. Sage Atri : Gayatri is a highly purifying Mantra and is potent enough to remove all vices and frailties. One who understands the essence of Gayatri Mantra in a proper way, enjoys full happiness of this world. Mahatma Gandhi : Constant chanting of Gayatri Mantra is very useful in the healing of the diseased and in elevating the soul. Gayatri Japa if practised with steady mind and pure heart is capable of removing obstacles and calamities during bad times.

Recite the Gayatri mantra as your First prayer Mantra in the Morning to a minimum of 108 Times

Gayatri Mantra

Meaning of Gayatri Mantra : Let us meditate on the on the Supreme spirit (radiant Sun) who directs and inspires our intelligence and understanding.

Video links on Gayatri Mantra : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ts32JdLCEA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80yyzC-P8s8

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