20/01/2017
For Kethu dasha and facing too much of problems, do this :-
1) To start the pooja, choose a day, preferably Tuesday. Light the lamp.
2) Make sure you will get 12 full days to complete the pooja, without work pressure, periods etc. If anything, unexpected comes up to break the pooja- don't worry.Just accept it a Ganapathy's Will.
3) Take a copper cup and a small Ganesh idol . The idol's size should be shorter that one human thumb length. Can be any metal like copper, silver, brass, bronze but not steel. Do not use mud idols or those of plastic, fiber glass etc. Also choose a more conventional, simple idol of Ganesh.Not one of the modern drawing room varieties, where Ganapathy is playing violin, or crawling or even dancing.
A simple, regular metal idol of Ganapathy easily found in all shops.Valampiri, Edampiri- no bar.
4) Place the copper cup in your pooja shelf or near the lamp. Place the Ganesha inside. Pour water till Ganesha is immersed to His Chest. Do not cover beyond that, especially be careful, you don't suffocate the Face.
5) This cup is not to be removed for 12 days. The water should also not be emptied for 12 days, till pooja is over. If in hot places, the water evaporates a little, check daily. Always keep Ganapathy immersed up to His chest, by adding little more water, if needed.
6) To do the pooja after installation, ask Ganesha mentally that he should be with you all thru the 12 days and always. That the pooja should be completed successfully by His Grace.
7) Chant Sankata Naashana Ganesha slokam starting, 'Naaradovaacha, Pranamya Shirasaa ----.'
8) If you can get ArugamPul (Durva grass) keep 12 clean and ready. After each chanting, offer a blade of Dhurva grass.
9) After 12 chantings, offer a namaskaram. Offer a small , simple naivedyam of anything convenient.
10) After 12 days, when the cycle if successfully completed. After the naivedyam, push the cup containing water and Ganesh a little away from the original spot. This is to formally dislodge the installation, to symbolically signify that pooja is fully over.
11) If you start on Tuesday, you will end on Saturday. So, it is a good idea to remove the idol from the cup on that day itself. Deposit the water under a plant where it will not be stamped on.
12) The Grace of Ganapathy will surely be on you.
