Chauki & Kalash Sthapana
Spread clean yellow cloth on a wooden chauki. Make an Ashtadal lotus with rice grains and place the copper Kalash filled with water, betel nut, coin, and mango leaves, topped with coconut.
The revered Vrata from the Skanda Purana, performed to attain truth, dissolve financial distress, fulfill vows (Mano-kamana), and celebrate family milestones.
Spread clean yellow cloth on a wooden chauki. Make an Ashtadal lotus with rice grains and place the copper Kalash filled with water, betel nut, coin, and mango leaves, topped with coconut.
Place a supari on a paan leaf for Lord Ganesha. Offer roli, chandan, akshat, flowers, and durva. Perform Navagraha invocation to balance celestial energies.
Bathe the Shaligram or deity with pure water, followed by Panchamrit, and pure water again. Dress with yellow sacred vastra and offer fragrant garland with Tulsi leaves.
Listen to the 5 sacred chapters of the Satyanarayan Katha with undivided attention alongside family and friends. Keep a flower and akshat in hand while listening.
Perform the Satyanarayan Aarti (Jai Lakshmi Ramana). Offer 108 oblations (Ahutis) in the small havan kunda with Gayatri and Vishnu mantras. Distribute Panjiri and Charnamrit to all attendees.