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Idols and Basic Puja Essentials

Start by arranging idols of Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesha. Keep their clothes, garlands, flowers, a puja chowki, red or yellow cloth, a seat and a puja thali ready.

Kalash and Special Puja Items

Keep a Kalash, its lid, mango leaves, a silver coin and Kuber Yantra. Arrange Durva grass for Lord Ganesha and lotus flowers for Goddess Lakshmi. Roses can also be included.

Tilak and Puja Essentials

Do not forget these important items: Kumkum, sindoor and turmeric, Sandalwood paste and saffron, Akshat (whole rice grains), Abir and gulal, Camphor and cotton, Kalawa (sacred thread), betel leaves and betel nuts

Items for Traditional Rituals

Arrange five sacred threads (Yajnopavita), Ganga water, perfume, Tulsi leaves and Kusha grass. Also keep lotus seeds, whole coriander, turmeric roots, Panchmeva, Saptamrittika and Saptadhanya.

Milk, Honey and Other Offerings

Keep honey, sugar, pure ghee, milk, curd, cardamom and cloves ready. These ingredients are commonly used during traditional Lakshmi-Ganesh worship.

Fruits and Sweets for Bhog

Keep sugarcane, custard apple, water chestnuts, Khil, Batasha, Gatte, murmura, sugar toys and coconut (Shrifal).

Traditional Betel Offering

A betel leaf prepared with cloves, traditionally known as Tambool, is also included in the puja thali. Keep enough sweets for distribution as Prasad after the worship.

Diyas and Deepdaan Essentials

Plenty of earthen diyas, 11 ghee lamps, Oil for larger lamps, Cotton wicks, Ghee and incense sticks, Water and Arghya vessels

Rangoli and Main Entrance Decorations

Keep Goddess Lakshmis footprints for the main entrance. Arrange rangoli colours or flour to decorate the entrance and welcome prosperity into your home.

Items for Bahi-Khata Puja

Many families worship their account books on Diwali. Keep your Bahi-Khata, a pen and an inkpot ready for this traditional ritual.

Additional Puja Preparations

Keep half a metre each of white and red cloth, sixteen Shringar items and small puja vessels ready. You can also arrange Panchratna (five sacred gems), according to your family traditions.