sutra, the first Upasana that is advised is Ganapathy and in Ganapathy,

Tarpanam is there, pancha AVarana puja is there and there is Homam

also. Out of these, now we'll learn Ganapathy Tarpanam. Its
traditional name is Ganapathy Chaturavritti Tarpanam, that is we'd
be pouring water 444 times on Ganapathy through our hand.
Let us now see and learn how to do Ganapathy tarpanam. The check
list for Ganapathy Tarpanam is the following:
Betel leaf, turmeric powder, flowers, kumkum, big plate,
Tyghjkkkk
w see how do we do Ganapati tarpanam. For knowing the same,
we've to know what tarpanam is. Tarpanam comes from the wVisnudharmottaraord tri
pti,
which is satisfying. We're satisfying the Goddess by following a process,
which in turn removes obstacles, bestows us some good things in life
and elevates us spiritually over time.
In Srividya Upasana, Parasurama Kalpa Sutras or aphorisms serves as
the base or core. This is what was given by Parasurama Rishi after
receiving the knowledge from Lord Dattatreya. In Parasurama Kalpa
sutra, the first Upasana that is advised is Ganapathy and in Ganapathy,
Tarpanam is there, pancha AVarana puja is there and there is Homam
also. Out of these, now we'll learn Ganapathy Tarpanam. Its
traditional name is Ganapathy Chaturavritti Tarpanam, that is we'd
be pouring water 444 times on Ganapathy through our hand.
Let us now see and learn how to do Ganapathy tarpanam. The check
list for Ganapathy Tarpanam is the following:
Betel leaf, turmeric powder, flowers, kumkum, big plate,
water bindi or sombu, Pancha patram, Uddharani, suganda dravya powder.
How do we sit ?
We sit facing east on a wooden plank or a silk seat. Then, keep
the big plate which can hold upto 5 glasses of water in front of you.
Take the fresh betel leaf and keep it on the plate such that
its tip faces east and the stalk west. After keeping the betel leaf,
take a teaspoon of turmeric powder in your left palm, mix a spoon
of water and make a semi solid paste of it.
Turmeric Ganapathy:
From this semi solid turmeric paste, make a four sided Pyramid with
your right hand by shaping it correspondingly with fingers. Once it
is done, keep this turmeric pyramid on the betel leaf. This turmeric
pyramid is our Ganapathy for doing Ganapathy Tarpanam. After
keeping the Ganapathy on the betel leaf, keep kumkum on all the
four sides and keep some flowers to him.
Sugandha Jala:
Our Ganapathy for doing Tarpanam is ready now. Mix the sugandha dravya powder
to the water in the big bindi and stir it uniformly for half a minute.
The sugandha powder is a mix of spices powdered nicely such that it
gets dissolved in the water. According to Parasurama Kalpa Sutra,
this sugandha jala or water is the fittest water for Ganapathy
Tarpanam.
Tarpanam proc
ra
va
ra
da
sar
va
ja
nam
me
va

sha
ma
na
ya
swa
ha
Firstly, pour some water in the right hand palm with uddharani in
left hand and chant the full mula mantra.
"om shreem hreem kleem........." followed by tarpayami namaha.
when we say tarpayami namaha, pour the water from the right hand
palm onto turmeric Ganapathy.
Let us repeat it, take water on the right hand palm, chant the mula
mantra totally followed by tarpayami namaha and when you say
tarpayami namaha, pour the water on Ganapathy.
Similarly this has to be repeated 12 times. (Total 12)
We told earlier that there are 28 aksharas or syllables for the
mantra. Ganapathy Tarpanam continues by doing tarpanam with all
these 28 aksharas in the following way.
Take one akshara, add "swaha tarpayami namaha" and pour water
on the Ganapathy. This has to be followed by the Mula Mantra
tarpanam, that is the full mula mantra has to be chanted
followed by "tarpayami namaha" and the water has to be poured
onto Ganapathy. So for the first akshara, "om", this is how
it goes.
om swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
This has to be repeated four times. That is,
om swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
om swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
om swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
Then, take the next akshara which is shreem. Follow the
same process.
shreem swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
shreem swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
shreem swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
shreem swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
In the same way, you need to do tarpanam for all the
28 given aksharas.
For each bijakshara, there are 8 counts of tarpanams
done. So, for 28 aksharas, 28X8 that is 224 tarpanas
will be done.
The second part of the tarpanam is over.
Then the third part.
For Ganapathy Upasana, there is a separate Yantra
called Ganapathy Yantra. It has five layers and
having close to 26 spots where different parivara
devtas of Ganapathy are sitting. This is similar
to Khadgamala Devatas sitting in Srichakra.
These Devatas inside Ganapathy Yantra are called
Mithuna Devatas, because they are present in
the Yantra together, as couples.
What are the names of these 26 Devatas ?
They are:

