Powerful Navratri Puja Vidhi At Home

Navratri means ‘nine auspicious nights.’ Individuals worship different forms of the goddess for nine days to enhance the physical, spiritual and mental well-being.

Worship of goddess Durga with appropriate navratri puja vidhi helps people to get rid of sorrow, obstacles, poverty, diseases and obtains the desired results as a blessing.
Navratri puja vidhi and rituals by vamtantra are considered to be very auspicious as they bring in the most powerful blessings of Goddess Durga.

Those who perform the complete rituals as per the prescribed navratri puja vidhi by vamtantra, dispels darkness from their life.

What is Puja?

Puja is an expression of our faith and reverence in worship of God in any form or way you like. It reduces the negative side of our Karma and improves the positive effects. Puja if done in a systematic ritualistic manner gives excellent results along with satisfaction & peace of mind.
Apart from this there is great spiritual significance behind the rituals and that is why they were prescribed and practiced by millions to get better results and achieve greater heights.

Preparation for Navratri at Home – Puja Room

Each room in a house is dedicated to a specific function so for the purpose of puja and meditation we should have a conducive atmosphere. The pooja room in our house should be planned according to Vastu Shashtra, because it is the place where we meditate and worship. Having the right environment helps sacred thoughts and sound vibrations pervade the place and influence the minds of those who spend time there. Spiritual thoughts and vibrations accumulated through regular puja, worship and mantra japa done there pervade the prayer room. Therefore even when we spend our time just sitting in the puja room for a while, we feel calm, rejuvenated and spiritually uplifted.

Pooja room in your house or flat must be in the north east, north or east side. Even in the room selected for puja the idol should be placed on north east, north or east side. Before placing the idol you should ascertain the room should be thoroughly cleaned, sanitized and purified. To prevent negative energies entering your puja room, appropriate mantra japa which you can get by contacting us and certain kriya’s should be done on amavasya night which will act as a protective shield during navratri.

How To Do Navratri Puja

Navratri Puja Vidhi

Puja is a pious deed; therefore, cleanliness of the devotee and the place where he/she worships is necessary.

Now to perform the ritual, you need to get up early in the morning. Remove all the old threads you are wearing. Get fresh and after taking bath, wear clean clothes or if possible wear new clothes. Early morning is the right time to perform Navratri Pooja. Sprinkle ‘Gangajal’ in your house to make it pious. Tie sacred thread/moli on your wrist.

Navratri puja items.

Gangajal, panchpallav, leaves of mango, peepal, bargad, paker, gullar. Roli (Tilak), Moli (sacred red thread), camphor (Kapur), rosary, rice, barley grains, coconut, Kalash (stoup), earthen lamp, Dhoop, betel leaves, durbha grass, betel nut, clove, cardamom, yellow or red colored clothes for the deity, Deep Batti, pure Ghee (purified butter) to light the lamps or perform Havan, wooden sticks for Havan, Hawan Samagri, black sesame seeds, jaggery or sugar, cow’s milk, curd, honey, fragrance, seasonal fruits, offerings for the deity, etc. Quantity of all the items should be according to use and one’s ability.

Set up four altars each for kalash sthapana(maha ganadipati), navgraha sthapana, durga sthapana, ganesh lakshmi sthapana. Place the idol or picture and yantra of each of the gods on their respective altars. Each altar should be decorated with roli, akshat and sindoor as per the requirement of each sthapana.

Ghat Sthapana – Navratri kalash sthapana vidhi

Simple Navratri Puja at Home

Clean the floor near the altar with cow dung. After that put combination of sand and soil over it and sow the barley seeds in it. After that sprinkle some water over the soil.

Take a clay pot. Fill that clay pot or Kalash with Gangal jal or clean water. Put coin, laghu nariyal, supari, jayphal into the clay pot filled with ganga jal. Keep the bunch of panch pallava on the mouth of the Ghat. Wrap the coconut with red cloth and tie moli around it. Place it above the panch pallava.

The Ghat sthapana must be done during the right Muhurat consulting the panchaang.

Navratri Chanting, Mantras and Bhav

Navratri puja vidhi

First of all, sit peacefully. To concentrate, chant ‘Om’ 3 times then Gayatri Mantra five times melodiously. Take some water or gangajal in your hand then recite

“Om Apavitrah Pavitro Va Sarva Vastan Gatopi Va
Yah Smaret Pundari Kaksham Sa Bahya Bhyantarah Shuchih”.

After recitation take a sip of ganga jal from your hand and sprinkle rest of it on your body. After that wash your hands

How To Take Sankalp?

1) Take water or gangajal, rice and flower in your right hand
2) take vow to complete durga saptasati path along with all the rituals keeping in mind your wish .

