I respectfully contemplate our family Godhead Finally, it is necessary to pay respect to the family guru (Guru here refers to aachaaryaas such as Adi Shankara chaarya, Ramanujaachaarya, Madhvaachaarya) and offer prayer before beginning the ceremony by chanting: 

Guru brahmaa gururvishnuhu gururdevo maheswararaha

Guru saakshaat parabrahma tasmai sreeguruve namaha

Salutations to the preceptor who is verily Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara and who personifies the Supreme Being.

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