.. sarasvatii puujaa ..

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# म/ ! 01 (sip one spoon of water after
each of the above three mantras)

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(At the regular Altar )
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At Devii Sarasvatii Altar
7 STि < | 7 -  < |
( F< )

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(Repeat aachamana 2 as given above)
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(Apply water to eyes)
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(Stand and hold a fruit in hand during sankalpa)
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(touch both fore fingers)

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M  L#c: 52   (touch middle fingers)
7 ॑z | D  9  < | F { ||+
(touch ring fingers)
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 (Pour drops of water from sha.nkha on top of the bell
7 ॑| | x 9  < | ऽऽ uMj + ||
apply ga.ndha flower)
(touch little fingers)
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(touch palms and over sleeve of hands)
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( show mudras)
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(snap fingers, circle head clockwise and clap hands)
#: i  || „j # 9: < |
(shut off all directions i.e. distractions +

!  m8 DQ 
   ||
so that we can concentrate on the puujaa)
(Ring the gha.nTaa)
( 5 ू m 
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(open palms and touch the ground) ( @  )
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(pour water - signifies making a promise)
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(Apply water to eyes)
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#\v \ #  2:#   #Q,  " H\ : SP (light the lamps)
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or Australia #  Victoria म  or Bahrain#) +  1<
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||
+
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(put duurva / karika )
7  !M  )  ऽ 
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ँ"  |
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m [ m ;M ||
(keep kalasha on top of rice pile) (put five leaves in kalasha)

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(fill kalasha with water) (tie cloth for kalasha)

7 2)b   ) # 6  M,t |
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(sprinkle in/apply ga.ndha to kalasha) (copper plate and ashhTadala with ku.nkuM)

7 }!  D}! D4 g 
4 , |
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: c : Fƒ -
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(put beetle nut in kalasha) +

!  m8 DQ 
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7
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( !  )
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(continue with second kalasha)
(put jewels / washed coin in kalasha)
7 -\ ¦< -\
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¢M , m8  Q ि
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2 F  mudra:
interlock both little fingers (forms tail);
+
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join the thumb (forms beak);
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2 X < |  six fingers form the wings of garuda.)
2:#  ² < |
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 | (to provide nectar )(Dhenu
# X < | 
3 < | mudra :(Kaama dhenu)
hold both hands together with fingers touching
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  ² < | 4 each other forming a hollow and
four sets of fingers forming
the nipples of udder of cow.)
|| !< ू m < ||
ऽ , m8 f ि  | (to make auspicious)(Shankh
 ूE  )  ौ  i! |
!<  ˆ mudra:
All fingers of right hand push between the thumb
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and the fore finger of left hand.
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Other fingers of left hand grip the right hand
forming a shankha like mudra.) ': ³< ूF:#  ||+

Q, m8 Fब ि  | (to protect)(Chakra mudra:
Spread all fingers wide. bring the right hand on ³ # 9: < |
top of left hand with palms touching each other,
and little finger of right hand touching the thumb +

!  m8 DQ 
  ||
of left hand and vice versa.
A chakra formation is shown.)
( W$  )

!  | (to remove maayaa)(Meru
, m8 ; ि ( Sprinkle water from sha.nkha
mudra: on puujaa items and devotees)
clasp both hands interlocking all fingers in
between each other.
Open only middle fingers pointing down to earth. Dऽ: ऽ: 
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< i £ 9< F<
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( ³  )
( Mj +  ऽ  )
(pour water from kalasha to sha.nkha
add ga.ndha flower) ( put tulasi leaves or axatAs in empty vessels)

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t ||  XV   |

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g  F | ( (  )

( ´ "  ) (1 D):5 2 )  › X < ||

( put tulasi leaves or axataas in vessels )
#   < ||

Q
: < | (keep milk in the centre) Da < |

#)   < | (curd facing east )  - < ||

„"    < | (Ghee to the south) , # X < ||


ऽ < | ( Honey to west )

) †v < ||

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-
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( b  !  )
(  
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b  b ौ  < | ) ऽ < | ) ऽ < |

( ू , ूx )
#Q,b  b ौ  < | F\v < | ूF\v < | (hold flowers/axataa in hand;
chant dhyaan shloka thinking of Goddess)
gb  b ौ  < |  < |  < |
ू
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7 D1 ौ ू , ूx - ऽ1

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b  !  
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|

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B „j
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- |
D1   8 ू , x  |
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D1   8 Ax  | (offer flowers)
D1   8
8l , ÀÁQ< ौ:ऽ ¤
य ,   +  ,  #  c   || B ू ,ूx ||
ू , D    S# 
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f
(   - # )
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( Close eyes and bring Goddess in your mind and
^: + ँ 
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 chant )

F#
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5 X ||


ू
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ू
# ू
# || I meditate upon the form of Goddess Saraswati

wearing
garlands of gold and flowers, standing tall and high
#
2'    +  
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with very pleasing and fully developed body. I
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prostrate in mind and speech to such a splendour.
5 f! m    #ू  ||+

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, A) ,5 #   Ç 3  -  |+ I invoke Saraswati who is resembling moon and has
four
-A Èj !  #)t N

c 
hands, is the consort of four headed Brahma.

Z   t 52t i$ू#   #  ||+ O! saraswati, You are the destroyer of all afflictions
of your devotees.

ZÉM - )!
 
