The pujas and homas Pandit Sahadev conducts for families in Austria and across Europe, each explained on its own page: the deity or occasion it serves, how it is performed, and what it asks of the household.
To understand how a puja receives the deity as an honored guest, read Hindu Puja in Europe. For the fire offering at the heart of many of these rites, read The Vedic Homa.
Pujas to the Deities
Durga Puja
Durga Puja in the Shakta tradition: the Devi Mahatmya, the nine forms of Navadurga and the Sandhi Puja.
Shiva Puja
Shiva Puja at the Linga: the Panchamrita Abhisheka, the bilva offering and the four watches of Shivaratri.
Laxmi Puja
Laxmi Puja: the sacred ceremony invoking the grace of the Devi of abundance for prosperity and a rightly ordered home.
Kubera Puja
Kubera Puja: the worship of the guardian of the divine treasury, his yantra, and what must come before it.
Kala Bhairava Puja
Kala Bhairava Puja: the fierce guardian rite invoking protection, the dissolving of obstacles, and the mastery of time.
Chakra Puja
Chakra Puja and the doctrine of the six chakras: the petal syllables, the three granthis and the bija mantras.
For the Home and the Ancestors
Griha Pravesh Puja
Griha Pravesh Puja: the ceremonial blessing and sanctification of a new home, welcoming auspiciousness into the household.
Vastu Purusha Mandala Puja
Vastu Purusha Mandala Puja: the forty-five deities of the site, nyasa and the Vastu Homa.
Pitru Tarpana
Pitru Tarpana and Shraddha: honoring the ancestors, and keeping Mahalaya Paksha in Europe.
Festivals
Navratri
Keeping the nine nights in Europe: Ghatasthapana at local sunrise, Sandhi Puja, Kumari Puja and Vijayadashami.
Ganesh Chaturthi
Ganesh Chaturthi: what Vighneshvara means, how the image is read, and why the clay is immersed.
Akshaya Tritiya
Akshaya Tritiya: what akshaya means, why the day needs no muhurta, and the one limit on that status.