Ganga Poojan Bodhika
The glory of Maa Ganga, the complete method of worship, stotras and aarti
eBook · First edition (eBook), 2026
Deep Poojan
The significance of the lamp, daily worship, Kartik Deep Daan and the Lakshavartika Vrat
Why do we light a lamp? Ghee or oil? How many wicks? What does scripture prescribe for Deep Daan in Kartik Maas? The answers to all these questions, in one place.
- 115Pages
- PDF + EPUBBoth files
- HindiWith original Sanskrit
- 10Chapters + appendices
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Credits
Author
Sri ShivBodh Ji
Publisher
Simple, clear and authentic guidance on worship with the lamp
In Indian homes the diya is the most familiar item of worship. Lighting a small lamp at dusk beside the Tulsi, in the home shrine or at the door is part of the daily life of crores of families.
This book has two aims. First, to give the ordinary devotee simple, clear and authentic guidance on worship with the lamp, so that a diya can be lit at home every day with devotion. Second, to preserve for the serious sadhak the worship procedure of the Shri Lakshavartika Vrat and its traditional katha, with the original Sanskrit, the Hindi meaning and the necessary notes.
This eBook is written in Hindi, with the original Sanskrit. This page describes it in English.
Who this book is for
- Householders who light a diya at home every day and want to know its meaning and the correct method.
- Devotees who offer Deep Daan in Kartik Maas, at Deepavali or on other festivals.
- Sadhaks who wish to observe the Shri Lakshavartika Vrat and its Udyapan under a Guru's guidance.
- Priests, students and every reader who wants to understand the lamp tradition through its original texts.
Inside the book
Ten chapters in three parts
Part 1 · For the householder
Reading for the first time? Start here. Chapter 4 has a one-page worship sheet for daily use.
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Chapter 1
The spiritual significance of the lamp
Why we light a lamp: light, knowledge, concentration, devotion, and bowing to the flame.
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Chapter 2
The lamp, ghee or oil, and the wick
Choosing the lamp, ghee or oil and the wick; the seat, direction, place and time for the lamp.
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Chapter 3
Lamps by deity and occasion
A deity and lamp table, and the lamp for each occasion, in brief.
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Chapter 4
Daily lamp worship at home
Purification, Sankalp, lighting the lamp, bowing to it, aarti and the prayer for forgiveness: a simple step-by-step method.
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Chapter 5
Deep Daan: meaning, place, time and kinds
How aarti, lamp worship and Deep Daan differ; cleanliness and safety when offering lamps on a river bank.
Part 2 · Kartik Maas
Deep Daan in Kartik, the Akash Deep, the Tulsi lamp, the lamp for the ancestors and the Puranic stories linked to them.
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Chapter 6
Deep Daan in Kartik Maas
Deep Daan through the whole month, Akash Deep, Tulsi Deep, Pitru Deep and Damodar worship.
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Chapter 7
The Puranic glory of Deep Daan
Selected stories: the mouse who raised the flame of the lamp, the story of the Akash Deep and more.
Part 3 · Shri Lakshavartika Vrat
This is an elaborate observance; perform it only under a Guru's guidance.
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Chapter 8
Lakshavartika: introduction, counting and the Udyapan sequence
One lakh and one and a quarter lakh, counting the one-tenth (dashansh), a thousand wicks a day and the Udyapan at a glance.
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Chapter 9
Lakshavartika Deep Daan: method of worship
The complete worship procedure of the vrat, in order.
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Chapter 10
Shri Lakshavartika Vrat Katha
Original Sanskrit verses with the Hindi meaning and notes.
Appendices and references
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Appendices
Lists of materials, a collection of mantras, aarti, the prayer for forgiveness, questions and answers, a glossary and old units of measure.
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Reference texts
The texts and online sources used in the book.
The flame of the lamp reminds us that the light burning outside is the same light that is within every living being.
From the introduction
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Introduction, contents and the whole of Chapter 1: a free 17-page sample (PDF).
- Author
- Sri ShivBodh Ji
- Publisher
- ShivBodh Trust
- Edition
- First edition (eBook), 2026
- Published
- 19 October 2026
- Pages
- 115
- Language
- Hindi, with the original Sanskrit
- Format
- eBook: PDF + EPUB
- Price
- ₹99
The mantras, procedures and stories in this book follow the scriptural tradition. Before performing any observance it is right to take guidance from a qualified Guru. The Puranic statements of merit (phalashruti) are part of faith and tradition; do not treat them as a substitute for medical, financial or other professional advice.
