Can't get a panditji? Hear him on CD
Cassettes and cds come to the rescue of people who cannot find a priest for pujasSeawoods resident Sunita Pathak switches on the tape and a deep voice fills the air. It's Pandit Vedhmurthi Sriram Trimbak Deodhar. He's chanting the mantras and telling Sunita exactly how to perform the puja. Everything is explained in detail and Pathak does exactly how panditji is telling her to do. Here's a classic example of e-puja.
Since panditjis are very busy on puja days, families from all over the satellite city eagerly wait for the coming home of Lord Ganesha every year. All preparations are made, including contacting a pandit too who is asked too come and perform the puja.
"These days it is very difficult to get a guruji to come over to your place. Even if they do promise to come, it gets quiet late by the time they finish doing their rounds of other homes. In such cases, we cannot serve food to guests neither can we eat ourselves. We believe in eating only after we have done the puja. At such times, these audio cassettes come to our rescue," says Sunita. The CDs and cassettes tell you exactly what to do when and each important mantra is read out one after another through it.
Generally, the duration of the puja in these CDs or cassettes stretches upto 45 minutes. Whoever sits for the puja is expected to perform all the rituals — whether it is offering flowers to god or giving him the 'panchamrut'. Panchamrut is a mixture of five main ingredients — milk, curd, honey, ghee and sugar. "I've been using these cassettes for eight years now. I believe that anything done from your heart will surely be accepted by God, no matter who performs the puja," adds Pathak.
Two years ago, Koparkhairane resident Pallavi Jambh bought a CD that explained to her the exact procedure of performing a Ganesha puja. "I brought a CD from Landmark at Vashi. The CD did not cost me much and helped me gain a lot of knowledge about the puja which I otherwise would have not known. Besides I also feel that the puja procedure has been simplified and explained which makes it easy for us to understand it." There are quiet a few music stores in the city which sell CDs where the puja procedure is explained very clearly. "These CDs are a lot in demand, especially on festival days. A CD called Shubh Ganesha and Naman Ganesha explains exactly how the puja is to be performed. These CDs could cost a person anything above Rs125. Many young couples buy such CDs," said a music store owner from Vashi.
Cassettes and cds come to the rescue of people who cannot find a priest for pujasSeawoods resident Sunita Pathak switches on the tape and a deep voice fills the air. It's Pandit Vedhmurthi Sriram Trimbak Deodhar. He's chanting the mantras and telling Sunita exactly how to perform the puja. Everything is explained in detail and Pathak does exactly how panditji is telling her to do. Here's a classic example of e-puja.
Since panditjis are very busy on puja days, families from all over the satellite city eagerly wait for the coming home of Lord Ganesha every year. All preparations are made, including contacting a pandit too who is asked too come and perform the puja.
"These days it is very difficult to get a guruji to come over to your place. Even if they do promise to come, it gets quiet late by the time they finish doing their rounds of other homes. In such cases, we cannot serve food to guests neither can we eat ourselves. We believe in eating only after we have done the puja. At such times, these audio cassettes come to our rescue," says Sunita. The CDs and cassettes tell you exactly what to do when and each important mantra is read out one after another through it.
Generally, the duration of the puja in these CDs or cassettes stretches upto 45 minutes. Whoever sits for the puja is expected to perform all the rituals — whether it is offering flowers to god or giving him the 'panchamrut'. Panchamrut is a mixture of five main ingredients — milk, curd, honey, ghee and sugar. "I've been using these cassettes for eight years now. I believe that anything done from your heart will surely be accepted by God, no matter who performs the puja," adds Pathak.
Two years ago, Koparkhairane resident Pallavi Jambh bought a CD that explained to her the exact procedure of performing a Ganesha puja. "I brought a CD from Landmark at Vashi. The CD did not cost me much and helped me gain a lot of knowledge about the puja which I otherwise would have not known. Besides I also feel that the puja procedure has been simplified and explained which makes it easy for us to understand it." There are quiet a few music stores in the city which sell CDs where the puja procedure is explained very clearly. "These CDs are a lot in demand, especially on festival days. A CD called Shubh Ganesha and Naman Ganesha explains exactly how the puja is to be performed. These CDs could cost a person anything above Rs125. Many young couples buy such CDs," said a music store owner from Vashi.
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