Chora Ganapati Pooja Vidhana/Procedure by Shri Narendra Babu Sharma Guruji

Brahmanda Guruji Shri Narendra Babu Sharmaji gave us the procedure on Chora Ganapathi Pooja in his Bruhat Brahmanda programme telecasted in Zee Kannada.

• There are only 32 forms of Ganapathi in this world.
  
  
• This pooja must be performed secretly, don't invite anyone for this pooja.
  
  
• Take a idol of Lord Ganesha made up of Panchaloha or Clay or Silver. If not possible you can keep Betel leaf (Veeleyada Yele in Kannada; Vetrilai in Tamil) and Arecanut (Adike in Kannada; Paakku in Tamil) or Pillari using cow dung in the form of Lord Ganesha.
  
  
• You will get the blessings of Lord Ganesha in 21days or 32days or 3 months or 3 years depending upon the karma of once individual.
  
  
• Take a Steel Container.
  
  
• First clean the surroundings where you perform this pooja, if you have space in the pooja room do it there otherwise you can do it in the hall.
  
  
• Draw rangoli using Rice flour (Akki hittu) in the form of Nakshatra with six corners. It can be done by drawing a triangle first and then draw a inverted triangle with a small dot/circle at the center.
  
  
• Place the Mane/Flat Wooden Platform on the rangoli.
  
  
• Don't the place the woonden platform to any corner, you should place such that, you should Pradakshina (Sanskrit), meaning circumambulation to Lord Ganesha.
  
  
• The Lord Ganesha idol should face East.
  
  
• You should offer 21 Milk Weed Plant (Bili Yekka in Kannada ; Vellai Erukku in Tamil ; Arka in Sanskrit) if possible, if not atleast two every Tuesdays.
  
  
• You should offer 21 Bermuda Grass (Arugampul in Tamil ; Garike hullu in Kannada) everyday without fail.
  
  
• Clean/Wash Bermuda Grass before offering it to Lord Ganesha.
  
  
• On the wooden platform draw a triangle and inverted triangle to form a nakshatra (star) one with turmeric powder (Arishina in Kannada ; Manjal in Tamil) and other with Vermilion (Kungumam in Tamil ; Kumkuma in Kannada) to form a nakshatra (star) and keep two ghee lamps if possible, if not dont worry about it.
  
  
• This pooja should be carried out in early morning during sun rise between 5:15AM to 6:30AM
  
  
• If you keep Betel leaf (Veeleyada Yele in Kannada; Vetrilai in Tamil) and Arecanut (Adike in Kannada; Paakku in Tamil) or Pillari using cow dung in the form of Lord Ganesha, you should change everyday. Collect it in Steel Container.
  
  
• After offering your prayers, you should take the Lord Ganesha and keep it in steel container, before that offer Gejje vastra [a string prepared using cotton] and close it.
  
  
• All family member can do Pradakshina (circumambulation) to Lord Ganesha.
  
  
• After pradakshina, the person who is doing this prayer should take the steel container containing Lord Ganesha and keep it secretly, no one should know it or no one should touch it.
  
  
• Collect all the Bermuda Grasses in the steel container itself.
  
  
• Everyday morning take out Lord Ganesha from steel container and offer your prayers as said above.
  
  
• After 32days you should immerse Lord Ganesha in any water source.