List of Poja Item For Abishekam:
Fruits( 2 varieties)
Flowers( 2 bunches min)
Milk – 1 gallon(make sure it s NOT omega 3 type)
Optional:
honey
Panchamritam
Prasadam for offering( no onion/garlic)
Coconut water
Sugar( preferably organic)
Ghee
List of Poja Item For Akshara Abhyasam / Vidyarambam:
Puja at the temple
Turmeric Kumkum Powder 1 pack
Coconut 2 nos
Rice 2 lbs
Agarbathi 1 packet
Betel Leaves 10 nos
Betel Nut 1 packet
Flowers 2 bunches
Fruits 5 types-5each
Notebook, Slate And Chalk Piece
Pencil
Puja at home
Paper Cup
Plates
Spoons
Aluminium Tray 4 nos
Oil Lamp With Wick & Oil
Deepam 2 Nos
List of Poja Item For Annaprashanam:
at Home:
Turmeric Powder gopuram company 25 grams
Kumkum Powder gopuram company 25 grams
Agarbathi 1 Packet
Camphor 1 Packet
Coconut 2 Nos
Rice 2 lbs
Betel Leaves 20 Nos.
Betal Nuts 1 packet
Flowers 2 bunches
Prasadam & 1 silver bowl or any new bowl and gold finger ring
Fruits 5 types-5Each
Mango leaves 1 bunch
Paper Cups
Plates
Paper Towel 1roll
Spoons
Aluminium Tray
Oil Lamp With Wick & Oil
Deepam 2 nos
List of Poja Item For Atma Shanti Puja:
Flowers 1 bouquet
Fruits
Milk (NO Skim Milk) ½ gallon
Mud lamp (diya) – 3 lamps
Ghee – ½ cup
Thiri (100% cotton thread for lighting lamp)
Vegetables, rice and other cooking items for daan dakshina – Your convenience
Priest Dakshina
List of Poja Item For Ayusha Homam Puja:
Puja at home
Turmeric Powder gopuram company 25 grams
Kumkum Powder gopuram company 25grams
Agarbathi 1 packet
Sandal Powder 1 packet
Camphor 1 packet
Coconut 3nos
Rice 3 lbs
Some Coin $ and some$ cash
Betel Leaves 25 nos
Betel Nuts 30nos
Navadhanyam Available in indian stores
Flowers rose or carnations,or moms 3 bunches ,
Fruits banana, pomegranate and ather.. 5 types-5each or more..
God idol Lakshmi & ganapati
Wick & Oil
Ghee 2 lbs
Raisins, Cashew, Dates & Almonds
Blouse Piece (Silk) 2.5 meters
Havan Samagiri 1 packet
Dry Wood Chips 1 packet
Dry Coconut 3 nos
God Picture
Mango leaves 1 bunch 1
Black sesame seeds
Oil Lamp With Wick & Oil
Puja At Home
24 Deepam 2 nos
25 Dry Sand 1 bag
26 Bricks 5 nos
27 Paper Cups, Plates, Spoons
28 Aluminium Trays 4smale &4 big
29 Fire Lighter
30 Big Foil Sheet 1 roll
Deepam 2 nos
List of Poja Item For Baby Shower:
Picture / Idol of Lord Satyanaryana
Turmeric Powder – One(1) packet
Kumkum Powder – One(1) packet
Sandal-Wood Paste – Little (if available)
Akshta (Raw Rice Smeared With Turmeric Powder) – in small bowl/cup
Pooja Mandapam – One(1) [if available]
Oil Lamp Stands – Two(2)
A Small Lamp – One(1) [for Aarathi]
Camphor – Little
Incense Sticks – One(1) Packet
Flowers – One Or Two Bunches
Fruits – Five(5) different kinds, Five(5) of each kind, Total 25
Kalasa – One(1) [if available]
one towel and one blouse piece [for Kalasavastra]
