Pooja Items

Below are the items to bring for each pooja. Your priest may suggest additional items when you book.

 Items to bring

  • Fruits
  • Flowers – 1 bunch
  • Turmeric – 1 cup
  • Kumkum – 1 cup
  • Betel leaves – 10
  • Betel nuts – 20
  • 5 kinds of Fruits
  • Panchamrutham (milk, honey, yogurt, ghee and sugar) – Mix and bring half gallon
  • Coconuts – 2
  • Flowers – 4 bunches
  • Agarbathi – 1 packet
  • Sooji Rava Prasadam
  • Blouse pieces (except black color) – 2
  • Rice, raw – 1lb
  • Navadhanyam (wheat, rice, toor dal, moong dal, chenna dal, avare kalu, black sesame, urad dal, horse gram dal). – 1 packet
    Note: Please check with Punditji before you buy.
  • Chandan – 1/4 cup
  • Kalasham – 1
    Note: If you don’t have a Kalasham, please check with Punditji.
  • Silver/brass plate or tray – 1
  • Sri Satyanarayana Swamy picture
  •  $20 in quarters

  • Flowers – 1 bunch
  • Fruits – 4 or 5 kinds
  • Betel leaves – 10
  • Betel nuts – 20
  • Coconut – 1
  • Blouse piece (except black color) – 1
  • $10 in quarters

  • Agarbathi – 1 packet
  • Fruits – 1 dozen
  • Flowers – 1 bunch
  • Lemons – 5
  • Coconut – 1
  • Fruits – 1 dozen
  • Flowers – 1 bunch
  • Turmeric / Haldi – 1/4 cup
  • Kumkum – 1/4 cup
  • Milk – 1 gallon
  • Coconuts – 4
  • Fruits – 2 dozen
  • Bananas – 1 dozen
  • Flowers – 4 bunches
  • Rice (raw) – 5 lbs
  • Betel leaves – 20
  • Betel nuts – 20
  • Pumpkin or Squash – 1
  • Ghee (Home made with unsalted butter is preferred) – 2 lbs
  • Aluminum Trays – 2
  • Kalasa Vastram (White cloth 1 yard) – 1
  • Towels (new) – 2
  • Agarbathi – 1 packet
  • Camphor (Karpooram) – 3 packets
  • Navadhanyam (wheat, rice, toor dal, moong dal, chenna dal, avare kalu, black sesame, urad dal, horse gram dal). – 1 packet (200 gms each)
    Note: Please check with Punditji before you buy.
  • Poha – 2 lbs
  • Puffed Rice – 2 lbs
  • Wooden Planks (if available to protect carpet – 2
  • Deepa stambhas or any kind of lamp stands – 2
  • Trays – 4
  • Cotton Wicks – 1 packet
  • Change for $20 (quarters)
  • New pan for boiling milk (Should be unused)
  • Milk – 2 gallons
  • Coconuts – 1
  • Fruits – 1 dozen
  • Flowers – 1 bunch
  • Yogurt – 1/2 gallon
  • Honey – 1 bottle
  • Juice (orange or apple) – 2 gallons
  • Milk – 1 gallon
  • Coconuts – 1
  • Fruits
  • Flowers – 1 bunch
  • Yogurt – 1/2 gallon
  • Juice (orange or apple) – 1/2 gallon
  • Unsalted butter – 10 lbs
  • Fruits – 1 dozen
  • Flowers – 1 bunch
  • Vadas made into a garland – 108
  • Fruits
  • Flowers – 1 bunch
  • Betal Leaves / Viledhele – 108
  • Fruits
  • Flowers – 1 bunch
  • Turmeric – 1/2 cup
  • Kumkum – 1/2 cup
  • Chandanam – 1/4 cup
  • Betel leaves – 10
  • Betel nuts – 20
  • Flowers – 2 bunches
  • 5 kinds of fruits (5 in each variety)
  • Rice (raw) – 2 lbs
  • Navadhanyam (wheat, rice, toor dal, moong dal, chenna dal, avare kalu, black sesame, urad dal, horse gram dal). – 1 packet (200 gms each)
    Note: Please check with Punditji before you buy.
  • Coconuts – 2
  • Blouse piece (except black). You can buy 1 yard pieces from Wal-Mart – 1
  • Ghee (Home made with unsalted butter is preferred) – 2 lbs
  • Sesame Oil
  • Camphor (Karpooram) – 1 packet
  • Fire Logs or wood chunks – 1 pack
  • $20 in 25-cent coins
  • Turmeric – 1/2 cup
  • Kumkum – 1/2 cup
  • Chandanam – 1/4 cup
  • Betel leaves – 10
  • Betel nuts – 20
  • Flowers – 2 bunches
  • 5 kinds of fruits (5 in each variety)
  • Rice (raw) – 2 lbs
  • Navadhanyam (wheat, rice, toor dal, moong dal, chenna dal, avare kalu, black sesame, urad dal, horse gram dal). – 1 packet (200 gms each)
    Note: Please check with Punditji before you buy.
  • Coconuts – 2
  • Blouse piece (except black). You can buy 1 yard pieces from Wal-Mart – 1
  • Ghee (Home made with unsalted butter is preferred) – 2 lbs
  • Betel leaves – 10
  • Betel nuts – 20
  • 5 Kinds of Fruits
  • Coconuts – 2
  • Flowers – 2 bunches
  • Prasadam (Any kind of sweet or halwa)
  • Agarbathi – 1 packet
  • Garlands (flowers 2ft each) – 3
  • Saris for Goddesses – 2
  • Blouse Pieces (except black color) for Goddesses – 2
  • Dhothi and Uttareeyam for Lord – 1
  • Milk – 1/2 gallon
  • Laddu or any sweet prasadam
  • $10 change in 25-cent coins

