Of late, there had been increasing demand for performing individual poojan at Vaishno Devi. Keeping the sentiment of the devotees into consideration, the shrine board has decided to proceed further with the facility and a brand new system whereby a personal poojan (Hawan) may be requested. There are two types of hawans/poojans on offer; one where you need to be physically present (costs Rs. 5100 in year 2010) and other where you need not to be physically present but the poojan is performed on your name (costs Rs. 1100 in year 2010).
In order to be able to book any of these poojans using internet, the devotee must first register him or her on the shrine board’s website, www.maavaishnodevi.org. After completing registration successfully with the site, you may simply visit the link reading ‘pooja on request’ at the website. Now, you may want to decide if you would be able to make yourself available for participating in poojan or you want the poojan and hawan to be performed in your name.
Under the ‘pooja on request’ scheme, the poojan and hawan is performed every day in the morning at yagyashala by the pundits. You may want to freeze on the date and slot based on availability of the same. Now, you can either pay online or register for the ‘pooja on request’ by downloading the form and sending it to specified email address along with the DD details.
Under one of the schemes, the shrine board permits up to five members of the same family to be present and physically participate in poojan and hawan in order to derive maximum benefit. Under this category, the family should reach the specified place of pooja at the accurate time as prescribed or he or she forfeits the money paid. Even if the money factor is non-considerable for you, it would be very pleasant and calming to be a part of the poojan/hawan.