MAHA GANAPATHY HOMAM.
Turmeric powder 50 gram; rice flower for kolam 50 gram; kuthu vilakku 2; match box 1; thiri; oil for lamp 100 gram; Pancha pathira uthirini; tray 2 ; thaambaalam 2; ever silver aduku 1 ; kinnam 6 nos OR pakku mattai kinnam 6 nos; Bell1; visiri 1 ; vratty 25 nos; srai thool ( broken small fire wood) 2 kilo; AAsana palagai/ Thadukku 2 nos; mango leaf bunch 4 nos; kumkumam 10 gram; sandal powder 10 gram; scented sticks one pocket.(oodhu pathy) brass sombu 2nos.or one sombu and one brass kudam, black ellu 50 gram.
homa kundam/ or 10 bricks, sand 5 kilo.porasa samithu 2 bundles.
Dhoopa kall; deepa kall; camphor kall; camphor 1 pocket. Cow's ghee 200 gram; coconut 2; plantain fruit 12; betel 25 nos; betel nut 50 grams; raw rice 1 kilo; plantain leaf 2 nos; honey 100 gram; sugar cane one piece (one foot length) nel pori 250 grams; jaggary powder 250 grams; lime fruit 2 nos; Modhakam= kolukkattai 108 or 28 or 18 as per your conveinience. Appam 25 nos. Aval 250 gram. Sathu mavu=roast raw rice and grind it into powder in mixie. paddy 100 gram.Arugan grass 2 bundle.No.10 Nool kandu 1 no.sastrigal will tie the no.10 nool all over the kudam. kumba vasthram some thundu new one in white or in any colour, about one metre in length.
ASHTA DRAVYAM FOR HOMAM; (1) kolukattai, (2) nel pori (3) sathu mavu (4) aval (5) sugarcane piece (6) black ellu (7) plantain fruit (8) kopparai coconut pieces.
Anugyai=Permission; graha preethy, vigneswara pooja; Prepare a list of the members of your family Birth star Rasi Name (sarma) and hand it over to the pandit. During sankalpam he can do it fastly. AAchaarya varanam , Punyaha vachanam place raw rice on the floor and place brass sombu filled with water decorate it with sandal paste and kumkumam, mango leaf bunch and darbhai koorcham; one coconut;
AAvahanam of varunan in this kumbam and 16 upachara pooja and then chanting of Pavamana manthra japam for 4 times. If 4 sastrigals are there each one time is enough. If two sastrigals are there they have to chant 2 times this Pavamana manthram . and if one sastrigals is there he has to chant 4 times which now a days they are not doing. yathaasthanam of varunan; prokshanam all over the house and taking a spoon ful of water.
For homam 1. poorvangam part and then homam part and then utharangam part are there.Now for homam prepare the first (poorvangam part) Then in the north east direction of the homa kundam place one brass kudam over some raw rice and pour water in the kudam.you may add some krampu; elaikai; pachhai kalpooram and vilamichai ver (black or white) which gives good smell. place on the kudam sandal paste and kumkumam, mango leaf bunch, dharbhai koorcham and coconut painted with turmeric powder you may put gold ring or gold chain inside the kudam, and a drop of ghee inside the kudam, haaram or thodutha pushpam must be garlanded to the brass kudam and one vasthram for this kudam some 1 meter cotton thundu or 2 meters dhothy.as you please. Near to this brass kudam lit one kuthu villaku and do aavaahanam of Durga devi on the kuthu vilaku.
on the brass kudam do varunan dhayanam and aavaahanam,then Maha ganapathy aavaahanam, Prana prathistai, 16 upachara pooja and do utharanga pooja; Then in the homa kundam start brahma aavaahanam, and homam, Do aavaahanam of ganapathy in the fire and do 16 upachaara pooja with ghee in the fire, Then do moola manthra (ganapathy) japam for 12,28,36,54, 108,1008 times as per your convenience.
doing more manthra japam will do good. Add some ghee, honey, and jaggary powder on the kopparai coconut pieces and do homam with that, Then ghee homam for 8 times with moola manthram, Then 8 homams with paddy, coconut outer cover kottankachi homam; coconut mattai should be placed on the homa kundam, The same outer covering of the kopparai coconut should be used.
Then 8 times moola manthra homam with arugan grass pairs pasted with ghee, Then asta dravya homam 8 times, Then do moola manthra japam for 10 times,Then do japa of ganapathy gayathri manthram.Then do homam with ganapathy mala manthram and ganapathy atharvaseersham manthram japam.THen swastakrith homam and uthrangam jayadhi homam.vyahruthi homam and lepa karyam praayaschitha homam and poornahudhi.homam. and homam to agni, and then uthrangam.
Then start punar pooja to maha ganapathy and Durga devi, uthranga poojai; and do pradhakshinam and namaskaram. Then utharanga pooja for ganapathy and Durga, THen Pouring water to all from the kudam water and taking of one teaspoonful of kudam water. Dakshinai to satrigals, and aasirvadham by sastrigals, and meals for sastrigals.
For neivedhyam you may do vadai,Payasam, appam; kolukattai, cooked raw rice, variety rice and with different kind of fruits.
