2026 New Year Vishnu Sahasranam Jaap and Bal Gopal Kripa Puja with Abhishek
For Divine Grace, Stability and Auspicious Beginnings in the New Year
Kashi Teerth Kshetra, Uttar Pradesh
01 January, Thursday, Pausha Shukla Trayodashi
About Puja
This sacred puja is performed on the first day of the New Year to seek the blessings of Lord Vishnu, the preserver and sustainer of life, along with Bal Gopal, the divine child form of Shri Krishna. It is chosen by devotees who wish to begin the year with stability, clarity, harmony in family life and a positive flow of events in the months ahead. The puja includes the recitation of Shri Vishnu Sahasranam, the thousand sacred names of Lord Vishnu. This stotra is traditionally believed to bring balance, protection and steadiness by aligning the devotee’s life with dharma and order. Regularly offered at the start of important phases, Vishnu Sahasranam helps reduce confusion, calm inner restlessness and support smoother progress in personal and professional matters. Along with the Sahasranam, Bal Gopal Puja is performed to invoke innocence, warmth and nurturing divine energy within the household. Worship of Bal Gopal is associated with family happiness, emotional comfort and the removal of subtle anxieties related to the future. It brings a sense of reassurance, hope and gentle joy, especially at the beginning of a new cycle. Together, the Vishnu Sahasranam and Bal Gopal Puja create a protective and stabilising spiritual foundation for the New Year. The ritual supports clarity in decisions, harmony at home, emotional balance and a steady, obstacle-free path as the year unfolds.
Puja Benefits
Divine Grace for a Positive New Beginning
Invokes Lord Vishnu’s blessings to begin the year with purity, protection and auspicious energy.
Family Wellbeing, Stability and Inner Peace
Supports harmony at home, emotional balance and steadiness in daily life and relationships.
Nurturing Blessings of Bal Gopal
Seek care, joy and gentle divine support for happiness, growth and fulfilment in the family.
Puja Process
Kashi Teerth Kshetra, Uttar Pradesh
Kashi, also known as Varanasi, is one of the oldest living spiritual cities in the world and is revered as the sacred abode of Lord Shiva. The scriptures describe Kashi as a place where divine energy is constantly present, where the barriers between the devotee and the divine are naturally thinner, and where prayers offered with sincerity receive special grace. For thousands of years, sages, saints and seekers have come to Kashi to perform anushthans, yajnas and paath, believing that the spiritual vibration of this land amplifies the power of every mantra. The city is described in the Puranas as the place where Lord Shiva grants liberation, removes deep-rooted obstacles and protects devotees from unseen difficulties. Because of this, rituals performed in Kashi are considered highly effective for peace, prosperity, protection and spiritual upliftment. The atmosphere of the ghats, the constant sound of mantras, and the presence of ancient shrines create a field of energy that devotees often feel as calming, grounding and deeply purifying. Kashi is also known as the meeting point of multiple divine forces. While Shiva is the presiding deity, the city holds sacred connections to Vishnu, Maa Lakshmi, Maa Durga, Hanuman, Bhairav and the Navgraha. This makes it an especially powerful place for anushthans that involve multi-deity worship, where blessings of strength, prosperity, harmony and divine protection are sought together. Devotees believe that prayers offered in Kashi help dissolve past obstacles, bring clarity in times of confusion and open the path for new beginnings. Many choose to participate in rituals performed here when they desire peace in the family, progress in life, emotional balance or strength during challenging phases. The spiritual aura of Kashi reassures the heart and fills the devotee with renewed hope and confidence. As one of the most sacred spiritual centres in India, Kashi stands as a timeless space where sacred offerings carry deep potency, where divine grace is believed to be ever-present, and where prayers for prosperity, wellbeing and protection are received with compassion and blessing.