Griha Pravesh at Home
Griha Pravesh is the sacred Vedic housewarming ritual performed when entering a new home for the first time. It invokes Vastu Purusha, Lord Ganesha, and the nine planets to sanctify the space and remove negative energies.
Spiritual significance
Griha Pravesh marks the formal entry of a family into a new dwelling after receiving blessings from the deities of the eight directions. The ceremony cleanses the space of any residual energies from prior construction or previous owners.
Traditionally performed in three forms — Apoorva (for a newly built home), Sapoorva (re-entry after travel or renovation), and Dwandvah (after calamity). Each has distinct rituals but all center on inviting Lakshmi, prosperity, and peace into the new abode.
The Vastu Shanti homam is the central rite, where offerings of ghee, rice, and nine grains are made to Agni to balance the five elements within the house.
Milk is boiled on the new stove until it overflows — a symbol of abundance, believed to ensure the family never knows scarcity in the new home.
What’s included
- Ganesh Puja and Navagraha invocation
- Vastu Shanti Homam with 108 ahutis
- Kalash Sthapana at the main door
- Panchang reading and Sankalp with family gotra
- Milk boiling ceremony and Anna Prashan
- Prasadam for up to 15 family members
- All samagri including havan kund, samidha, ghee, grains
What to prepare at home
Clean the home thoroughly the night before. Arrange a clear space in the north-east corner for the havan kund. Keep fresh flowers, mango leaves for toran, and a copper kalash ready. Family members should be bathed and in traditional attire before the muhurat.
Recommended muhurat
Most auspicious in the months of Magha, Phalguna, Vaishakha, and Jyeshtha. Avoid Paush and Ashadha. Best tithis are Dwitiya, Tritiya, Panchami, Saptami, Dashami, Ekadashi, Trayodashi.
Pricing tiers
Transparent pricing based on samagri quality and duration.
- 1 Pandit, 3-hour ceremony
- Standard samagri kit
- Vastu Shanti Homam
- Prasadam for 8 people
- 1 Senior Pandit, 4-hour ceremony
- Premium samagri with organic ghee
- Vastu Shanti + Navagraha Homam
- Custom sankalp with gotra
- Prasadam for 15 people
- 2 Pandits, 5-hour ceremony
- Organic premium samagri
- Full Vastu + Navagraha + Rudrabhishek
- Pre-consultation Vastu analysis
- Prasadam for 30 people
- Silver kalash included
Available pandits
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