How to do the Puthandu · Tamil New Year puja at home

Chithirai 1.

Every step is named here and the first 3 are given whole. The whole puja, every mantra with its meaning, is in the Kalava app.

Set the kanni the night before
Rice, fruit, betel, gold, coins, a mirror and the vilakku, arranged to be the first thing seen.
Bathe and draw the kolam
An oil bath before sunrise, and a big kolam at the door with a maa-vilakku in it.
Continue in the Kalava app · free to read
The other 3 steps of the Puthandu · Tamil New Year puja, whole
Every step with its drawing, every mantra in your own script with its meaning, at your town's own hour, and the samagri each step needs. With a membership, the pandit says each step aloud and waits for your hands.
Point your iPhone's camera here.
1. Make the mangai-pachadi
2. Hear the panchangam
3. Eat together and visit
These 3 steps are in the app