Home Entrance Puja

Auspicious First Entry to your House

Home Entrance Puja

Introduction to Home Entrance Puja

Griha Praves Puja is a Hindu ritual performed when entering a newly built, purchased, or renovated home for the first time. The puja involves worshipping deities, performing Havan, and offering prayers to purify the house and seek blessings for peace, prosperity, and happiness for the residents.

Importance and Significance of Home Entrance Puja

  • To purify the new home – Removes negative energies and creates a positive, sacred environment.


  • To seek blessings for peace and prosperity – Invokes divine grace for happiness, wealth, and well-being of the family.


  • To ensure protection of the household – Prayers are offered for safety from misfortunes and obstacles.


  • To harmonise the energies of the house – Aligns the home with positive spiritual and natural energies.


  • To mark an auspicious beginning – Establishes a spiritually positive start to life in the new home.


  • To invite divine presence into the house – Welcomes deities to reside and protect the household.


  • To strengthen family unity and happiness – Brings family members together with shared prayers and blessings.

    • List of Puja Materials

    Below is a comprehensive list of commonly used materials for Home Entrance Puja. Items may vary slightly based on regional traditions and priestly guidance.

    • A. Things from Nepali Puja Material Shop or Nepali Grocery Store :

      अबिर (Red Pigment Powder), केशरी (Yellow Pigment Powder), सिन्दूर (Vermilion), श्रीखण्ड (White Pigment Powder), पञ्चपल्लव (Dried Mango Leaves), सर्वौषधि (Sarwaushadhi), पञ्चरत्न (Pancharatna), सप्तमृत्तिका (Saptamrittika), ५ वा ७ सुते कातेको बत्ती (Cotton Wick), अगरबत्ती (Incense Stick), रक्षा बन्धन (Coloured Sacred Thread), सरसिउं (Yellow Mustard), कुश (Dried Holy Grass), जौ (Dried Barley), कालो तिल (Black Sesame Seed), कपुर (Camphor – 1 Packet), तुलसीपत्र (Dried Holy Basil Leaves), जनै (Holy Thread – 5 Pieces), सुपारी (Dried Betel Nut – 5 Pieces), ल्वाङ, सुकमेल (Cloves, Cardamom), रातो, सेतो कपडा (Red and White Cloth), पहेंलो कपडा (Yellow Cloth). *Please look for the Puja Packet in a nearby Nepali Puja Shop. The Puja Set should contain the above items.

    • B. Things from the Shopping Centre (eg: Woolworths, Nepali/Indian Grocery) :

      दुध् (Milk), दही (Yoghurt), घिउ (Ghee), चिनी वा सख्खर (Sugar or Jaggery), मह (Honey), तोरिको वा तिलको तेल (Mustard / Sesame Oil), चामल (2 Kg Rice Grains), फलफुल (Fruits), मिट्ठाइ (Sweets), सलाई (Match Box), टपरी वा प्लेट (Paper Plates), दुना वा ब्बल (Paper Bowls), चम्चा (Wooden Spoons), जिपलक (Sandwich Bag), पानीवाला नरिवल (Watery Coconut), आल्मोनियम ट्रे (Medium Aluminium Tray).

    • C. Things from the Garden :

      फुल (Flowers), दुबो (Holy Grass), आंपको पत्ता – ५ ओटा (Min. 5 Mango Leaves), पिपलको पत्ता – ५ ओटा (Min. 5 Peepal Leaves), पानको पत्ता – ५ ओटा (Min. 5 Betel Leaves), तुलसी पत्ता (Tulasi Leaves). *If you are not able to source Peepal, Mango, Tulasi or Betel Leaves – do not worry, please source flowers.

    • D. Things at Home (Could also be bought from the Nepali Grocery Store) :

      दियो – १ (Diyo – 1 Pc), कलश – १ (Kalash – 5 Pcs), पन्चपात्र – १ (Panchapatra – 1 Pc), आचमनी – १ (Aachamani – 1 Pc), पुजा थाली – १ (Puja Thali – 1 Pc), अगरबत्ती राख्ने भांडो – १ (Agarbatti Stand – 1 Pc), कर्मपात्र – १ (Copper Bowl – 1 Pc), अर्घपात्र – १ (Surya Arghapatra – 1 Pc), संख – १ (Conch – 1 Pc), घण्टी – १ (Ghanti – 1 Pc), गणेश भगवानको मूर्ती – १ (Ganesh Statue – 1), खुजुरा पैसा ($1, $5 etc coins and notes), आसन वा चकटी – ३ (Mats for Sitting – 3). *If the above puja utensils are not available in your house, you could use the plates, bowls etc purchased from the shopping centre.

    • E. Things Required at the Time of Griha Praves – Entering the House for the First Time :

      उखु – २ (Sugarcane Stem – 2 Pcs), दही (Yoghurt in a Pot), फलफुल (Fruits), पञ्चकन्या (Kanya – 5 Numbers), भगवानको फोटो वा मूर्तीहरु (God Photos / Idols). *Sugarcane stems could be purchased from selected veggie and fruit shops. If 5 kanya are not available, please try to get one kanya.

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