Should I give the puja time or the aarti time?

Both. Close family sit from the start; most guests come for the aarti and stay for prasadam and the meal. Giving both times lets each guest choose without asking, and keeps the house calm during the katha.

Do guests bring gifts to a Satyanarayan puja?

Usually fruit, flowers or sweets for the puja, and sometimes a small gift for a new home. If you would rather they brought nothing, a line on the invitation saying so is kind: "No gifts please; your presence and blessings are enough."

Is a Satyanarayan puja the same as a housewarming?

No, though they are often held together. The griha pravesh is the entering of a new home with its own rituals; the Satyanarayan puja is a puja of thanksgiving that many families hold on the same day or soon after. If both happen together, name both on the invitation.

Satyanarayan puja invitation templates

Q: How do you word a Satyanarayan puja invitation?

Open with a line of devotion, say whose puja it is and why if you wish, then give the date, the puja time and the aarti time, the address, and that prasadam and a meal follow. Close by asking for the family's presence and blessings. Two or three sentences are enough.

Satyanarayan pooja invitation templates for a puja at home or a new house: puja and aarti times, prasadam and lunch, the address on a map and RSVP.

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For a Satyanarayan puja at home, for a new house, a new beginning or in gratitude: the puja time for family, the aarti time for friends and neighbours, prasadam and the meal after, the address with a map, and a gentle reply card for the lunch count.

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Satyanarayan puja invitations: what to write and when to send

A Satyanarayan puja invitation says whose home or new house it is, the date and the time the puja begins, the aarti time for guests who come only for that, the address, and that prasadam and lunch or dinner follow. Keep it devout and plain, with no party words.

The puja is held in gratitude or for a new beginning: a new home, a new job, a wedding anniversary, a child's birth, or simply because a vow was kept. Say which, in a line, if you like; guests who know the family will understand the occasion. Give two times: when the puja begins, for close family who sit through the katha, and when the aarti is, for neighbours and friends who join for the aarti and prasadam. Then the meal, since most families serve lunch or dinner after.

With the blessings of Lord Satyanarayana, we invite you and your family to the Satyanarayan puja at our new home on Saturday, 14 March. Puja at 9:00 am, aarti at 11:30 am, followed by prasadam and lunch. Flat 402, Lakshmi Residency, Jubilee Hills.

A week or two of notice is usual, since the puja is often fixed by the panchangam close to the day. Ask guests to come in traditional dress if you like, and note where to park and that footwear is left at the door. A reply card is useful only for the meal; most hosts cook for a rough count, so a gentle "Kindly let us know if you will stay for lunch" is enough. If it is also your housewarming, the housewarming page has the griha pravesh wording.

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