lakshmi Puja
Guided, step-by-step ritual with translations and AR setup assistance.
Timing
Anytime
Best Month
All Year
Methods
Vedic
Languages
English
Why this Puja?
Overview of the puja's meaning and benefits for home and family.
When to Perform
Best timings, festival days, and occasions for the ritual.
Who Should Perform
Suggested audience, prerequisites, and simple preparation tips.
What PujaZen Guides You Through
A complete ritual experience — from setup to closing blessings.
Prepare
- Materials & shopping list
- Altar layout with AR guidance
- Kalasha setup
Personalize
- Sankalpa — your personal intention
- Your name, family & occasion
- Personalized invocation
Purify
- Achamanam & Pranayama
- Prokshanam purification
- Kalasha Puja & Prana Pratishtha
Offer
- Guided Shodashopachara sequence
- Snanam, Gandham, Pushpam, Vastram
- Anga Puja, Patra Puja & Durva Puja
Complete
- Naivedyam & Tamboolam
- Aarti & Pradakshina
- Prasadam & closing blessings
Key Mantras
A curated selection of sacred verses from this puja — heard and chanted step by step inside PujaZen.
Shuklāmbaradharam
Śuklāmbaradharam Viṣṇum Śaśivarṇam Caturbhujam | Prasanna Vadanam Dhyāyet Sarva Vighnopaśāntaye ||
Meditate on the serene, white-clad Vishnu to dissolve all obstacles before the puja begins.
Used in: Opening invocation — the first śloka recited to purify the space
Shodasha Nāma Stotram
Sumukhaś Caika-Dantaś Ca Kapilo Gaja-Karṇakaḥ | Lambodaraś Ca Vikaṭo Vighna-Nāśo Gaṇādhipaḥ …
Praises Lord Ganesha through sixteen sacred names — wisdom, strength, auspiciousness, and victory.
Used in: Recited at the start of any new venture — studies, business, travel, or ceremony
Kalasha Invocation
Kalashasya Mukhe Viṣṇu Kaṇṭhe Rudra Samāśritaḥ | Mūle Tatra Sthito Brahmā Madhye Mātr Gaṇāḥ Smṛtāḥ ||
Vishnu, Rudra and Brahma are invoked into the sacred water pot — the Kalasha becomes the seat of the divine.
Used in: Kalasha Puja — consecrating the Kalasha before the main ritual begins
Ganesha Dhyāna Śloka
Vakratuṇḍa Mahākāya Sūryakoṭi Samaprabha | Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva Kāryeṣu Sarvadā ||
O great-bodied Ganesha, radiant as a crore of suns — make all my endeavors obstacle-free, always.
Used in: Dhyanam — meditation on Ganesha's form before the main Shodashopachara sequence
Sankalpa Mantra
Mamopātta Samasta Duritakṣaya Dvārā … Śrī Gaṇeśa Pūjāmaham Kariṣye
I perform this Ganesha Puja to seek divine grace and dedicate this effort for my family's well-being.
Used in: Sankalpa — the personal vow step, personalized live with your name and occasion