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Durga Puja · samagri
Durga Puja puja samagri list
26 things to set out for Durga Puja. 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.
Akhand jyot and sesame oilOil or ghee for the five days
Solah sringar and suhag itemsThe 16 sringar articles and red bangles
Fresh red hibiscus flowersHibiscus, and a garland of them
Fresh bel patra and durvaBel patra, durva and flowers
Puri and halwaPuri, halwa and chana for the bhog
Bright red chunari for pujaA red cloth and a red garland
And 20 more
- A bel branch, or a bel tree nearby
- The nine plants
- A hundred and eight earthen diyas
- Dhuno and clay malshas
- An ash gourd
- A small mirror and a wide vessel
- Sindoor and alta
- Mishti for whoever comes
- A palm-leaf hand fan
- Turmeric-dyed thread
- A ghat, with mango leaves or a banyan twig
- The season's fruit, one of them a karamcha
- Bananas
- Paan and supari
- Durva and a little paddy
- A few bamboo leaves
- Oil, turmeric and curd
- Atap rice and sweets
- Flowers, dhoop and a diya
- Food for after the rite