Shrikant Joshi

• Identity verified

  Aadhaar and driving licence were checked against his bank account name; a live video selfie was matched to both documents.

  19 Jan 2026

• Shastra certified

  He recited the Ganapati Atharvashirsha and the Vastu Shanti sankalp and homa sequence before a review panel, which assessed Rigvedic svara and the ordering of the Vaastu purusha sthapana.

  3 Feb 2026

• Lineage verified

  His pathashala in Pune produced the dated Vedamurti conferral record, and his Nashik guruji confirmed the four years of apprenticeship in a signed letter.

  17 Feb 2026

• Temple affiliated

  The Trimbakeshwar temple office confirmed his registration as a visiting purohit for sponsored rites; his registration number and its validity date were recorded by our field team.

  4 Mar 2026

• Background checked

  Police verification from Pune City Police dated 21 April 2026, and references from two builders whose handover pujas he has conducted since 2019.

  28 Apr 2026

Griha Pravesh & Vastu

Griha pravesh and vastu shanti, traditionally performed before the first night is spent in a new home. The kalash is carried across the threshold, the eight directions are settled with mantra, and the kitchen fire is lit for the first time.

Marriage & Union

Vivaah and the rites that surround it, from the sankalp to the saat phere before the sacred fire. Pandits are matched to your family paddhati — Maithil, Bengali, Gaud Saraswat, Iyer — so the vidhi follows the sequence you grew up with.

Dosha Nivaran

A dosha is a classification a jyotishi reads in a kundli — Mangal, Kaal Sarp, Shani, Pitra — and the Shastras set down a remedy alongside each one. These rites are those remedies, described plainly and performed without alarm.

Festival Pujas

The pujas the calendar brings round each year — Diwali Lakshmi pujan, Ganesh sthapana, the Satyanarayan katha. Dates follow the panchang rather than the civil calendar, so a slot opens as soon as the tithi for your city is fixed.

Havan & Yagya

Rites built around the consecrated fire, where each mantra closes with an ahuti offered into the flame and the count of ahutis is fixed by the vidhi. A havan needs a kund, open ventilation and roughly two hours; the pandit brings a portable kund when a home does not have one.

• Ganesha

  Vivaah Sanskar

  विवाह संस्कार

  The Vedic wedding rite. Two families are joined before Agni, and the couple walks the saptapadi — the seven steps that complete the marriage.

  Starting price

  ₹51,000

  Duration

  3–5 hr

• Vishnu

  Satyanarayan Katha

  श्री सत्यनारायण व्रत कथा

  A household vrat kept most often on Purnima or a sankranti, in which the sankalp is taken first and the katha is then read aloud in five chapters before the family.

  Starting price

  ₹2,100

  Duration

  1–4 hr

• Ganesha

  Griha Pravesh Puja

  गृहप्रवेश संस्कार

  The first entry into a new home — the kalash carried across the threshold, the dwar puja at the main door, and milk set to boil over on the new hearth.

  Starting price

  ₹5,100

  Duration

  2–6 hr

• Ganesha

  Vastu Shanti Havan

  वास्तुशान्ति होम

  Performed before or alongside griha pravesh. The vastu purusha mandala is drawn, the directional guardians are named, and the fire is offered at the centre of the house.

  Starting price

  ₹11,000

  Duration

  3–7 hr

• Hanuman

  Mangal Dosha Shanti

  कुजदोषशान्ति

  The traditional observance kept when Mars occupies one of the bhavas that the matching texts mark. Its themes are patience with others, and the steadying of a strong temperament.

  Starting price

  ₹2,100

  Duration

  1–3 hr

• Ganesha

  Mangalya Shanti Puja

  माङ्गल्य शान्ति

  A shanti performed for a married couple — before the wedding where the charts show Mangal dosha, or later on an anniversary or a milestone year.

  Starting price

  ₹11,000

  Duration

  2–4 hr

• Shiva

  Kaal Sarp Dosha Nivaran

  कालसर्पदोषनिवारणम्

  The observance kept when every graha falls on one side of the Rahu and Ketu axis. Nag puja, Rudrabhishek and the Sarpa Sukta are its three parts.

  Starting price

  ₹5,100

  Duration

  2–4 hr

Rites performed on your behalf in India are done at Trimbakeshwar Temple, Nashik. A Jyotirlinga at the foot of the Brahmagiri hill in Nashik district, beside the Kushavarta kund from which the Godavari is traditionally reckoned to rise. The black basalt temple standing today was built in the middle of the eighteenth century under the Peshwa Balaji Bajirao. The lingam here is unusual: three small faces set within a hollow, read in the local tradition as Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Purohits of Trimbakeshwar are known across Maharashtra for the ancestral rites and dosha-shanti observances conducted on the Kushavarta ghat.

Base fee from

₹2,100

What it covers

His time for the rite itself, the sankalp taken with your family beforehand, and the recitation.

Priced separately

The package chosen for the rite, the samagri kit if you take one, travel beyond 60 km from Pune, and shipping where prasad is sent to you.

When it is charged

At confirmation. The full breakdown — fee, package, samagri, travel and taxes — is shown before you pay, and nothing is added to it afterwards.

Dakshina

Given at your own discretion at the end of the rite, directly and in whatever amount you decide. It is not part of the fee and does not appear on the invoice.