How the Grantha Is Written
Where the Chaitanya Grantha's knowledge comes from, how it is checked, and how it is kept honest.
What the Grantha is
The Chaitanya Grantha is a free reference library on the materials and practice of Hindu household ritual — nine volumes and 108 chapters, from incense and samagri to the festival calendar and daily home ritual. It is written by the Chaitanya Global research team, part of a house that has made devotional materials since 2008. Every chapter can be read in full online and downloaded, with no paywall and no advertising.
Where its knowledge comes from
- The classical texts. Chapters draw on the Vedas, the Bhagavad Gita, the Ramayana and Mahabharata, the Puranas (Bhagavata, Shiva, Skanda, Padma, Ganesha and others), the Durga Saptashati and, for materials, texts such as the Charaka Samhita. Each chapter lists the texts it draws on under "Texts referenced".
- Living household and temple practice. Where the texts are silent or practice differs, the Grantha describes what households and temples actually do, and names the regional tradition — Bengali, Tamil, Kerala, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi and others — rather than presenting one region's custom as universal.
- The materials themselves. Claims about incense, samagri, malas, diyas and ghee come from working with these materials: what they are made of, how genuine material differs from substitutes, and where each is traditionally sourced.
How claims are checked
- Materials are named honestly. When a material has a genuine form and a common substitute — Mysore and Australian sandalwood, halmaddi and synthetic binders, natural and dyed kumkum — the Grantha names both and says how to tell them apart.
- Limits are declared. Where no simple test is definitive, as with rudraksha authentication, the chapter says so.
- Dates are checked. Festival dates on our festival pages are checked against a published panchang for the year. Tithi and moonrise vary by place, so we ask readers to confirm the date for their own city.
- No promised outcomes. The Grantha describes what the tradition holds. It never promises that a material or a ritual will bring a particular result.
Translations
Hindi editions of selected chapters are prepared as drafts first. A draft is published for search only after a fluent reader has reviewed it against the English original.
Updates and corrections
Chapters are revised as practice is documented more fully and as errors are found; each chapter carries the date it was last updated. If you find a mistake — a date, a name, a ritual step, a regional detail — please write to info@chaitanya.global or send a note on WhatsApp. Corrections are made in the chapter itself.
Our commercial interest, stated plainly
Chaitanya Global makes and supplies devotional materials — incense, puja kits, samagri and brass — wholesale and under its partners' own labels. Where a chapter mentions Chaitanya's range, it says so openly. The Grantha's guidance applies whichever house a household buys from, and the sourcing chapters include questions a reader can put to any supplier, Chaitanya included.