Jal Jhulani Ekadashi · puja vidhi

How to do the Jal Jhulani Ekadashi puja at home

A festival where Shri Krishna's murti is taken to a water body.

Every step is named here and the first 3 are given whole. The whole puja, every mantra with its meaning, is in the Kalava app.

7:09 AM · Columbus
Sankalp and morning puja
Take a bath and make a sankalp for the vrat. Set up the Shaligram or Shri Krishna on a yellow cloth and offer yellow flowers, chandan, and tulsi.
Puja of the Tulsi plant
Offer dhoop and do a special puja of the Tulsi plant.
Continue in the Kalava app · free to read
The other 6 steps of the Jal Jhulani Ekadashi puja, whole
Every step with its drawing, every mantra in your own script with its meaning, at your town's own hour, and the samagri each step needs. With a membership, the pandit says each step aloud and waits for your hands.
Point your iPhone's camera here.
1. The Jal Yatra
2. The boat ride
3. Procession with singing and bhajans
4. Evening puja and katha
5. The evening aarti
6. Parana the next morning
These 6 steps are in the app

In the North, the day is also celebrated as the Jalwa Pujan or Surya Puja of infant Shri Krishna, marking his post-birth bath and rituals.