Navratri puja vidhi – Sankalp in sanskrit

ॐ विष्णुर्विष्णुर्विष्णुः। ॐ नमः परमात्मने, श्रीपुराणपुरुषोत्तमस्य श्रीविष्णोराज्ञया प्रवर्तमानस्याद्य श्रीब्रह्मणो द्वितीयपरार्द्धे श्रीश्वेतवाराहकल्पे वैवस्वतमन्वन्तरेऽष्टाविंशतितमे कलियुगे प्रथमचरणे जम्बूद्वीपे भारतवर्षे भरतखण्डे आर्यावर्तान्तर्गतब्रह्मावर्तैकदेशे पुण्यप्रदेशे बौद्धावतारे वर्तमाने यथानामसंवत्सरे अमुकामने महामांगल्यप्रदे मासानाम्‌ उत्तमे अमुकमासे अमुकपक्षे अमुकतिथौ अमुकवासरान्वितायाम्‌ अमुकनक्षत्रे अमुकराशिस्थिते सूर्ये अमुकामुकराशिस्थितेषु चन्द्रभौमबुधगुरुशुक्रशनिषु सत्सु शुभे योगे शुभकरणे एवं गुणविशेषणविशिष्टायां शुभ पुण्यतिथौ सकलशास्त्र श्रुति स्मृति पुराणोक्त फलप्राप्तिकामः अमुकगोत्रोत्पन्नः अमुक नाम अहं ममात्मनः सपुत्रस्त्रीबान्धवस्य श्रीनवदुर्गानुग्रहतो ग्रहकृतराजकृतसर्व-विधपीडानिवृत्तिपूर्वकं नैरुज्यदीर्घायुः पुष्टिधनधान्यसमृद्ध्‌यर्थं श्री नवदुर्गाप्रसादेन सर्वापन्निवृत्तिसर्वाभीष्टफलावाप्तिधर्मार्थ- काममोक्षचतुर्विधपुरुषार्थसिद्धिद्वारा श्रीमहाकाली-महालक्ष्मीमहासरस्वतीदेवताप्रीत्यर्थं शापोद्धारपुरस्परं कवचार्गलाकीलकपाठ- वेदतन्त्रोक्त रात्रिसूक्त पाठ देव्यथर्वशीर्ष पाठन्यास विधि सहित नवार्णजप सप्तशतीन्यास- धन्यानसहितचरित्रसम्बन्धिविनियोगन्यासध्यानपूर्वकं च ‘मार्कण्डेय उवाच॥ सावर्णिः सूर्यतनयो यो मनुः कथ्यतेऽष्टमः।’ इत्याद्यारभ्य ‘सावर्णिर्भविता मनुः’ इत्यन्तं दुर्गासप्तशतीपाठं तदन्ते न्यासविधिसहितनवार्णमन्त्रजपं वेदतन्त्रोक्तदेवीसूक्तपाठं रहस्यत्रयपठनं शापोद्धारादिकं च किरष्ये/करिष्यामि।

Navratri Puja vidhi- Sankalp in English

‘Om viṣṇurviṣṇurviṣṇuḥ. ‘Om namaḥ paramātmanē, śrīpurāṇapuruṣōttamasya śrīviṣṇōrājñayā pravartamānasyādya śrībrahmaṇō dvitīyaparārd’dhē śrīśvētavārāhakalpē vaivasvatamanvantarē̕ṣṭāvinśatitamē kaliyugē prathamacaraṇē jambūdvīpē bhāratavarṣē bharatakhaṇḍē āryāvartāntargatabrahmāvartaikadēśē puṇyapradēśē baud’dhāvatārē vartamānē yathānāmasanvatsarē amukāmanē mahāmāṅgalyapradē māsānām‌ uttamē amukamāsē amukapakṣē amukatithau amukavāsarānvitāyām‌ amukanakṣatrē amukarāśisthitē sūryē amukāmukarāśisthitēṣu candrabhaumabudhaguruśukraśaniṣu satsu śubhē yōgē śubhakaraṇē ēvaṁ guṇaviśēṣaṇaviśiṣṭāyāṁ śubha puṇyatithau sakalaśāstra śruti smr̥ti purāṇōkta phalaprāptikāmaḥ amukagōtrōtpannaḥ amuka nāma ahaṁ mamātmanaḥ saputrastrībāndhavasya śrīnavadurgānugrahatō grahakr̥tarājakr̥tasarva-vidhapīḍānivr̥ttipūrvakaṁ nairujyadīrghāyuḥ puṣṭidhanadhān’yasamr̥d’dh‌yarthaṁ śrī navadurgāprasādēna sarvāpannivr̥ttisarvābhīṣṭaphalāvāptidharmārtha- kāmamōkṣacaturvidhapuruṣārthasid’dhidvārā śrīmahākālī-mahālakṣmīmahāsarasvatīdēvatāprītyarthaṁ śāpōd’dhārapurasparaṁ kavacārgalākīlakapāṭha- vēdatantrōkta rātrisūkta pāṭha dēvyatharvaśīrṣa pāṭhan’yāsa vidhi sahita navārṇajapa saptaśatīn’yāsa- dhan’yānasahitacaritrasambandhiviniyōgan’yāsadhyānapūrvakaṁ ca’mārkaṇḍēya uvāca. Sāvarṇiḥ sūryatanayō yō manuḥ kathyatē̕ṣṭamaḥ.’ Ityādyārabhya’sāvarṇirbhavitā manuḥ’ ityantaṁ durgāsaptaśatīpāṭhaṁ tadantē n’yāsavidhisahitanavārṇamantrajapaṁ vēdatantrōktadēvīsūktapāṭhaṁ rahasyatrayapaṭhanaṁ śāpōd’dhārādikaṁ ca kiraṣyē/kariṣyāmi.

