HARE KRISHNA
I have been gifted 2 deities of gaur nitai and radha krishna chandra and i wanna know how to do prana prathistapana for it pls enlightem me so that i can serve them
PS- the deities are small 4 inches and i want to do prathistapana in home ...
hari bol !!!
thanks in advance
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Hare Krsna Prabhuji,
PAMHO.
Congratulations !!! THe deities have walked into your house, pleased with your devotion.
To do prana pratishtha, there are various levels at which you can do - I will give you the most detailed, you can curtail from it what you think is not possible for you.
I have seen devotees take their deities to Mayapur, show Them to their guru maharaj and ask his divine grace to name Them, take permission to start serving Them, take instructions on what is the minimum level of service. Then take Them to HG Jananivas Prabhuji and ask how to serve Them. In one such meeting, I had the good fortune to be present in one such meeting. There prabhuji explained that one should set a very simple standard of worship for the home deities, and then increase the level of worship as and when one is comfortable with the current level and one wants to increase. For Gaur Nitai deities, prabhuji asked whether They will go out to preach.
Regarding installation, one can do at home, simply, with family members. Or one can do elaborate, calling temple pujaris home, calling congregation devotees home, doing full abhishek of deities, offering min 5 items for prasadam, decorating the abhishek table with flowers. And then feast for all present.
Please ask if you want further details.
Haribol,
Your servant,
Radha Rasamayi DD