Griha pravesh pooja

A home is a dream, and a perfect one is a serenity.”  

Griha Pravesh Puja is one such puja that makes your house into a home perfectly. In Hindu culture, Griha Pravesh is a set of Puja or rituals a family performs before they start living in a new house. 

Griha Pravesh Puja is the solution to wave the negative energies and to bring peace and joy 

to new beginnings. To understand briefly, this is a housewarming ceremony to enter a new 

place to purify the surroundings and protect the house

Why should one perform Griha Pravesh Pooja?

Many astrologers and Vastu Shastri believe that Griha Pravesh Puja should be performed for the family’s welfare. Likely here are some of the other benefits of this puja

• This puja purifies every corner of the house, leaving divine energy for its betterment. 
• It protects the house from evil eyes and unpleasant energies. 
• Brings fortune and joy to the house. 
• Enhances spiritual energy.

Griha Pravesh Pooja samagri 

A priest familiar with the Griha Pravesh Puja vidhi and ceremony usually provides a list of Puja samagri, which will be required during the conduct of the puja. Some of the generic puja Griha Pravesh Puja

Griha pravesh vidhi

An auspicious puja nourishes the environment and only blesses the family when performed correctly. In this regard, the accuracy of the puja vidhi plays an essential role in gaining positive blessings.  

Some of the general to-do’s before starting the puja will include,

• Cleaning the house,  
•  Decorating it with flowers and garlands 
• Tying Mango leaves to all the doors- placing a nameplate, making rangoli 
•  Wearing fresh clothes (unworn and new clothes are recommended), 
• Collecting all the puja samagri and arranging the samagri to a designated place per Vastu.

Now it’s time to start the Puja vidhi. Puja vidhi can be conducted with the help of a priest or without one by following the simple given steps. 

• Break coconut in front of the gate.  
• A couple of the houses should enter the house carrying a Kalash. The man should put his right foot first, while the woman should put her left foot first while entering the house.  
• Sit in a comfortable position and start by placing a Kalash filled with water, a coin, some grains of rice, and a flower and set it up at the northeast corner of the house. 
• Place a coconut wrapped in red cloth and mango leaves in an odd number to the Kalash. 
• Create a Nav-grah design and sodas-matrika, a geometrical spiritual symbol to start the Puja. 
• The family can also bring Shri Yantra, Shankh, and Ganesha idols to the residence. 
• Chant the mantras while placing the Kalash and Ganesha idol. 
• Now offer flowers, fruits, and dry fruits, to the deity and perform Hawan. 
• Light the earthen pot and perform the aarti. 
• Offer sweets, Dakshina, and Prasad to the priest. 

• Break coconut in front of the gate.  
• A couple of the houses should enter the house carrying a Kalash. The man should put his right foot first, while the woman should put her left foot first while entering the house.  
• Sit in a comfortable position and start by placing a Kalash filled with water, a coin, some grains of rice, and a flower and set it up at the northeast corner of the house. 
• Place a coconut wrapped in red cloth and mango leaves in an odd number to the Kalash. 
• Create a Nav-grah design and sodas-matrika, a geometrical spiritual symbol to start the Puja. 
• The family can also bring Shri Yantra, Shankh, and Ganesha idols to the residence. 
• Chant the mantras while placing the Kalash and Ganesha idol. 
• Now offer flowers, fruits, and dry fruits, to the deity and perform Hawan. 
• Light the earthen pot and perform the aarti. 
• Offer sweets, Dakshina, and Prasad to the priest. 

Along with the puja vidhi, perform a small puja in the new kitchen. Make a swastika mark on the gas stove. Also, prepare a sweet dish on the first day of cooking at the new house and offer it to God. 

Which is an auspicious time to conduct Griha Pravesh Puja?

Most of the time, priests decide the muhrat for Griha Pravesh Puja or the housewarming ceremony; some calendars provide the auspicious dates to enter the new house.  Some evergreen occasions for blissful housewarming ceremonies are Diwali, Dusshera,  the month of Phalgun, Vaishakh, Magh, and Jyeshtha. Experts also claim months of Chaturmas, Shraad, and Kharmaas as unfortunate to enter the house. Experts consider the day, date, time, tithi, and Nakshatra while deciding the perfect date for your Puja ceremony. Numerologists also suggest deciding a date based on your date of birth, name, and name and spelling of your house, if any.  

When should you conduct the Puja?

The questions pop up in our mind, such as when to enter the house and when to conduct the housewarming ceremony or griha pravesh Puja. Is it before construction or after construction? Should they shift household items before the puja or after the puja?

Astrologists suggest that a family should only conduct the Puja after the construction work is completed. Entering the house signifies entering a new beginning, and one should always avoid moving into a new house if construction is ongoing. 

Enter the new phase of life after every small installation, fittings and fixtures, painting, door, windows, and each detail is completed. Decor can be looked into afterward, but not a bit of construction should be left after the Griha Pravesh Puja.

As far as shifting the household items is considered, shifting should be done after the puja and not before except for the gas stove.

Do’s and don’ts of Griha Pravesh Puja 

While moving or shifting to a new house, a family should consider certain do’s and don’ts to protect the home and their health and prosperity

• Make sure to enter a fully constructed house. 
• Break a coconut before entering the premises to remove any obstacles from the house. 
• Follow vastu’s directions and place every item in the house as per Vastu. 
• Clean the house with salt water and sprinkle some holy water on every corner of the house.

• Don’t vacate the house after the Puja for at least three days. 
• Don’t perform puja if there’s a death in the family. 
• Avoid the conduct of griha pravesh puja if any female family member is pregnant. 
• Don’t leave the house locked at night after the Puja for a few days.  

A prosperous Griha Pravesh Puja can bring harmony and peace to the house, warding off evil energies. Before moving into the house, a family must consider all the vidhi, samagri, and muhrat to perform the ceremony.