sri
sripathy
girija
girijapathy
rati
ratipathy
mahee
maheepathy
mahalakshmi
mahalakshmipathy
xx
xx
We've to do tarpanas for them also. How does it go ?
shreem and add tarpayami namaha to it and pour water
onto Ganapathy. Followed by Mula Mantram tarpayami namaha.
So, how does it go ?
shreem tarpayami namaha,
om shreem hreem .........
This has to be done totally four times.
shreem tarpayami namaha,
om shreem hreem .........
shreem tarpayami namaha,
om shreem hreem .........
shreem tarpayami namaha,
om shreem hreem .........
shreem tarpayami namaha,
om shreem hreem .........
The difference between this mithuna devata tarpanam and
the previous bijakshara tarpanam is that there was
swaha added to each bhija and here there is no swaha.
So, in this way, we have to do tarpanam for all hte
26 mithuna devatas.
As there are 8 tarpanas for each Devata, there are
totally 26 devatas and hence there are 26X8 = 208
So, till now there are 12 initial mula mantra tarpanas,
followed by 224 tarpanams with Bijaksharas followed
by 208 Mithuna Devata Tarpanas totalling 444 tarpanas.
This completes the tarnam. The last part is Phala
Sruti Slokam. It means, the sloka explains the fruit
obtained by doing the Ganapathy Tarpanam.
It goes like the following:
aayur arogyam aishwaryam balam pushtihi mahadyashaha
kavitvam bhukti muktee cha chaturavrutti tarpanaat.
after chanting the sloka, take some water using the
uddharani and drink it. You can give the same to
all the people in the house.
The sloka means that this Ganapathy Tarpanam blesses
a devotee with longevity, good health, wealth,
strength, stability, great fame, poetical skills,
all the rich experiences and the liberation from
birth and death.
Take the betel leaf out of the plate it and keep
in a dry place so that it can dry over time.
You can sprinkle the water all over the house and
if there is any water remaining, pour it to a plant
in a garden. Make sure that you dont pour it where
people step on it.
Totally this has to be done for 41 days and this
process removes any obstacles in our endevours,
removes any mental blocks, removes fears and

