Printable puja sheets

What to gather

• ☐ An image of Dhanvantari or Vishnu, and of Lakshmi if your family includes her
• ☐ Roli, akshat, flowers, incense and a ghee lamp
• ☐ Sweets or fruit as naivedya
• ☐ A four-wick lamp (chaumukha diya) of clay or dough, with oil
• ☐ A heat-safe plate to set it on outside the door
• ☐ A metal utensil, silver coin or new broom, if your family buys one

Steps

1. Clean and light up the home. Finish cleaning, draw rangoli at the door and keep the lamps ready for the evening.
2. Remember Dhanvantari. In the evening, light the ghee lamp before the image, offer roli, rice, flowers and sweets, and say the Dhanvantari mantra with a prayer for the family’s health.
3. Light the lamp for Yama. After sunset, light a four-wick lamp and place it outside the main door, facing south, with a prayer for protection from untimely death.
4. Bring something new home. If your family keeps the custom, bring home a metal utensil, silver or a new broom, and place it near the puja for a blessing.