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Lalita Panchami · samagri
Lalita Panchami puja samagri list
17 things to set out for Lalita Panchami. 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 karanda, for its lidThe little lidded box your house keeps its kunku in (करंडा). Its lid (झाकण) will be the Devi.
A small new clothLaid over the lid as the Devi's vastra, in the complete puja.
Aghada twigsApamarga (आघाडा), picked the day before: twenty-one, or in the Skanda Purana's form, forty-eight or eight.
White clothesTo wear after the bath, or a fresh unstitched cloth, as the Skanda Purana's text has it.
Banana stems and flower garlandsTwo young banana stems (केळीचे खांब) and garlands, for the Devi's makhar.
Chandan, akshat, haldi and kunkuGandha and akshat for the offerings and the forty-eight durva; haldi and kunku (हळद-कुंकू) for the Devi.
And 11 more
- A ghee diya, dhoop and camphor
- A lota, a spoon and two plates
- Paan, supari, fruit and a coin
- Forty-eight durva, and a durva garland
- Flowers
- Panchamrit
- Pumpkin gharge
- Vade
- Ladoo
- Kheer
- Tender cucumbers and milk