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 (Place a flower at the feet of the Deity )
, #\v\v N
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D* + A\v!
 
t  -  ||
‡2 !d – 

ॄ> RÊू5"
5#8<X
# Z (offer flowers to Goddess)

    
 52 <M Ç - || (show mudras to Goddess)

( 
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t


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F5#

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7 ‡2 !d – 
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   || 
Di f!   2  Di
 

Z ||
(Kindly accept the seat, I offer You, O! Saraswati,
who
7 ‡2 !d – 
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   ||
is worshipped by all Devas and Yogis and who is
terror May I offer you Arghyam (water to wash hands),
to Asuraas. - offer flowers/axatha) enriched with eight ingredients, O!Amba, who is the
destroyer of all sins, the most beautiful in all of
the worlds.
(   )
(offer water) (Take a spoon of water to the Diety and discharge into
Arghya Vessel)
  a 0 X  X # #5< |
( F  )
# 1   , # # 
F  ||
(offer water or axathaa/ leave/flower)


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   ||

7 ‡2 !d –  F  : # ौ m ू#   |
May I offer water (to wash your feet) to you, Vaani,
who is endless and who is cognizable only by the W5# 
 )- ,  < ||
masters of Veda

 X < | F 
   ||
7 ‡2 !d – 
(Take a spoon of water to the feet of the Deity , and
pour it into Arghya vessel) May I offer water for Aachamana to you,
O!Saraswati,
who bestows all the aspirations of those who depend
( D6 ) on
(offer water) you, who resides on the tongue of Brahma, the
Creator
and who destroys all the afflictions of devotees.
 |+
D„-’ 2"- ,# D6 DC 2
 
(Take a spoon of water to the Diety and dispose into
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the Arghya vessel) among the celibate women and who is the resort of
sages.
 )
( )6
(Take two spoons of water, show to the Diety and
(offer madhuparkaM) dispose into the Arghya vessel )

 2"- ,# )


)6  # Z |
.१  Ž  (milk bath)
Z* - # - #
F  ||


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7   

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( ´ "  )  A 
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7 ‡2 !d – 

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7 ‡2 !d – 

.२ #) Ž  (curd bath)

( Ž  )

7 #)ब ,: D M H:1 < |

Ì म: 2\ 
) 
Í
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5: 
f  +
ू ,    M M ||+
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ू ||

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Fl ª!
Ò 
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May I offer you bath O! Saraswati, who is the first
#) ##  #  Ž  m6 ू2"£  ||+
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 Ž a   #P 2"- ,  ||

 X < | #) Ž 
   ||
7 ‡2 !d – 

#) Ž   $:# Ž 
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7 ‡2 !d – 
)  Ž   $:#
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   ||
.३ „" Ž  (ghee bath)
.×   Ž  (sugar bath)
 ौ: „" 1) 
7 „"  Q „"1 :„"

Dx) -  #   - "  "M5 Q- || 
7  ‡< 1 # ž  ‡#l
-   O |

^
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BQ  #ª 
   |
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   ||
7 ‡2 !d – 

„" Ž   $:# Ž 
   || 
 X < |   Ž 
   ||
7 ‡2 !d – 

  Ž   $:# Ž 
   ||
.४ )  Ž  (honey bath)
.Ø 2):# Ž  (Sandlewood water bath)

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7 ‡2 !d – 

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   ||
7 ‡2 !d – 
.Ú D92 Ž  (Perfumed Oil bath)

.१० $:# Ž  (Pure water bath)
 ूॅ .
7 ब#Û  B m F   | sprinkle water all around
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 ƒ  F#55 Ý # ||


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7 :-C  : 5<

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#  X! 4 #
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ौ
2-" , 2ž  ||

2
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.Þ D2:b (To clean the body) 
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7 ‡2 !d –   Ž 
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+

!  m8 DQ 
   ||
D2:b # A # ौ | (after sprinkling water around throw one tulasi leaf to
the north)
! m6 2"- ,# -ि   X   ||

( - D5M< / ौ
–< )

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   ||
7 ‡2 !d – 
( Sound the bell pour water from kalasha)

.ß SH:# Ž  (Hot water bath) ौ
– +

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upper part of the body). You are worshipped by Devas

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the vessel; place in each food item one washed
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times or repeat 12 times OM durgaalaxmiiyuktaaM
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7 ‡2 !d
– 
O! saraswati, may I offer this auspicious light of
camphor and wick smeared with ghee.
I salute You.
(play the camphor light three times in a circular
motion before the image of saraswati.
max 100+. So we have one or 2 aratis depending
on the size of the crowd. Since this takes a lot
of time, while the devotees offer the arati, the
people who are doing the puja complete all other
slokas upto the mantra pushpam. Once the arati is
over we chant the mantra pushpam after which
everybody offers akshata or flowers.
After the visarjana puja, we offer a karpura arati
in a similar fashion.)

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(Normally, the arati is done just after
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we chant the slokas for mahaa niraajana and
karpura deepa. All the devotees sing the arati W ¦,  # ||
bhajan, while one by one each person comes
and gives arati. The arati plate normally has
5 small diyas (with cotton balls dipped in oil + ||
|| 7  2# -
and with a fine tiri -end). Some kumukum and
flowers should also be kept in the plate. The (you can add more aaratii songs as needed)
arati is done at the puja altar, accompanied by
the ghanta (bell) and once everyone completes
the arati, we take it to the regular altar  ! )
( 4 
(assuming these are different), show it there,
come back and offer arati to the bell. We also Z     #  j!    F |
offer kumkum and flowers to the bell, prostrate
and then offer the arati to the devotees. 
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prostrate to You.

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(   ) 7 ‡2 !d –  +

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(Try doing 21 namaskaaram;
Caution: See that you are medically fit for this (  :F  )
exersion; do not over exert under any circumstances)

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all in
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offering arghya by those who fasted and those who
came
late or those like ladies of the house who could not 
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(wash feet wipe offer gandha kumkum flowers

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fruits and gitfs and make obeisances)

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