Brihaspati Puja customs and traditions you should know about

Brihaspati Puja or Jupiter Puja is dedicated to Guru Dev. Planet Jupiter present in the solar system symbolizes the Guru in everyone’s life. He is the representative of Guru Dev who is the Priest of Gods.

In Hinduism culture, every particular day is dedicated to a specific God and likewise, Thursday is devoted to Jupiter. Performing Brihaspati Puja on Thursday is considered auspicious and benefits a devotee with good health and success in life. You can offer your Manokamna Tokri to Brihaspati Dev for consecutive Thursdays by booking online at Brihaspati Dham in Jaipur.

Traditions and customs of Brihaspati Puja

Besides the regular puja norms followed while offering prayers, there are some traditions and customs devotees follow on this day to please Jupiter.

1. Fasting customs — Devotees observe fasting on this day for both spiritual as well as physical benefits. They eat food only after offering prayer to Guru Dev. The food should comprise chana dal, besan and ghee. Also, you cannot use salt to prepare any meals.

2. What to offer to Guru Dev — God Brihaspati has to be offered some yellow colored sweets, flowers and fruits.

3. Bhog and prasad rituals — The bhog offered to Guru Dev should have yellow sweets, bananas or yellow delicacy. After offering puja and prasad to God Brihaspati, offer water to the Tulsi plant and add a few Tulsi leaves in the prasad before consuming.

You can order Brihaspati prasad specially made laddoos with purest cow ghee at Brihaspati Dham Temple in Jaipur or also book with us to offer your prasad to Dev Guru on your behalf at Brihaspati Dham Temple in Jaipur.

4. What should you wear — Yellow color is considered auspicious and is associated with positivity and strength in life. Hence, all devotees wear yellow attire and Jupiter planet is also connected with yellow color metals like Gold. They also apply yellow Chandan on their forehead.

5. Illuminate the home by lighting ghee diyas — Ghee diya is a sign of prosperity, wealth and success and hence, devotees light ghee diyas in Brihaspati Mandir or home on this auspicious day.

6. Gain wealth and prosperity — According to Hindu mythology, performing puja dedicatedly every Thursday brings good health, luck, wealth, success and prosperity to the devotees.

7. Help poor and needy people — In the Vrat Katha, it is mentioned that Vishnu appears in disguise of Sadhu to test the devotees. Hence, helping the poor and needy is the most popular custom of this puja.

8. Give alms — There is another popular story associated with puja that a man named Brihaspati denied offering alms to a poor man. Later when he realized his mistake, he performed puja to please Guru Dev. Hence, following this belief devotees never let anyone return empty handed from their home front.

9. Brihaspati Vrat Katha customs — No one should leave the place or speak in between while reading or listening to the Katha. The person reading the katha should read it aloud and cover their head with any yellow piece of cloth. You can download katha, bhajans and more online at Brihaspati Dham in Jaipur.

Once the puja is performed, the people listening to the katha must eat the prasad, wash hands and then resume any other activity.

It is strongly believed that one can attain the complete benefits of Brihaspati Puja if it is done with dedication. The worshiper gains strong and long life, good health, success in business and career, and specifically cures stomach ailment among other benefits of offering Puja on Thursday.

Visit Brihaspati Dham website to book your puja online by contacting the temple office directly in Jaipur. All pujas mentioned on book Puja page are performed in Brihaspati Dham temple.

Summary -

According to Hindu mythology, performing Brihaspati Puja on every Thursday brings good health, wealth and prosperity. Apart from the regular puja norms followed while performing prayers, there are some traditions and custom devotees follow on Brihaspati Puja. They observe fast on Thursdays for maximum benefit and offer some yellow colored fruits or sweets to Guru Dev. The bhog offered on this day to Brihaspati should have yellow sweets, bananas or yellow delicacy. Devotees compulsorily wear yellow cloth on Thursday while performing puja as it is associated with positivity and strength in life. If puja is performed with dedication, it is strongly believed that one can attain complete benefits of it.