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Kedaragowri Vratam · samagri

Kedaragowri Vratam puja samagri list

17 things to set out for Kedaragowri Vratam. 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.

A kalash, with mango leaves and a coconut
A kalash, with mango leaves and a coconutBrass, copper or silver; it holds Shiv ji and Gauri Maa for the puja.
Cotton thread, and turmeric
Cotton thread, and turmericTwenty-one strands for each person's thread of twenty-one knots, rubbed with turmeric.
A silk cloth
A silk clothTo drape the kalash; a small new cloth will do.
A low plank, and kolam flour
A low plank, and kolam flourThe kalash stands on it, on a plantain leaf spread with rice.
Adhirasam
AdhirasamOf raw-rice flour and jaggery, the naivedya of the day.
Ariselu of wheat flour
Ariselu of wheat flourOf wheat flour and jaggery, the naivedya of the vratam.

And 11 more

  • Betel leaves and areca nuts
  • Turmeric, whole and ground, and kumkum
  • Rice or paddy for the kalash
  • Bananas and fruit
  • Payasam, milk, curd, ghee and honey
  • A plantain leaf
  • White flowers, bilva, and thumbai where it grows
  • Bilva leaves
  • Chandan, vibhuti and akshat
  • A ghee diya
  • Camphor and dhoop

How the Kedaragowri Vratam puja is done