 

  • Betel leaves – 10
  • Betel nuts – 20
  • 5 Kinds of Fruits
  • Coconuts – 2
  • Flowers – 2 bunches
  • Agarbathi – 1 packet
  • $10 change in 25-cent coins
  • Betel leaves – 10
  • Betel nuts – 20
  • Fruits – 1 dozen
  • Coconut – 1
  • Flowers – 1 bunch
  • Chandanam
  • Rice, raw – 3 lbs
  • Agarbathi – 1 packet
  • Any Sweet Parasadam
  • New Clothes for Baby
  • $10 change in 25-cent coins
  • Turmeric – 1 cup
  • Kumkum – 1 cup
  • Flowers (loose) – 4 bunches
  • Flower Garlands (2-3 feet long)
  • Betel leaves – 50
  • Betel nuts – 25
  • Chandanam – 1/4 cup
  • Coconuts – 4
  • Agarbathi – 1 packet
  • Curtain (White cloth with border) – 1
  • Cumin Seeds (Jeera) – 1 packet
  • Gud (Bellam) – Jaggery – 1 packet
  • Mangla Sutra and Mettelu/ Toe Rings
  • Wedding Rings and Bashayakams
  • Yellow Rice for Talambraalu
  • Khalasam for Punyaahavachanam
  • Blouse Pieces – 2
  • Milk – 1/2 gallon
  • Yoghurt & Honey for Madhuparkam
  • Mango Leaves
  • Oil Lamps, cotton wicks, match box, camphor, trays, napkins, towels, glasses and spoons
  • Plate and vessel to clean feet of the Groom
  • $25 Change as 25-cent coins
  • Fire Logs & Ghee for Homam (Havan)
  • Turmeric – 1 cup
  • Kumkum – 1 cup
  • Saree and blouse pieces – 1 and 2
  • Glass Bangles
  • Flowers  – 1 bunch
  • Thread for Kankanams
  • Cloth or Towel
  • Turmeric – 1/2 cup
  • Kumkum – 1/2 cup
  • Chandanam – 1/4 cup
  • Flowers – 2 bunches
  • Betel leaves – 10
  • Betel nuts – 20
  • Fruits – 2 dozen
  • Agarbathi – 1 packet
  • Camphor/ Karpooram 1 packet
  • Cotton Wicks – 1 pack
  • Sesame Oil
  • Rice, raw – 2 lbs
  • Navadhanyam (wheat, rice, toor dal, moong dal, chenna dal, avare kalu, black sesame, urad dal, horse gram dal). – 1 packet (200 gms each)
    Note: Please check with Punditji before you buy.
  • Kalasam
  • Coconuts – 2
  • Any sweet prasadam
  • All Above Pooja materials
  • Blouse pieces (red, 2 white, maroon, green, yellow, black, ash color, multi-color)
  • Ghee – 2 lbs
  • Fruits – 1 lb
  • $10 in 25-cents coins
  • Rice, raw – 1lb
  • Bananas – 1 dozen
  • Til (Black Sesame) – 1 packet
  • Rice + Joggery + Toor Dal + Moon Dal + Vegetables (for Dhanam (donation
  • $5 in quarters
  • Rice, raw – 1lb
  • Bananas – 1/2 dozen
  • Til (Black Sesame) – 1 packet
  • Rice + Joggery + Toor Dal + Moong Dal + Vegetables (for Daanam (donation
  • $5 in quarters