How the video call is arranged
After you book on the Mahamrityunjay Jaap booking page, the confirmation and bill arrive on your WhatsApp. Before the day, the pandit's team contacts you on the same WhatsApp number and tells you when the jaap will begin, so you can be free at that time.
On the day, the call comes to you as an ordinary WhatsApp video call. You do not need to install anything, create an account or open a link — if you can take a WhatsApp video call, you can join.
On the day, the call comes to you as an ordinary WhatsApp video call. You do not need to install anything, create an account or open a link — if you can take a WhatsApp video call, you can join.
What you see on the call
- Sankalp — the pandit says the name and gotra you gave and the purpose of the jaap. This is the moment most families want to hear, so the call begins with it.
- Jaap — the pandits chanting the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra on the mala, count by count.
- Rudrabhishek on the Shivling with milk and water, and Shiva puja with flowers and bilva leaves.
- Dashansh havan — the closing ahutis once the count is complete.
Is a jaap watched on video complete?
Yes. In the shastras the fruit of a jaap follows the sankalp — the name, gotra and purpose said at the start — not the physical presence of the person it is for. Families have always had pujas done for relatives who could not attend. The video call does not make the jaap more or less valid; it lets you see, with your own eyes, that it was done in your name and done properly.
The person the jaap is for does not even need to be on the call. A patient in hospital, an elderly parent asleep, a child abroad — the sankalp in their name is what makes it theirs.
The person the jaap is for does not even need to be on the call. A patient in hospital, an elderly parent asleep, a child abroad — the sankalp in their name is what makes it theirs.
Joining from a hospital, another city or another country
- From a hospital — take the call quietly in a corridor or with earphones; nothing needs to be done near the patient.
- Family in different places — one person takes the call; others can sit with them, and the recording can be shared with everyone afterwards.
- Another time zone — the time is shared in advance in Indian time, so devotees in the USA, UK, Canada, Australia or the Gulf can plan for it. See puja services for NRIs.
What to keep ready at your end
None of this is compulsory, but many families like to:
- Sit facing east or north, with a diya before a picture of Shiva.
- Keep the phone charged and on Wi-Fi, with the volume up for the sankalp.
- Fold their hands at the sankalp and chant "Om Namah Shivaya" softly during the jaap.
If the call drops or you miss it
The jaap does not stop or start over because a call drops — it continues in Ujjain exactly as planned. The team calls you back when the connection returns, and you receive the full recording afterwards in any case. If you cannot be free on the day at all, the jaap still goes ahead in your name; if you would rather move it, you can reschedule free up to 12 hours before the start time.
Book a jaap with a live video call
On the Mahamrityunjay Jaap booking page, choose 11,000 (₹5,500), 51,000 (₹15,000) or sawa lakh (₹31,000), pick the date and give the name and gotra for the sankalp. The live video call, the recording and the prasad by courier are included in the price. Step-by-step booking is in ghar baithe Mahamrityunjay jaap kaise book karein.