gives clarity in thinking and blesses us with

all the riches.
The 41 betel leaves dried thus, can be offered
into Ganapathy Homam by chanting 41 times.
This completes the 41 days of Ganapathy Tarpanam.
llddfgjjkklmghjnm
Fhjkkllllkkkkkkh
O
O
Gij
Gjj
Ghj
Introduction to Tarpanam:
Let us nollowing a process,
which in turn removes obstacles, bestows us some good things in life
and elevates us spiritually over time.
In Srividya Upasana, Parasurama Kalpa Sutras or aphorisms serves as
the base or core. This is what was given by Parasurama Rishi after
receiving the knowledge from Lord Dattatreya. In Parasurama Kalpa
sutra, the first Upasana that is advised is Ganapathy and in Ganapathy,
Tarpanam is there, pancha AVarana puja is there and there is Homam
also. Out of these, now we'll learn Ganapathy Tarpanam. Its
traditional name is Ganapathy Chaturavritti Tarpanam, that is we'd
be pouring water 444 times on Ganapathy through our hand.
Let us now see and learn how to do Ganapathy tarpanam. The check
list for Ganapathy Tarpanam is the following:
Betel leaf, turmeric powder, flowers, kumkum, big plate,
Tyghjkkkk
w see how do we do Ganapati tarpanam. For knowing the same,
we've to know what tarpanam is. Tarpanam comes from the wVisnudharmottaraord tri
pti,
which is satisfying. We're satisfying the Goddess by following a process,
which in turn removes obstacles, bestows us some good things in life
and elevates us spiritually over time.
In Srividya Upasana, Parasurama Kalpa Sutras or aphorisms serves as
the base or core. This is what was given by Parasurama Rishi after
receiving the knowledge from Lord Dattatreya. In Parasurama Kalpa
sutra, the first Upasana that is advised is Ganapathy and in Ganapathy,
Tarpanam is there, pancha AVarana puja is there and there is Homam
also. Out of these, now we'll learn Ganapathy Tarpanam. Its
traditional name is Ganapathy Chaturavritti Tarpanam, that is we'd
be pouring water 444 times on Ganapathy through our hand.
Let us now see and learn how to do Ganapathy tarpanam. The check
list for Ganapathy Tarpanam is the following:
Betel leaf, turmeric powder, flowers, kumkum, big plate,
water bindi or sombu, Pancha patram, Uddharani, suganda dravya powder.
How do we sit ?
We sit facing east on a wooden plank or a silk seat. Then, keep
the big plate which can hold upto 5 glasses of water in front of you.
Take the fresh betel leaf and keep it on the plate such that
its tip faces east and the stalk west. After keeping the betel leaf,
take a teaspoon of turmeric powder in your left palm, mix a spoon
of water and make a semi solid paste of it.
Turmeric Ganapathy:
From this semi solid turmeric paste, make a four sided Pyramid with
your right hand by shaping it correspondingly with fingers. Once it
is done, keep this turmeric pyramid on the betel leaf. This turmeric
pyramid is our Ganapathy for doing Ganapathy Tarpanam. After
keeping the Ganapathy on the betel leaf, keep kumkum on all the

four sides and keep some flowers to him.

Sugandha Jala:
Our Ganapathy for doing Tarpanam is ready now. Mix the sugandha dravya powder
to the water in the big bindi and stir it uniformly for half a minute.
The sugandha powder is a mix of spices powdered nicely such that it
gets dissolved in the water. According to Parasurama Kalpa Sutra,
this sugandha jala or water is the fittest water for Ganapathy
Tarpanam.
Tarpanam proc
ra
va
ra
da
sar
va
ja
nam
me
va
sha
ma
na
ya
swa
ha
Firstly, pour some water in the right hand palm with uddharani in
left hand and chant the full mula mantra.
"om shreem hreem kleem........." followed by tarpayami namaha.
when we say tarpayami namaha, pour the water from the right hand
palm onto turmeric Ganapathy.
Let us repeat it, take water on the right hand palm, chant the mula
mantra totally followed by tarpayami namaha and when you say
tarpayami namaha, pour the water on Ganapathy.
Similarly this has to be repeated 12 times. (Total 12)
We told earlier that there are 28 aksharas or syllables for the
mantra. Ganapathy Tarpanam continues by doing tarpanam with all
these 28 aksharas in the following way.
Take one akshara, add "swaha tarpayami namaha" and pour water
on the Ganapathy. This has to be followed by the Mula Mantra
tarpanam, that is the full mula mantra has to be chanted
followed by "tarpayami namaha" and the water has to be poured
onto Ganapathy. So for the first akshara, "om", this is how
it goes.
om swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
This has to be repeated four times. That is,
om swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
om swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
om swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
Then, take the next akshara which is shreem. Follow the
same process.
shreem swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
shreem swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
shreem swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha

