Raj undergoing a pujain a side building of the Singh family complex. At the urging of his mother and the family guru, he consulted a Hindu astrologer, who discovered a dangerous misalignment of planets influencing his luck.

To combat these noxious influences, the guru and two others visited the house and performed a three-hour ceremony involving continual chanting and the use of various sacred herbs and vessels. Raj himself, somewhat ambivalent about the process, participated for about an hour.