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Ahoi Ashtami · samagri
Ahoi Ashtami puja samagri list
23 things to set out for Ahoi Ashtami. The first 6 are pictured here; the whole list, pictured, with what each is for and a list that ticks off, is in the Kalava app.
Ahoi Mata's picture, or geruA printed Ahoi Mata calendar with the syahu and her young, for a house that does not draw on the wall.
The karwaThe clay karwa used at Karwa Chauth, kept for tonight; washed and dried.
A kalash with a clay lidTo stand on the wheat with water in it, the karwa set on its lid.
The syau, and two silver beadsThe silver Ahoi on its thread, and two new silver beads to string on it this year — in the houses that keep one.
GeruRed ochre, mixed with a little water, to draw Ahoi Mata on the wall.
Sarai seenkThin reed stalks: one to stop the karwa's spout, and seven to offer to Ahoi Mata and the syahu.
And 17 more
- Roli and akshat
- Wheat
- Dry flour
- Kalava
- Gangajal
- Ghee and diyas
- Dhoop
- Sringar and a red chunri
- A coin of dakshina
- A lota
- A thali
- Flowers
- Cow's milk
- Puri, pua and halwa
- Dudh-bhaat or kheer
- Singhara and the season's fruit
- Something sweet