shreem swaha tarpayami namaha

om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
In the same way, you need to do tarpanam for all the
28 given aksharas.
For each bijakshara, there are 8 counts of tarpanams
done. So, for 28 aksharas, 28X8 that is 224 tarpanas
will be done.
The second part of the tarpanam is over.
Then the third part.
For Ganapathy Upasana, there is a separate Yantra
called Ganapathy Yantra. It has five layers and
having close to 26 spots where different parivara
devtas of Ganapathy are sitting. This is similar
to Khadgamala Devatas sitting in Srichakra.
These Devatas inside Ganapathy Yantra are called
Mithuna Devatas, because they are present in
the Yantra together, as couples.
What are the names of these 26 Devatas ?
They are:
sri
sripathy
girija
girijapathy
rati
ratipathy
mahee
maheepathy
mahalakshmi
mahalakshmipathy
xx
xx
We've to do tarpanas for them also. How does it go ?
shreem and add tarpayami namaha to it and pour water
onto Ganapathy. Followed by Mula Mantram tarpayami namaha.
So, how does it go ?
shreem tarpayami namaha,
om shreem hreem .........
This has to be done totally four times.
shreem tarpayami namaha,
om shreem hreem .........
shreem tarpayami namaha,
om shreem hreem .........
shreem tarpayami namaha,
om shreem hreem .........
shreem tarpayami namaha,
om shreem hreem .........
The difference between this mithuna devata tarpanam and
the previous bijakshara tarpanam is that there was
swaha added to each bhija and here there is no swaha.
So, in this way, we have to do tarpanam for all hte
26 mithuna devatas.
As there are 8 tarpanas for each Devata, there are
totally 26 devatas and hence there are 26X8 = 208
So, till now there are 12 initial mula mantra tarpanas,
followed by 224 tarpanams with Bijaksharas followed
by 208 Mithuna Devata Tarpanas totalling 444 tarpanas.
This completes the tarnam. The last part is Phala
Sruti Slokam. It means, the sloka explains the fruit
obtained by doing the Ganapathy Tarpanam.
It goes like the following:

aayur arogyam aishwaryam balam pushtihi mahadyashaha

kavitvam bhukti muktee cha chaturavrutti tarpanaat.
after chanting the sloka, take some water using the
uddharani and drink it. You can give the same to
all the people in the house.
The sloka means that this Ganapathy Tarpanam blesses
a devotee with longevity, good health, wealth,
strength, stability, great fame, poetical skills,
all the rich experiences and the liberation from
birth and death.
Take the betel leaf out of the plate it and keep
in a dry place so that it can dry over time.
You can sprinkle the water all over the house and
if there is any water remaining, pour it to a plant
in a garden. Make sure that you dont pour it where
people step on it.
Totally this has to be done for 41 days and this
process removes any obstacles in our endevours,
removes any mental blocks, removes fears and
gives clarity in thinking and blesses us with
all the riches.
The 41 betel leaves dried thus, can be offered
into Ganapathy Homam by chanting 41 times.
This completes the 41 days of Ganapathy Tarpanam.
sutra, the first Upasana that is advised is Ganapathy and in Ganapathy,
Tarpanam is there, pancha AVarana puja is there and there is Homam
also. Out of these, now we'll learn Ganapathy Tarpanam. Its
traditional name is Ganapathy Chaturavritti Tarpanam, that is we'd
be pouring water 444 times on Ganapathy through our hand.
Let us now see and learn how to do Ganapathy tarpanam. The check
list for Ganapathy Tarpanam is the following:
Betel leaf, turmeric powder, flowers, kumkum, big plate,
Tyghjkkkk
w see how do we do Ganapati tarpanam. For knowing the same,
we've to know what tarpanam is. Tarpanam comes from the wVisnudharmottaraord tri
pti,
which is satisfying. We're satisfying the Goddess by following a process,
which in turn removes obstacles, bestows us some good things in life
and elevates us spiritually over time.
In Srividya Upasana, Parasurama Kalpa Sutras or aphorisms serves as
the base or core. This is what was given by Parasurama Rishi after
receiving the knowledge from Lord Dattatreya. In Parasurama Kalpa
sutra, the first Upasana that is advised is Ganapathy and in Ganapathy,
Tarpanam is there, pancha AVarana puja is there and there is Homam
also. Out of these, now we'll learn Ganapathy Tarpanam. Its
traditional name is Ganapathy Chaturavritti Tarpanam, that is we'd
be pouring water 444 times on Ganapathy through our hand.
Let us now see and learn how to do Ganapathy tarpanam. The check
list for Ganapathy Tarpanam is the following:
Betel leaf, turmeric powder, flowers, kumkum, big plate,
water bindi or sombu, Pancha patram, Uddharani, suganda dravya powder.
How do we sit ?
We sit facing east on a wooden plank or a silk seat. Then, keep
the big plate which can hold upto 5 glasses of water in front of you.
Take the fresh betel leaf and keep it on the plate such that
its tip faces east and the stalk west. After keeping the betel leaf,
take a teaspoon of turmeric powder in your left palm, mix a spoon
of water and make a semi solid paste of it.
Turmeric Ganapathy:

