Hindu religious events hold a special place in our culture. Whether it is a Mata Ki Chowki, Sunderkand Path, Satyanarayan Katha, or any other bhakti gathering, these events bring family members and devotees together and creates devotion, peace, and positivity. The best place to organize these bhajan and kirtan ceremonies is at home. It will bring happiness and prosperity to home. Organizing these events at home require faith, discipline, and respect for traditions.
We have created a practical guide to organize Hindu religious events and ceremonies at home –
1. Choosing the Type of Religious Event
The first step is to decide the kind of religious event you wish to organize. Some commonly performed Hindu religious events at home include:
- Mata Ki Chowki
- Sunderkand Path
- Satyanarayan Katha
- Shyam Baba kirtan
- Krishna Janmashtami
- Ramayan Path
You can choose the event based on your devotion towards each god. Mata Ki Chowki is dedicated to Maa Durga, Sunderkand path is performed for praying to Hanuman ji, Ramayan path is dedicated to Ram ji etc.
2. Selecting an Auspicious Date and Time
You should perform the kirtan or bhajan during auspicious date. You can consult priest for deciding the date. Mostly these religious ceremonies are performed during Navratri, Tuesday, Saturday, Purnima, Shivratri, Ekadashi etc.
You should also choose a date that is convenient for your guests and family members.
3. Inviting Family and Bhakts to Event
Inviting people is an important part of organizing a religious event. Earlier, physical paper invitations were sent to invite for religious ceremonies but now a days digital invitations are sent to save time, cost and save environment.
You should include special message in your invitation to invite the guests. For example – Mata ki Chowki invitation can include the message – “With the blessings of Mata rani, you are invited with family to the auspicious occasion of Mata ki Chowki.
All the necessary details of event should be included in the invitation card. For Sunderkand invitation you can include date, time, lunch time, Sunderkand Path heading at top, venue of path, contact number and invitation message.
4. Preparing the Puja Area
You should prepare a spacious area in your house for performing the puja and bhajans. Do following tasks to create perfect space for puja –
- Clean the area thoroughly
- Set up a small altar with idols or pictures of the deity
- Decorate with flowers, diyas, and incense
- Arrange seating for devotees
- Do proper lighting of the area.
5. Arranging Puja Samagri and Bhog
Each religious event requires specific puja samagri. For this your priest can give a list of items required for puja. Preparing bhog with devotion is equally important, whether it is halwa, kheer, fruits, or prasad.
6. Hire special Bhajan Mandali or Singers
You can hire special bhajan mandali and singers for performing the kirtan. This group of singers, table player, harmonium player and other instrument players sing bhakti songs according to the religious event which creates a devotional atmosphere during the event.
You should also take care that Bhajan mandali may utilize extra space at the place of event.
7. Conclude the event with Prasad and bhoj
After the event and ceremony the prasad is distributed to all the bhakts. You should thank everyone for coming to the event with smile. You can also organize bhoj such as dinner, lunch or snacks after the bhajan.
Above are some of the best ways to organize Hindu religious event, bhajan or kirtan at home.