Panchamrutam – (Cup of Milk, Curd/Yogurt, Ghee, Honey and Sugar)
Betel Leaves – 15
Nuts – 20 number,dry dates -20
Coconuts – Two (One for Kalasa, One for Lord)
Naivedya Or Prasad – (Kesari Type or any Sweet-Pudding)
Mango Leaves – few bunches [if available]
Oil – [for Holy Lamp/Deepam]
Cotton Wicks – [for Holy Lamp]
Matchbox – One (1)
Bell – One(1) [if available]
Ghee – One(1) Bottle [for Homam, if available]
Aluminium Trays – Two(2) [for Homam Purpose]
Paper Bowls – Nine(9) [for Nava Dhanyams]
Plates, Vessels, Spoons – few of each [for Pooja needs]
Paper Towel/Kitchen Napkins – [for Pooja needs]
Scissors – One(1) [to cut flowers and any packets]
Scotch Tape – [if necessary to aid decoration/alankar]
Navadhanyas (Wheat, Rice, Redgram, Greengram, Black Gram, Bengal Gram, Blackeyedpeas, Sesameseeds, Horse Gram. All these grains are available in any Indian/Desi store. Small packets are sufficient. Please arrange each kind of dhanya in a Pooja/Paper bowl before Priest arrives).
Dried Wood Chips/Fire Wood and wood chips packet – One(1) (preferably which emit less smoke, available in convenience stores.
Like Albertsons/Wal-Mart/TomThumb).
Havan Samagri Powder – One(1) Packet
Tulasi Plant
Comb – One(1)
Bangles – Dozen or more
Saree – One or more
Blouse Piece – One or more
Priest dakshina
NOTE: if you are doing pooja in the temple you don’t have to bring kalasam, mandapam, oil lamps, match box, incense sticks, bell, lords photos.
List of Poja Item For Grahapravesham:
Turmeric Powder 25grams
Kumkum Powder 25 grams
Agarbathi 1 packet
Sandal Powder 1 packet
Camphor 1 packet
Coconut 5 nos
Rice 5 lbs
Rice Powder
Betel Leaves 30 nos
Betel Nuts 30 nos
Navadhanyam Available in indian stores
Flowers 3 bunches
Fruits 5 types-5each
Ghee 2 lbs
Mango leaves 1 bunch
Milk & New Bowl
Raisins, Cashew, Dates & Almonds
Blouse Piece (Silk) 2.5 meters
Havan Samagiri 1 packet
Dry Coconut 3 nos
God Picture
Some Coin for 10$ and some$ cash
white Whole Pumpkin 1
Oil Lamp With Wick & Oil
Deepam 2 nos
Dry Sand 1 bag
Bricks 5 nos
Aluminium Trays 4 nos
Fire Lighter
Big Foil Sheet 1 roll
Paper Cups, Plates, Spoons
Dry Wood Chips 1 bag
Arrangement for Grahapravesham:
1) Keep a puja stool on to the east near the kitchen or dining floor and arrange puja samagri on right or left side.
2) in a plate with 4 Bowl arrange Turmeric, kumkum, Sandal Powder and Akshatha (uncooked rice mixed with turmeric in a small
cup)(add 2 drops of ghee for mixing well)
3) arrange all fruits in a plate or foils trays.
4) Cut all Flowers and arrange in a plate or foils trays
5) Keep all other puja samagri around it.
6) Before starting the Pooja the host couple should wear dresses suitable and appropriate for the Pooja as per the family tradition.