From this semi solid turmeric paste, make a four sided Pyramid with
your right hand by shaping it correspondingly with fingers. Once it
is done, keep this turmeric pyramid on the betel leaf. This turmeric
pyramid is our Ganapathy for doing Ganapathy Tarpanam. After
keeping the Ganapathy on the betel leaf, keep kumkum on all the
four sides and keep some flowers to him.
Sugandha Jala:
Our Ganapathy for doing Tarpanam is ready now. Mix the sugandha dravya powder
to the water in the big bindi and stir it uniformly for half a minute.
The sugandha powder is a mix of spices powdered nicely such that it
gets dissolved in the water. According to Parasurama Kalpa Sutra,
this sugandha jala or water is the fittest water for Ganapathy
Tarpanam.
Tarpanam proc
ra
va
ra
da
sar
va
ja
nam
me
va
sha
ma
na
ya
swa
ha
Firstly, pour some water in the right hand palm with uddharani in
left hand and chant the full mula mantra.
"om shreem hreem kleem........." followed by tarpayami namaha.
when we say tarpayami namaha, pour the water from the right hand
palm onto turmeric Ganapathy.
Let us repeat it, take water on the right hand palm, chant the mula
mantra totally followed by tarpayami namaha and when you say
tarpayami namaha, pour the water on Ganapathy.
Similarly this has to be repeated 12 times. (Total 12)
We told earlier that there are 28 aksharas or syllables for the
mantra. Ganapathy Tarpanam continues by doing tarpanam with all
these 28 aksharas in the following way.
Take one akshara, add "swaha tarpayami namaha" and pour water
on the Ganapathy. This has to be followed by the Mula Mantra
tarpanam, that is the full mula mantra has to be chanted
followed by "tarpayami namaha" and the water has to be poured
onto Ganapathy. So for the first akshara, "om", this is how
it goes.
om swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
This has to be repeated four times. That is,
om swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
om swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
om swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
Then, take the next akshara which is shreem. Follow the
same process.
shreem swaha tarpayami namaha

om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha

shreem swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
shreem swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
shreem swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
In the same way, you need to do tarpanam for all the
28 given aksharas.
For each bijakshara, there are 8 counts of tarpanams
done. So, for 28 aksharas, 28X8 that is 224 tarpanas
will be done.
The second part of the tarpanam is over.
Then the third part.
For Ganapathy Upasana, there is a separate Yantra
called Ganapathy Yantra. It has five layers and
having close to 26 spots where different parivara
devtas of Ganapathy are sitting. This is similar
to Khadgamala Devatas sitting in Srichakra.
These Devatas inside Ganapathy Yantra are called
Mithuna Devatas, because they are present in
the Yantra together, as couples.
What are the names of these 26 Devatas ?
They are:
sri
sripathy
girija
girijapathy
rati
ratipathy
mahee
maheepathy
mahalakshmi
mahalakshmipathy
xx
xx
We've to do tarpanas for them also. How does it go ?
shreem and add tarpayami namaha to it and pour water
onto Ganapathy. Followed by Mula Mantram tarpayami namaha.
So, how does it go ?
shreem tarpayami namaha,
om shreem hreem .........
This has to be done totally four times.
shreem tarpayami namaha,
om shreem hreem .........
shreem tarpayami namaha,
om shreem hreem .........
shreem tarpayami namaha,
om shreem hreem .........
shreem tarpayami namaha,
om shreem hreem .........
The difference between this mithuna devata tarpanam and
the previous bijakshara tarpanam is that there was
swaha added to each bhija and here there is no swaha.
So, in this way, we have to do tarpanam for all hte
26 mithuna devatas.
As there are 8 tarpanas for each Devata, there are
totally 26 devatas and hence there are 26X8 = 208
So, till now there are 12 initial mula mantra tarpanas,
followed by 224 tarpanams with Bijaksharas followed

by 208 Mithuna Devata Tarpanas totalling 444 tarpanas.

