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Pooja Materials
Pooja Materials
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Contact us if you need pooja items for your home ceremony.
Pooja materials, also known as pooja samagri, are essential items used in Hindu rituals. These materials vary based on the type of pooja being performed but generally include items for offering, decoration, and purification. Below is a list of commonly used pooja materials and their purposes:
Common Pooja Materials:
- Idols or Images of Deities: Central to the pooja, representing the deity being worshipped.
- Pooja Thali: A plate to hold various pooja items.
- Kalash (Pot): Often filled with water, topped with a coconut, and decorated with mango leaves; symbolizes abundance and wisdom.
- Water (Gangajal): Holy water, often from the Ganges, used for purification.
- Rice (Akshat): Unbroken rice grains used in various rituals and offerings.
- Turmeric (Haldi): Used for its purifying properties.
- Kumkum (Vermillion): Red powder used for tilak (mark on the forehead).
- Sandalwood Paste (Chandan): Used for tilak and its pleasant fragrance.
- Incense Sticks (Agarbatti): For creating a fragrant atmosphere and purifying the air.
- Camphor (Kapoor): Burnt during aarti for its purifying properties.
- Ghee or Oil Lamps (Diya): Used to symbolize light and dispel darkness.
- Flowers and Garlands: Offerings to deities, used for decoration.
- Betel Leaves and Betel Nuts (Paan and Supari): Offerings symbolizing respect and devotion.
- Coconut: Broken and offered to deities; represents the removal of the ego.
- Fruits and Sweets (Prasad): Offered to deities and then distributed among devotees.
- Panchamrit: A mixture of milk, yogurt, honey, sugar, and ghee, used for bathing deities.
- Bell: Rung to invoke the presence of the deity and ward off evil spirits.
- Conch Shell (Shankh): Blown to signify the beginning and end of the pooja
- Clothes (Vastra): New clothes offered to the deity.
- Aarti Plate: Contains items like camphor, ghee lamps, and flowers used during aarti.
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If you have any specific pooja in mind or need more detailed information on how to perform a particular pooja, feel free to ask