Navratri Havan Vidhi and Navratri Havan Mantra (in Hindi)

A havan is the one Navratri ritual most people have watched but never actually performed themselves. The fire, the mantras, the final "swaha" with each offering, feel like they belong to a pandit, not a home puja.

They don't have to. Here's the mantra for each of the nine devis, the samagri you'll need, and the order the havan actually follows.

Navratri Havan Mantra List

Each day's havan uses that day's devi mantra, chanted with each ahuti offered into the fire.

The closing mantra chanted through the whole havan, with every ahuti, is simply "Om Swaha," offered into the fire with ghee, til or samidha (sacred wood).

Navratri Havan Mantra in Hindi

हर आहुति के साथ मंत्र के अंत में "स्वाहा" बोला जाता है, जो यह दर्शाता है कि अर्पण पूरी तरह से समर्पित किया जा रहा है।

Navratri Havan Vidhi: Step by Step

1. Prepare the havan kund. A small brass or clay havan kund works for a home puja; even a wide, heatproof plate lined with sand is enough.
2. Arrange the samagri nearby. Keep havan samagri, ghee, a matchbox and the day's mantra within easy reach before lighting the fire.
3. Light the fire. Use dry wood (samidha) or coconut husk, and let it catch properly before offering anything.
4. Invoke Ganesh ji first. Offer the first few ahutis to Ganesh ji, asking for an obstacle-free puja, before moving to the day's devi.
5. Offer ahutis with the day's mantra. Add a small spoon of ghee, til or havan samagri to the fire with each mantra, ending every offering with "swaha." A common count is 108 ahutis, though any heartfelt number is accepted.
6. Close with a Purnahuti. The final, larger offering, usually with a coconut, marks the end of the havan.
7. Let the fire burn out naturally. Don't extinguish it forcefully; let it die down on its own once the havan is complete.

Those observing Navratri this week might recognise this structure from the Maa Shailputri havan on Day 1, or the Navgrah Havan for Day 2, both performed by temple Pandits following this same order.

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When to Do Navratri Havan

A havan can technically be performed on any day of Navratri, since each devi has her own mantra to offer it with. In practice, most households keep it to one or two days rather than all nine.

Ashtami and Navami are the most common choices. Ashtami marks Maa Mahagauri's day and is widely observed with a havan before Kanya Pujan. Navami, the final day, is when many families do their main havan of the festival, often alongside 9 Kanya Pujan, since both mark the completion of the nine-day worship.

For those who can't host a havan and Kanya Pujan together at home, Ekishwar offers a Nav Devi Manokamna Nariyal & Kanya Charan Pujan chadhawa, where this Navami ritual is completed at the temple in your name: see the Kanya Charan Pujan chadhawa.

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