Puja Catalogue

Eight Surya rituals, from a simple offering of water to the rising sun to the four-day fast of Chhath. This guide sets out which of them rest on Vedic text, which on later devotion, and which on a twentieth-century development that is often mistaken for both.

Worship of the Navagraha — the nine grahas of Jyotish — alongside the Graha Shanti and Dosha Nivaran rituals a family astrologer or priest may recommend. This guide explains what these observances are and where they sit in the tradition. It does not read charts or recommend remedies.

Hindu marriage — Vivaha Sanskar — unfolds across several ceremonies rather than a single event. This guide covers the twelve rituals in Avyani's catalogue, from the betrothal to the rites of early married life, and sets out what the law actually says about the seven steps.

Eighteen Ganapati rituals, from a few quiet minutes of daily devotion to the ten-day celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi. This guide sets out what the texts behind them actually are, how the forms differ, and which are for the household and which for a temple.

Thirty Shiva rituals, from a simple daily offering of water and bilva leaves to the eleven-day Rudra recitations of temple tradition. This guide sets out how they relate to one another — what the texts behind them actually are, why some scale so enormously, and when a qualified priest is genuinely needed.