Simple Navratri Puja At Home – Rituals

Navratri Puja Vidhi

After completing sankalp puja of earth, Lord Ganesha, Goddess Gauri, navagraha, Varuna, das digpal, chausatyogini, kuldevi of family and pitra should be done.

Their puja should be done with panchamrit. Offer the deities sacred cloth, Tilak, flowers, Prasad, betel leaves, betel nuts, incense sticks etc(dhoop, deep, naivedyam) . while performing the puja, chant navratri puja mantra and stuti associated with each deity.

Invocation of maa durga

How to do simple durga puja at home – Install the picture of Maa Durga on the red cloth spread on the altar. Tie moli around the picture. offer deity sandalwood powder followed by fresh grass. Now, offer saree or red dupatta to the Goddess and place some fresh flowers. Offer 5‘paan’ leaves with 11 cloves on it.

Deep Prajwalan

Navratri Puja Vidhi

Usually, on the auspicious occasion of Navratri, many devout devotees of Goddess Durga establish the ‘Akhand Jyot’ in the honor of Goddess Durga.

Akhand Jyoti should be kept at the left side of the deity and on the right side, keep some incense sticks. You should always place the Akhand Jyoti over a heap of rice.

One can use earthen, Gold, brass or copper diyas and batti should be made of moli. It is best to use cow ghee or til oil.

Deep Prajwalan Mantra

The deep prajwalan must be done with deep prajwalan sloka and mantra given below at the right Muhurat.

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“Subham Karoti Kalyanam Arogyam Dhana Sampadah
Shatru Buddhi Vinashaya Deepa Jyoti Namostute

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After the Deepak has been lit with mantra and sloka recitation, worship it with raw rice, sindoor, kumkum, paan leaves and beetle nut and pray to the diya to keep flaming during all nine days.

Before you start your puja, blow the ‘shankh’ and ring the bell. Chant Maa Durga Mantras and invite her presence in the altar and request her to stay with you accepting the puja over the nine days.

Durga Saptashati Pustak Puja

Navratri Puja Vidhi

In navratri ma durga is easily appeased by the patha of durga saptshati. Navratri are the best time for the recitation of durga saptashati along with other mantra’s. Those who can recite durga saptsati must do during the period of navratri for best results. In case individuals cannot recite it they can recite simple durga mantra’s.

How to do navratri puja – One should sit on an asana facing North or East and try to evoke a state of concentration and devotion. The patha (reading) is most effective when done with firm faith, devotion and correct pronunciation. During the time of reading, one should try not to talk, sleep, sneeze, yawn or spit, but read with complete concentration on Devi in the form which appeals to one. One should not stop in the middle of a chapter. It is good to place the book on a wooden stand. Before starting the patha, affirm the purpose for which you are performing it – make a resolve, sankalpa, and perform worship of Devi.

Durga Saptasati Patha vidhi

Durga Saptashati navratri puja vidhi – Those who wish to do the complete durga saptasati path on each day of navratri.
They should start with sapt sloki durga, durga ashtottara nama strotra, argala, keel, kavach, main durga saptsati(1 to chapter 13), tantrokt devi suktam, apradh shama strotra, durga dwadash namavali, sidhha kungika strotra.

Durga Saptasati full book in nine days.