This completes the tarnam. The last part is Phala
Sruti Slokam. It means, the sloka explains the fruit
obtained by doing the Ganapathy Tarpanam.
It goes like the following:
aayur arogyam aishwaryam balam pushtihi mahadyashaha
kavitvam bhukti muktee cha chaturavrutti tarpanaat.
after chanting the sloka, take some water using the
uddharani and drink it. You can give the same to
all the people in the house.
The sloka means that this Ganapathy Tarpanam blesses
a devotee with longevity, good health, wealth,
strength, stability, great fame, poetical skills,
all the rich experiences and the liberation from
birth and death.
Take the betel leaf out of the plate it and keep
in a dry place so that it can dry over time.
You can sprinkle the water all over the house and
if there is any water remaining, pour it to a plant
in a garden. Make sure that you dont pour it where
people step on it.
Totally this has to be done for 41 days and this
process removes any obstacles in our endevours,
removes any mental blocks, removes fears and
gives clarity in thinking and blesses us with
all the riches.
The 41 betel leaves dried thus, can be offered
into Ganapathy Homam by chanting 41 times.
This completes the 41 days of Ganapathy Tarpanam.
llddfgjjkklmghjnm
Fhjkkllllkkkkkkh
O
O
Gij
Gjj
Ghj
Introduction to Tarpanam:
Let us nollowing a process,
which in turn removes obstacles, bestows us some good things in life
and elevates us spiritually over time.
In Srividya Upasana, Parasurama Kalpa Sutras or aphorisms serves as
the base or core. This is what was given by Parasurama Rishi after
receiving the knowledge from Lord Dattatreya. In Parasurama Kalpa
sutra, the first Upasana that is advised is Ganapathy and in Ganapathy,
Tarpanam is there, pancha AVarana puja is there and there is Homam
also. Out of these, now we'll learn Ganapathy Tarpanam. Its
traditional name is Ganapathy Chaturavritti Tarpanam, that is we'd
be pouring water 444 times on Ganapathy through our hand.
Let us now see and learn how to do Ganapathy tarpanam. The check
list for Ganapathy Tarpanam is the following:
Betel leaf, turmeric powder, flowers, kumkum, big plate,
Tyghjkkkk
w see how do we do Ganapati tarpanam. For knowing the same,
we've to know what tarpanam is. Tarpanam comes from the wVisnudharmottaraord tri
pti,
which is satisfying. We're satisfying the Goddess by following a process,
which in turn removes obstacles, bestows us some good things in life
and elevates us spiritually over time.
In Srividya Upasana, Parasurama Kalpa Sutras or aphorisms serves as

the base or core. This is what was given by Parasurama Rishi after
receiving the knowledge from Lord Dattatreya. In Parasurama Kalpa
sutra, the first Upasana that is advised is Ganapathy and in Ganapathy,
Tarpanam is there, pancha AVarana puja is there and there is Homam
also. Out of these, now we'll learn Ganapathy Tarpanam. Its
traditional name is Ganapathy Chaturavritti Tarpanam, that is we'd
be pouring water 444 times on Ganapathy through our hand.
Let us now see and learn how to do Ganapathy tarpanam. The check
list for Ganapathy Tarpanam is the following:
Betel leaf, turmeric powder, flowers, kumkum, big plate,
water bindi or sombu, Pancha patram, Uddharani, suganda dravya powder.
How do we sit ?
We sit facing east on a wooden plank or a silk seat. Then, keep
the big plate which can hold upto 5 glasses of water in front of you.
Take the fresh betel leaf and keep it on the plate such that
its tip faces east and the stalk west. After keeping the betel leaf,
take a teaspoon of turmeric powder in your left palm, mix a spoon
of water and make a semi solid paste of it.
Turmeric Ganapathy:
From this semi solid turmeric paste, make a four sided Pyramid with
your right hand by shaping it correspondingly with fingers. Once it
is done, keep this turmeric pyramid on the betel leaf. This turmeric
pyramid is our Ganapathy for doing Ganapathy Tarpanam. After
keeping the Ganapathy on the betel leaf, keep kumkum on all the
four sides and keep some flowers to him.
Sugandha Jala:
Our Ganapathy for doing Tarpanam is ready now. Mix the sugandha dravya powder
to the water in the big bindi and stir it uniformly for half a minute.
The sugandha powder is a mix of spices powdered nicely such that it
gets dissolved in the water. According to Parasurama Kalpa Sutra,
this sugandha jala or water is the fittest water for Ganapathy
Tarpanam.
Tarpanam proc
ra
va
ra
da
sar
va
ja
nam
me
va
sha
ma
na
ya
swa
ha
Firstly, pour some water in the right hand palm with uddharani in
left hand and chant the full mula mantra.
"om shreem hreem kleem........." followed by tarpayami namaha.
when we say tarpayami namaha, pour the water from the right hand
palm onto turmeric Ganapathy.
Let us repeat it, take water on the right hand palm, chant the mula
mantra totally followed by tarpayami namaha and when you say
tarpayami namaha, pour the water on Ganapathy.
Similarly this has to be repeated 12 times. (Total 12)
We told earlier that there are 28 aksharas or syllables for the
mantra. Ganapathy Tarpanam continues by doing tarpanam with all

these 28 aksharas in the following way.

