Om Sri MahaaGanapathaye Namah

Om Sri Gurubhyo Namah

Om Rishibhyo Namah

Sri Vishnu Sahasra Naama Homam

Laghu Paddhati (Short Procedure)
By P.V.R. Narasimha Rao (www.VedicAstrologer.org)
A separate document gives a detailed description of how to perform Sri Vishnu Sahasra Naama
Homam. This document puts all the mantras given in that document in one place. After one reads
the other document and becomes proficient in the procedure, one can perform the homam by just
referring to this document.
Anujnaa (Permission)

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Aachamanam (sipping water to purify)

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Vighneswara Pooja (worshipping the remover of obstacles)

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Praanaayaamam (restraining the life force)

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Pradhaana Homam (main part)

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