Here is the navratri puja vidhi to read Durga Saptashati.
They should start with sapt sloki durga, durga ashtottara nama strotra, argala, keel, kavach each day before beginning with given chapter of saptshati.
1st Day: Chapter 1 (Madhu kaitabha samhaaram)
2nd day: Chapter 2, 3 and 4 (Mahishhasura samhaara)
3rdday: Chapter 5 and 6 (Dhuumralochana vadha)
4th day: Chapter 7 (Chanda Munda vadha)
5th day: Chapter 8 (Rakta biija samhaara)
6th day: Chapter 9 and 10 (Shumbha Nishumbha vadha)
7th day: Chapter 11 (Praise of Narayani)
8th day: Chapter 12 (Phalastuti – reciting merits or benefits)
9th day: Chapter 13 (Blessings to Suratha and the Merchant)
10th day: Chapter 14 (Aparadha Kshamaprarthana) on 10th day

Each day after completing the particular chapter one should recite apradh shama strotra, tantrokt devi suktam, durga dwadash nama strotra, sidh kungika strotra.

Durga saptashati three times for three consecutive days:

Durga Saptashati navratri puja vidhi

Individuals should start with sapt sloki durga, durga ashtottara nama strotra, argala, keel, kavach each day before beginning with given chapters of saptashati.

Prathama Charitra or 1st Chapter on first day

Madhyama Charitra (2, 3, 4 chapters) on 2nd day

Uttama Charitra (5-13 chapters) on third day.

Prathama Charitra or 1st Chapter on fourth day

Madhyama Charitra (2, 3, 4 chapters) on fifth day

Uttama Charitra (5-13 chapters) on sixth day.

Prathama Charitra or 1st Chapter on seventh day

Madhyama Charitra (2, 3, 4 chapters) on eighth day

Uttama Charitra (5-13 chapters) on ninth day.

Each day after completing the particular chapter one should recite apradh shama strotra, tantrokt devi suktam, durga dwadash nama strotam, siddha kungika strotra.

Durga Saptasati in 7 days

Durga saptashati navratri puja vidhi – They should start with sapt sloki durga, durga ashtottara nam strotra, argala, keel, kavach each day before beginning with any chapter of saptashati.

Individuals should recite 1st Chapter on first day, 2-3 chapters on 2nd day, 4th chapter on 3rd day, 5-8 chapters on 4th day, 9-10 chapters on 5th day, 11th chapter on 6th day and 12-13 chapters on 7th day.

Each day after completing the particular chapter or chapters one should recite apradh shama strotra, tantrokt devi suktam, durga dwadash nama strotam, sidh kungika strotra.

Those who cannot recite the durga saptsati path due to any reason should recite the below mentioned mantra along with the following patha’s from durga saptshati for 9 days in the order they are given.

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Sapt sloki durga, durga ashtottara nama strotra, argala, keel, kavach, apradh shama strotra, tantrokt devi suktam, durga dwadash nama strotam, sidh kungika strotra.

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Navratri purnahuti havan

Navratri puja vidhi(havan)

Those who complete the anushthan in 7 days they should do the purnahuti havan on the 7th day after the patha
Some of the individuals as for their kuldevi do the havan on ashtami or navami as applicable.
Individuals doing the saptshati patha 3 times for 3 consecutive days or those who do the complete patha daily for 9 days should do the purnahuti havan on 10th day.

Visarjan Procedure

Navratri puja vidhi (visarjan)

It is usually done on Vijaya dashami but in some regions, it is celebrated on saptami, Ashtami or Navami also.

After performing Kanya Puja, take flower and rice in your hand and thank the deities for receiving your puja.
Take the coconut placed on the kalash or ghat as prasad, eat some of it and distribute between your family members.
Then remove the lid of the kalash and sprinkle some sacred water in your house. Drink it and give it your family members. You can also take a bath with this water.
Remove the coins from the kalash and keep them in your money box as they bring prosperity.
Take out betel nut from the ghat and have it as prasad.
Pick up the throne or the sinhasan of the Goddess from chowki and keep it back it its place in the puja room.
Keep all the idols back in their respective places in your puja room.

Warning: Each chapter should be read in single sitting. Due to any reason, Parayana is stopped in between a chapter; the whole chapter should be read again.
All people who light ‘Akhand jyoti’ should keep it in mind that after this, they shouldn’t leave their home vacant. One person should be present in the house. Follow the above mentioned navratri puja vidhi and perform all the rituals with great devotion.

Here we have presented the powerful navratri puja vidhi to worship Goddess Durga.

Vamtantra sadhaks conduct special graha shanti, kundli dosha nivaran puja’s and any of the special puja during all the below mentined navratri’s.

DIY Navratri Puja Vidhi

Navratri is a very good time to make progress in your spiritual practice or to invoke the energy of mother goddess or to purify your body-mind. These are very auspicious days for the tantriks, sadhaks for sadhana and also for any other specific tantrik pooja to resolve the materialistic problems and spiritual enlightenment.