Yamuna Pujan & Dugdhabhishek
यमुना पूजन एवं दुग्धाभिषेक
Yamuna Maharani worshipped at the ghat and offered milk — the seva most families begin a Braj yatra with.
Thakurani Ghat or Brahmand Ghat, Gokul · About 1½ hours
पूजा एवं सेवा
Sevas we arrange in Braj
Arranged with the tirth purohits who have done them for generations, on a day that actually suits the seva. Families abroad often ask us to do one on a birthday or a shraddh date and send the photographs and prasad afterwards — we are glad to.
Yamuna Ji Chunri Manorath
यमुना जी का चुनरी मनोरथ
The offering of a chunri to Yamuna Maharani — a long coloured cloth drawn across the water while the mantras are chanted and the aarti performed.
Vishram Ghat, Mathura — or Keshi Ghat, Vrindavan · About 2 hours
Mundan Sanskar
मुंडन संस्कार (चूड़ाकरण)
A child's first head-shaving, done properly in Braj with the sankalp, the havan and the ghat.
By arrangement in Gokul or Mathura · About 2 hours
Namkaran Sanskar
नामकरण संस्कार
The naming of a child, performed in front of the deity with the havan and the family's sankalp.
By arrangement in Gokul, Mathura or Vrindavan · About 1½ hours
Annaprashan Sanskar
अन्नप्राशन संस्कार
A child's first taste of grain, offered to the deity before it is given to the baby.
By arrangement in Gokul, Mathura or Vrindavan · About 1½ hours
Child Birth Celebration & Badhai Pujan
संतान जन्मोत्सव एवं बधाई पूजन
The thanksgiving a family makes after a child is born — badhai sung, the deity thanked, and sweets distributed.
By arrangement in Gokul, Mathura or Vrindavan · About 2 hours
Vedic Gau-Dan Seva
वैदिक गौ-दान सेवा
The donation of a cow, performed with the full Vedic sankalp at a goshala we know.
A goshala in Braj · About 1 hour
Gau-Puja & Grass Seva
गौ-पूजा एवं ग्रास सेवा
The worship of the cow and the feeding of the herd — the simplest seva here, and the one children take to.
A goshala in Braj · About 45 minutes
Kalsarp Dosh Nivaran Puja
कालसर्प दोष निवारण पूजा
The remedial puja for kalsarp dosh, performed with the jaap and havan the shastra prescribes.
By arrangement in Mathura or Vrindavan · Half a day
Pitru Dosh Shanti, Tarpan & Pind Daan
पितृ दोष शांति, तर्पण एवं पिण्डदान
Tarpan and pind daan for the ancestors, performed at the ghat by purohits who do this work every day.
Vishram Ghat, Mathura — or Brahmand Ghat, Gokul · Half a day
Narayan Bali Puja
नारायण बलि पूजन
The rite performed for an unnatural or untimely death in the family, so the soul is given its proper shraddh.
By arrangement at the ghat in Mathura or Gokul · A full day
Gandmool (Mool) Shanti Puja
गंडमूल (मूल) शांति पूजा
The shanti puja for a child born under a gandmool nakshatra, performed on the twenty-seventh day.
By arrangement in Mathura or Vrindavan · About 3 hours
Mahamrityunjay Jaap & Havan
महामृत्युंजय जाप एवं हवन
The Mahamrityunjay mantra chanted to the count you choose, followed by the havan.
By arrangement in Mathura or Vrindavan · Half a day to a full day, by sankhya
Shri Satyanarayan Vrat Katha & Pujan
श्री सत्यनारायण व्रत कथा एवं पूजन
The Satyanarayan katha read and the puja performed in your family's name, wherever suits you.
By arrangement in Mathura, Vrindavan or at your hotel · About 3 hours
Bal-Gopal Chhappan Bhog & Annakut Manorath
बाल-गोपाल छप्पन भोग एवं अन्नकूट मनोरथ
Fifty-six offerings laid before Baal Gopal in your family's name, then distributed as prasad.
By arrangement at temples in Vrindavan and Gokul · Half a day
Chintaharan Mahadev Rudrabhishek & Dugdhabhishek
चिंताहरण महादेव रुद्राभिषेक एवं दुग्धाभिषेक
Rudrabhishek at Gokul's own Mahadev — the one who takes away worry — with the Rudri paath and milk poured over the lingam.
Chintaharan Mahadev Temple, Gokul · About 2 hours
Shri Navgrah Shanti Pujan
श्री नवग्रह शांति पूजन
The nine planets propitiated together, or one of them singled out where a chart calls for it.
By arrangement in Mathura or Vrindavan · Half a day
Vastu Shanti & Griha Pravesh Pujan
वास्तु शांति एवं गृह प्रवेश पूजन
The puja before you move into a new house — done at the house, or taken here in your name if you are far away.
At your home, or the sankalp taken here on your behalf · Half a day
Shrimad Bhagwat Katha & Mool Path
श्रीमद्भागवत कथा एवं मूल पाठ
The seven-day Bhagwat katha with a vyas, or the mool path read straight through — in the land the Bhagwat is about.
By arrangement in Mathura, Vrindavan or Gokul · Seven days for the katha; one to three days for the mool path
Yamuna Aarti & Deepdan Seva
यमुना आरती एवं दीपदान सेवा
The evening aarti performed in your family's name, and lamps set on the water afterwards.
Vishram Ghat, Mathura — or Keshi Ghat, Vrindavan · About 1 hour