Lord Hanuman kneeling in prayer at dawn, golden mace beside him, temples and mountains in the rising light
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Om Sai Ram

Preamble

Opening Prayers — My Spiritual Journey

The prayers that open every recitation — first the sacred Om, then Ganesha who clears the path, Saraswati who blesses learning, and the Guru who is Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara in one. Read, listen, study and practise them here, with recorded chanting for every prayer, word-by-word meanings, writing practice and memorisation, in two text versions: English phonetic and Sanskrit.

4 sections — the opening Om, Ganesha dhyana, Saraswati prarthana, Guru vandana 2 text versions — English & Sanskrit ≈ 73 seconds of recorded chanting for one full recitation

The text is given in two versions — an English phonetic spelling for chanting along, and the Sanskrit transliteration — and every prayer plays its own recorded chanting. English and Telugu meanings and a word-by-word glossary support your study.

Reading

The complete Preamble in one flowing column — the opening Om, then the Ganesha, Saraswati and Guru prayers. Tap play on any prayer to hear its recorded chanting, word by word; use Loop to repeat a chosen range for daily practice.

Verse text: the opening prayers, shown in the English phonetic and Sanskrit transliteration versions provided for this site, with the recorded chanting supplied alongside them. English meanings are faithful renderings of the traditional sense of each prayer, and the Telugu meaning beneath each one is a faithful translation of that English meaning.

Study — prayer by prayer

Go deep into one prayer at a time: the text in both versions, the meaning of every word in English and Telugu, and the full sense in English with the Telugu meaning below it.

Recitation — the opening prayers in full

An unbroken chanting of the whole Preamble — every recorded prayer in sequence, the way these opening prayers are traditionally recited before the main text begins. Sit comfortably, press Begin, and follow along.

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Om Sai Ram
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Tradition opens every sacred recitation with these prayers, so the mind settles and the path clears before the main chanting begins — and on special days the full Preamble is repeated 3, 9, 21, 54 or 108 times.

Writing practice

Copying the prayers by hand is one of the oldest ways to learn them by heart. Choose a range and how many ruled lines to leave beneath each prayer, then print your worksheet.

Print opens your browser’s print dialog with the worksheet below — on its own, without the menus or the rest of the page.

Memorisation

Learn the Preamble by heart, one prayer at a time. Each flashcard shows only the first line — recall the rest, reveal the prayer, and honestly mark how it went.

First-line index

Every prayer by its opening words — the traditional way these prayers are recalled. Tap one to practise it. Green prayers are already in your memory.

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