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Pitru Paksha · samagri
Pitru Paksha puja samagri list
15 things to set out for Pitru Paksha. 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.
Black tilFor the water every morning and for the pinda. Black, not white. A small packet lasts the fortnight.
KushaA seat of it, a ring for the finger, and a few blades to lay in the plate and under the pindas.
A copper lota and a small plateThe lota for the water and the plate to receive it. Copper where the house has it, brass otherwise.
White flowers, jau and tulsiA few white flowers and a pinch of jau for the water; a tulsi leaf in it, as Bengal keeps it.
A washed dhotiWhite or pale yellow, washed and dried, for the one who gives the water.
A dry cow-dung cake, gur and gheeFor the fire's share on the day of the shraddh. It must be properly dry, or it smokes.
And 9 more
- Three betel leaves and cut supari
- Paan, a cloth and dakshina
- Raw provisions for one full meal
- For the pinda
- What the one remembered liked
- Kheer
- Karah, for a Punjabi house
- Five small leaves
- Banana leaves