Janmashtami at Home: A Simple Order of Seva

Begin in the evening with a gentle abhishek: water, then milk, then water again, drying Thakur Ji with a soft cotton cloth before dressing.

Dress Him in the new poshak only after the abhishek is complete and the murti is fully dry. Add the mukut last, then the bansuri, then the garland.

Arrange the jhula with fresh bedding, offer makhan-mishri and panjiri at midnight, and end with a short aarti. The point is not scale — it is attention.