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How will you take part?
Book online from anywhere, or attend in person at the ghat in Haridwar.
The process
How it works
Choose your pandit
Pick the pandit, the day and the time. Every price you see is the whole price, agreed before you pay.
Give your sankalp
Your name and gotra, and the names of anyone else the puja is for. These are spoken aloud during the rite.
The rite is performed
On the day and at the muhurat you chose, in your name, by the pandit you chose and nobody else.
The pandit you chose, at the price you saw
You pick the exact pandit, verified and empanelled, along with the day and the muhurat. Nobody is substituted, nothing further is asked for during the rite, and if the pandit does not appear we refund the booking in full without your having to ask.
- Your name and gotra spoken in the sankalp
- The pandit you chose, never substituted
- One price, agreed before you pay
Included with every booking
What you receive
The same few promises on every booking, whichever rite you choose and whoever you book.
The rite performed in your name
Your name and gotra enter the sankalp. This is the part that makes it yours rather than a puja you watched.
The pandit you chose, and no one else
You pick the exact pandit, verified and empanelled, and the day and time. If the pandit does not appear, the booking is refunded in full without your having to ask.
One price, agreed beforehand
Nothing further is asked for during the puja. If anyone does ask, report it from your booking and we refund you.
Watch it live, and keep the recording
For an online booking, a private link to watch the rite as it happens, and the recording afterwards to keep.
The rite
About this puja
A traditional Ganga puja performed by verified pandits at Har Ki Pauri, including sankalp and aarti.
The Ganga Aarti is the offering of light to the river Ganga, revered as a goddess and mother who purifies all who come to her. Performed at dusk on the ghats of Varanasi, Haridwar, and Rishikesh, it fills the riverbank with lamps, bells, and song. As a family rite it is kept in gratitude, for the peace of departed ancestors, and to seek the blessing of the sacred river.
Reserved and offered
What is included
Everything reserved for this puja, and the materials the pandit brings.
Reserved for you
Personal sankalp
Your name and gotra are spoken aloud before the rite begins. This is the part that makes it yours.
Aarti
The lamp raised and the aarti sung to close the rite.
Prasad
Offered during the rite.
Offered during the rite
- Gangajal
- Flowers and a garland
- Roli (kumkum)
- Deepak and ghee
- A coconut and betel leaves
- Prasad
- A red cloth and mauli
- Deepak and ghee
Every material the rite needs, brought by the pandit. Nothing for you to buy or arrange.
Step by step
The vidhi, step by step
- 1
Reach the ghat or riverside before dusk and purify yourself with the river water.
- 2
Take a brief sankalp in gratitude to Mother Ganga.
- 3
Offer flowers, milk, and sandalwood to the flowing water.
- 4
Light the tiered lamp and, if used, incense.
- 5
Raise the lamp in slow circles while ringing the bell and singing the aarti.
- 6
Float a leaf boat with flowers and a small lamp upon the river.
- 7
Bow to the river and close with a prayer for peace and blessing.
Tradition
Why this puja is performed
These are the reasons this rite has traditionally been kept. They are what devotees have long held, not outcomes we promise.
A serene rite of gratitude to the sacred river
Traditionally kept for the peace of departed ancestors
Believed to invoke purity, calm, and blessing
Before you book
Questions devotees ask
Straight answers to the handful of things that actually decide a booking.
A verified pandit performs Ganga Puja at Har Ki Pauri, Haridwar, following the vidhi set out on this page, step by step. Your name and gotra are spoken in the sankalp at the start, and the rite is completed in full whether you attend in person or book online. If you book online, the pandit performs it at the ghat in your name, you watch it live, and the recording is sent to you afterwards. When you choose a slot and begin payment it is held for you for fifteen minutes, so nobody else can take it while you finish.
You choose the pandit yourself from a list of verified, empanelled pandits, and the rite follows the vidhi set out on this page, step by step, with your name and gotra spoken in the sankalp. You pick the exact pandit and the time, nobody is substituted, and if the pandit does not appear the booking is refunded in full without you having to ask.
Ask the eldest person in your family first, because it is usually remembered even when it is never written down. If nobody knows it, the Shastras permit you to take Kashyap gotra, and a great many families do exactly that. Tick the box on the form and the pandit will use the Kashyap convention. It does not weaken the sankalp and it will not hold up your booking.
Need to cancel, reschedule or change something? Reach us from your booking and our team helps you personally. If the pandit cancels or does not appear you get the full amount back, and finding you someone else is our problem, not yours.
Most of your payment goes directly to Pandit Ji: his dakshina for performing the puja, the cost of the samagri, and any arrangements made for the day. A smaller portion is our platform fee, which covers running and maintaining the app, paying our team, and payment gateway charges. You have already paid in full for your puja, so anything more you wish to give Pandit Ji is entirely your choice.
