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Madhvacharya Jayanti · puja vidhi

How to do the Madhvacharya Jayanti puja at home

Acharya Madhwa's birthday: his picture beside Shri Hari's, tulasi, the Dwadasha Stotra, and food given. About 60 minutes.

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.

Shri Hari and the Acharya's picture honoured, tulasi and chandan, Om Namo Narayanaya, the Dwadasha Stotra, the Acharya's life, naivedya and the aarti, annadana, and the matha. About an hour at home.

Madhvacharya Jayanti

The Acharya's puja · morning

7:48 AM–1:16 PM · Columbus

In the morning, with the Vijayadashami puja: Shri Hari first, then Acharya Madhwa, the Dwadasha Stotra, naivedya, and then annadana.

  1. The Acharya's puja

    Bath and the devara mane

    1. Bathe in the morning.
    2. Clean the devara mane, the home's place of puja.
    3. Spread a clean cloth before Shri Hari's murti or picture.
    Bath and the devara mane
  2. The Acharya's puja

    Shri Hari and the Acharya's picture

    1. Keep Shri Hari, Shri Krishna or Vishnu ji, at the centre.
    2. Set Acharya Madhwa's picture beside Him.
    3. Keep tulasi, chandan, flowers, a garland, a diya and the naivedya ready.

    Acharya Madhwa taught that Shri Hari is above all, so Hari stands first, and the Acharya, the house's guru, beside Him.

    Shri Hari and the Acharya's picture
  3. The Acharya's puja

    The diya

    1. Light a ghee diya before Shri Hari.
    2. 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.
    The diya
    1. Tulasi and chandan to Shri Hari
    2. The Acharya's picture adorned
    3. Om Namo Narayanaya
    4. The Dwadasha Stotra
    5. The Acharya's life
    6. Naivedya
    7. The aarti
    8. Namaskara
    9. Annadana
    10. The matha

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

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