Ganesh Chaturthi Puja Vidhi

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**Sthapana (Installation) — Day 1 (Chaturthi):**

1. Perform snana. Wear yellow or saffron clothes.
2. During **Madhyahna** (midday, roughly 11 AM to 1:30 PM local — verify from panchang), begin the puja.
3. Install a clay Ganesha murti on a red or yellow cloth-covered chowki facing east or north.
4. Invoke **Pranapratishtha** — the ritual that infuses divine presence into the murti.
5. Perform **Shodashopachara** worship (see "Daily Shodashopachara") — offer 21 durva grass blades, 21 modaks (or laddoos), red flowers (especially jaba/hibiscus).
6. Recite Ganesh Chalisa and Atharva-shirsha.
7. Perform aarti with "Jai Ganesh Deva".

**Daily until Visarjan:**
Morning + evening aarti, offer modaks, keep an oil lamp burning near the murti.

**Visarjan Day (Anant Chaturdashi, Day 10):**
Carry the murti in procession chanting "Ganpati Bappa Morya, Pudchya Varshi Lavkar Ya". Immerse in a water body or eco-friendly pot.