How to do the Jalaram Bapa Jayanti puja at home

In the morning, before the temples' midday aarti: Bapa's picture honoured, Ram naam, the bhog, and then food given.

1. Bapa's puja

   Bapa's picture set

   1. Clean the home mandir.
   2. Set Bapa's picture on a clean cloth, beside the picture or murti of Shri Ram, whom Bapa served all his life.
   3. Keep the kumkum, akshat, a garland, a ghee diya, agarbatti and a coconut ready on a plate.

   Bapa is pictured in white, with a stick in his left hand and a tulsi mala in his right.

   

2. Bapa's puja

   Ganesh ji first

   1. Offer Ganesh ji a little kumkum, akshat and a flower.
   2. Fold the hands and say His verse.

   Ganesh ji first · 3 lines

   वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्यकोटि समप्रभ।vakratuṇḍa mahākāya sūryakoṭi samaprabha.O Deva of the curved trunk and mighty form, radiant as ten million suns,

   निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा॥nirvighnaṁ kuru me deva sarvakāryeṣu sarvadā.keep every work of mine free of obstacles, always.

   ॐ गं गणपतये नमः॥oṁ gaṁ gaṇapataye namaḥ.Om gam, salutations to Ganapati.
   

3. Bapa's puja

   The ghee diya and agarbatti

   1. Light a ghee diya before Bapa's picture.
   2. Light the agarbatti.
   3. Fold the hands and say the diya's verse.

   Deepa · 2 lines

   दीपज्योतिः परब्रह्म दीपज्योतिर्जनार्दनः।dīpajyotiḥ parabrahma dīpajyotirjanārdanaḥ.The flame of the diya is the Supreme Brahman; the flame of the diya is Janardana.

   दीपो हरतु मे पापं दीपज्योतिर्नमोऽस्तु ते॥dīpo haratu me pāpaṁ dīpajyotirnamo'stu te.May the diya take away my wrongs. O flame of the diya, I bow to You.
   
5. 4. The chandlo and the garland
   5. The coconut of Ram naam
   6. Ram naam
   7. The Jalaram Bavani
   8. Khichdi, boondi and gathiya
   9. Bapa's aarti
   10. Pranam and prayer
   11. Food given
   12. Prasad shared
   13. Darshan at a Jalaram mandir

   These 10 steps, with their drawings and mantras, are in the app