If you want to start Govardhan puja at home, you will have to do every year. If the desire is there and you show some effort, Krsna is sure to help you.
How to do the puja at home - 56 items have to be made and offered. The way they do it in temple is to make a govardhan hill out of cooked rice and make a face (strategically place pakoras, palak, cherries for lips, something for ears....). Then do arati and offer to the lord, and then everyone can have feast. We are normally told to do as close to temple standard as possible. I have seen houses where only the chappan bhoga is offered and everyone then takes prasadam.
I know that 56 items have to be offered - chappan bhog - the categories and count is also specific, I am not aware of that in detail though.
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Hare Krsna Prabhuji,
PAMHO.
If you want to start Govardhan puja at home, you will have to do every year. If the desire is there and you show some effort, Krsna is sure to help you.
How to do the puja at home - 56 items have to be made and offered. The way they do it in temple is to make a govardhan hill out of cooked rice and make a face (strategically place pakoras, palak, cherries for lips, something for ears....). Then do arati and offer to the lord, and then everyone can have feast. We are normally told to do as close to temple standard as possible. I have seen houses where only the chappan bhoga is offered and everyone then takes prasadam.
I know that 56 items have to be offered - chappan bhog - the categories and count is also specific, I am not aware of that in detail though.
Sorry, this is as much as I know.
Haribol,
Your servant,
Radha Rasamayi DD
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