Pooja Item List

Regular Puja List (Home or Temple)

• Fruits
• Flowers
• Haldi (Turmeric)
• Kumkum
• Plates
• Chandan Powder
• Cups and Bowls
• Sitting mat (like Bedsheet or Towel) for Swamiji and pooja performers
• Coins
• Bell (Ghanta)
• Kalasha-2
• Matchbox
• Cups and Spoons

Sri Satyanarayana Puja — At Your Home

• Water Coconuts — 2
• Rice — 2 pounds
• 5 Kinds of Fruits
• Flowers (plenty)
• Navagraha Dhana (9 kinds of grains)
• Panchamritam (Organic Milk, Yogurt, Ghee, Honey & Sugar)
• 1 Blouse Piece (1 yard)
• Haldi, Kumkum, Camphor
• Mysore Sandal Agarbathis (Incense)
• Prasadam Halva / Kesari Bathu
• Plates (Thali), Bowls for puja items
• Fabric Sheet (Twin Size suggested)
• Moli (Thread)
• Pan Patta — 1 dozen betel leaves & 1½ dozen betel nuts (Supari)

Additional Items for Home Puja

• Sitting Mat (Bedsheet or Towel) for Swamiji
• Coins
• Bell (Ghanta)
• Kalasha — 2
• Cups and Spoons
• Matchbox
• Deepam (Lamp) and Wick or Cotton Balls

Sri Satyanarayana Puja — Family Performing at the Temple

• Water Coconuts — 1
• 5 Kinds of Fruits
• Flowers (plenty)
• Panchamritam (for Individual performers only)
• Prasadam Halva / Kesari Bathu
• Pan Patta — 1 dozen betel leaves & 1½ dozen Supari
• Fabric Sheet (Twin Size suggested)
• Moli (Thread)
• If serving food: Plates, Spoons and Napkins

Navagraha Puja — Individual Performing

• Water Coconuts — 1
• Rice — 1 pound
• 9 Kinds of Fruits
• Flowers (plenty)
• Navagraha Dhana (9 kinds of grains)
• Panchamritam (Organic Milk, Yogurt, Ghee, Honey & Sugar)
• 9 Colors of Blouse Piece (1 yard each)
• Haldi, Kumkum, Camphor, Mysore Sandal Agarbathis
• Sweet Prasadam (Halwa, Kesari Bathu, Ladu, or Kheer)
• Fabric Sheet (Twin Size)
• Moli (Thread)
• Plates (Thali), Bowls
• Pan Patta & Supari

Rudrabhishekam (Sri Shiva Puja)

• Ghee
• Organic Milk — 1 gallon
• Yogurt — 1 (Mountain High or non-gelatin)
• Honey — 1 bottle
• Panchamrita (banana, dates, raisin, honey, brown sugar & other fruits)
• Sandal Powder
• Flowers & Mala (Garland)
• One Dhoti or Pancha or Shawl
• 5 Kinds of Fruits

Abhishekham for All Gods

• Water Coconuts — 2
• Coconuts — 2
• Rice — 2 pounds
• 5 Kinds of Fruits
• Flowers (plenty)
• Garlands — 3 or more (Small, Medium & Big)
• Organic Milk — 2 to 3 Gallons
• Yogurt — 2 to 3 (Mountain High)
• Ghee — 1 lb
• Honey — 1 lb
• Sugar — 1 pound
• Saree and Blouse
• Haldi — 100 gram
• Kumkum — 100 gram
• Chandan Powder
• Prasadam Kheer (Payasam)
• Pan Patta (1 dozen) & Supari (1 dozen)
• Sesame Oil — 2 to 3 lbs

Namakarana / Annaprasana / Punyahavachanam

• Ghee
• Rice — 2 lbs
• Flowers
• Sandal Powder
• Haldi (Turmeric Powder)
• Kumkum
• Fruits — 5 kinds
• Variety of Dry Fruits (Unsalted)
• Camphor
• Agarbatti (Incense Sticks)
• Prasadam: Sweets, Payasam, Ladoo
• Scissors (for Mundan only)
• Water Coconuts — 2
• Fabric Sheet (Twin Size)
• Moli (Thread)
• Garlands 1 or 2 (for Mundan only)
• Pan Patta (1 dozen) & Supari (1½ dozen)

Car Pooja

• 4 Lemons
• Flowers
• Prasadam: Sweets, Payasam, Ladoo
• Water Coconuts — 1

Homa / Hawan - Gruhapravesha, Ayushya, Mrityunjaya and others

• Ghee - 2 lbs
• Rice — 2 - 3 lbs
• Aluminum Trays - 4
• Aluminum Foil
• Paper Napkins
• Flowers (plenty)
• Sandal Powder
• Haldi (Turmeric Powder)
• Wooden Spoons - 2
• Bricks - 2
• Match Box
• Panchamritam (Organic Milk, Yogurt, Ghee, Honey & Sugar)
• Kumkum
• Puffed Rice
• Fruits — 5 kinds
• Variety of Dry Fruits (Unsalted)
• Camphor
• Navadhanyam (9 types of Lentils)
• Havan Samagri - 2
• Blouse piece (Red or White or Yellow)
• White fabric sheet (Suggested Twin Size)
• Agarbatti (Incense Sticks)
• Prasadam: Sweets, Payasam, Ladoo
• Scissors (for Mundan only)
• Water Coconuts — 2
• Fabric Sheet (Twin Size)
• Moli (Thread)
• Wick
• Garlands 1 or 2 (for Mundan only)
• Pan Patta (1 dozen) & Supari (1½ dozen)

Santoshi Mata Pooja

• Fruits
• Flowers
• Prasadam: Sweets, Payasam, Ladoo
• Poori and Chole
• Haldi and Kumkum
• Kids gift

Abdhikam & Death Ceremony or Shanti prayer:

• Black Sesame Seeds
• Rice — 1 lbs
• Betel Leaves & Nuts
• Flowers (plenty)
• Sandal Powder
• Wooden Spoons - 2
• Vegetables: 5 varieties
• Kumkum
• Fruits
• Dhoti or Sarees or Plates (Donation according to your customs)
• Agarbatti (Incense Sticks)
• Prasadam: Sweets
• Fabric Sheet (Twin Size)
• Moli (Thread)
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Making Prasadam Here (BALAJI TEMPLE)

• Fruits
• Flowers
• Prasadam: Sweets, Payasam, Ladoo
• Poori and Chole
• Haldi and Kumkum
• Ghee 4lb or 5 lb
• Basen Powder 4 lb or 5lb
• Sugar
• Saffron one box
• Almonds, Cardamoms, Raisins
• Sitting mat (like Bedsheet or Towel) for Swamiji and pooja performers
• Coins
• Bell (Ghanta)
• Kalasha-2
• Cups and Spoons
• Matchbox
• Deepam (Lamp) and wick or cotton balls