Take one akshara, add "swaha tarpayami namaha" and pour water
on the Ganapathy. This has to be followed by the Mula Mantra
tarpanam, that is the full mula mantra has to be chanted
followed by "tarpayami namaha" and the water has to be poured
onto Ganapathy. So for the first akshara, "om", this is how
it goes.
om swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
This has to be repeated four times. That is,
om swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
om swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
om swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
Then, take the next akshara which is shreem. Follow the
same process.
shreem swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
shreem swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
shreem swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
shreem swaha tarpayami namaha
om shreem hreem kleem gloum gam.... tarpayami namaha
In the same way, you need to do tarpanam for all the
28 given aksharas.
For each bijakshara, there are 8 counts of tarpanams
done. So, for 28 aksharas, 28X8 that is 224 tarpanas
will be done.
The second part of the tarpanam is over.
Then the third part.
For Ganapathy Upasana, there is a separate Yantra
called Ganapathy Yantra. It has five layers and
having close to 26 spots where different parivara
devtas of Ganapathy are sitting. This is similar
to Khadgamala Devatas sitting in Srichakra.
These Devatas inside Ganapathy Yantra are called
Mithuna Devatas, because they are present in
the Yantra together, as couples.
What are the names of these 26 Devatas ?
They are:
sri
sripathy
girija
girijapathy
rati
ratipathy
mahee
maheepathy
mahalakshmi
mahalakshmipathy
xx
xx
We've to do tarpanas for them also. How does it go ?
shreem and add tarpayami namaha to it and pour water
onto Ganapathy. Followed by Mula Mantram tarpayami namaha.
So, how does it go ?
shreem tarpayami namaha,

om shreem hreem .........

This has to be done totally four times.
shreem tarpayami namaha,
om shreem hreem .........
shreem tarpayami namaha,
om shreem hreem .........
shreem tarpayami namaha,
om shreem hreem .........
shreem tarpayami namaha,
om shreem hreem .........
The difference between this mithuna devata tarpanam and
the previous bijakshara tarpanam is that there was
swaha added to each bhija and here there is no swaha.
So, in this way, we have to do tarpanam for all hte
26 mithuna devatas.
As there are 8 tarpanas for each Devata, there are
totally 26 devatas and hence there are 26X8 = 208
So, till now there are 12 initial mula mantra tarpanas,
followed by 224 tarpanams with Bijaksharas followed
by 208 Mithuna Devata Tarpanas totalling 444 tarpanas.
This completes the tarnam. The last part is Phala
Sruti Slokam. It means, the sloka explains the fruit
obtained by doing the Ganapathy Tarpanam.
It goes like the following:
aayur arogyam aishwaryam balam pushtihi mahadyashaha
kavitvam bhukti muktee cha chaturavrutti tarpanaat.
after chanting the sloka, take some water using the
uddharani and drink it. You can give the same to
all the people in the house.
The sloka means that this Ganapathy Tarpanam blesses
a devotee with longevity, good health, wealth,
strength, stability, great fame, poetical skills,
all the rich experiences and the liberation from
birth and death.
Take the betel leaf out of the plate it and keep
in a dry place so that it can dry over time.
You can sprinkle the water all over the house and
if there is any water remaining, pour it to a plant
in a garden. Make sure that you dont pour it where
people step on it.
Totally this has to be done for 41 days and this
process removes any obstacles in our endevours,
removes any mental blocks, removes fears and
gives clarity in thinking and blesses us with
all the riches.
The 41 betel leaves dried thus, can be offered
into Ganapathy Homam by chanting 41 times.
This completes the 41 days of Ganapathy Tarpanam.