7) Typically the husband should wear Indian silk Dhoti and the silk kurta or regular Kurta Pajama. Wife of the host should wear a sari or salwar kamiz dupatta etc
List of Poja Item For Hiranyashrardam:
Puja at The Temple:
Flowers bouquet 1
Betel leaves and nuts (Pan, Supari) Minimum 5
Uncooked rice
Moong or toor dal 1
Black sesame seeds
Coins$
Fruits
vegetables 5 types
(Rice flour or cooked rice) (1 pack or1 cup)
Puja At Home:
Rice flour or cooked rice 1 pack or1 cup
Paper Cups
Plates
Paper Towel
Spoons
Aluminium Tray
List of Poja Item For Marriage ceremony (north and south India)
Turmeric Powder gopuram company 100 grams
Kumkum Powder gopuram company 100 grams
Agarbathi 1 packet
Sandal Powder 1 packet
Camphor 1 packet
Coconut 3nos
Rice 2 lbs
Rice Powder
Betel Leaves 10 nos
Betel Nuts 15 nos
flower Garland 2
Flowers 4 bunches
Fruits 5 types-5each or more..
Ghee 1 lbs
milk ½ gl
Yogurt Small
laja puffed rice small pack
sindoor and mangalsutra and cloth or shawl
Dry Coconut 2nos
Some Coin $ and some$ cash
Mango leaves 1 bunch
Oil Lamp With Wick & Oil
Deepam 2 nos
Additional Things Needed For Puja:
Dry Sand
Bricks 5 nos
Aluminium Trays 4small & big
Fire Lighter
Big Foil Sheet 1 roll
Paper Cups, Plates, Spoons
Dry Wood Chips in( Wood Chips For Grilling) 1 bag
List of Poja Item For Mundan Ceremony:
Turmeric, Kumkum Powder 25 grams
Agarbathi 1 packet
Coconut 2 nos
Rice 2 lbs
Betel Leaves 10 nos.
Betel Nut 1 packet
Flowers 2 bunches
Fruits 5 types-5 each
Small Yellow Cotton Cloth
New Pair Of Scissors
List of Poja Item For Namakaranam:
Puja at home
Turmeric Powder 25 grams
Kumkum Powder 25 grams
Agarbathi 1 packet
Camphor 1 packet
Coconut 2 nos
Rice 2 lbs
Betel Leaves 10 nos
Betel Nuts 1 packet
Flowers 2 bunches
Fruits 5 types-5 each
Paper Cup
Plates
Spoons
Aluminium Tray 4 nos
Oil Lamp With Wick & Oil
Deepam 2 Nos
List of Poja Item For Navagraha Homam:
Turmeric Powder gopuram company 25 grams
Kumkum Powder gopuram company 25 grams
Agarbathi 1 packet
Sandal Powder 1 packet
Camphor 1 packet
Coconut 3nos
Rice 3 lbs
Some Coin 10$ and some$ cash
Betel Leaves 20nos
Betel Nuts 30 nos
Navadhanyam Available in indian stores
Flowers rose or carnations,or moms 3 bunches ,
Fruits banana, pomegranate and ather.. 5 types-5each or more..
God idol Lakshmi & ganapati
Wick & Oil
Ghee 2 lbs
Raisins, Cashew, Dates & Almonds
Blouse Piece (Silk) 2.5 meters
Havan Samagiri 1 packet
Dry Coconut 3 nos
Dry Wood Chips 1 packet
Raisins, Cashew, Dates & Almonds
Mango leaves 1 bunch 1
Oil Lamp With Wick & Oil
Deepam 2 nos
Dry Sand 1 bag
Bricks 5 nos
Paper Cups, Plates, Spoons
Aluminium Trays 4smale &4 big
Fire Lighter
Big Foil Sheet 1 roll
Deepam 2 nos
List of Poja Item For Rudrabishekam:
Sandal Paste (Chandan) 1 tsp
Fresh Flowers Minimum 1 bouquet
Incense sticks (Agarbathi) 10
Betel leaves and nuts (Pan, Supari) Minimum 5
Mango leaves 1 bunch
Uncooked Rice (Any kind) 2 –3 pounds
Milk (NO Skim Milk) Minimum 1 gallon
Yogurt (mix with water or milk and grind) Minimum 1 gallon
Ghee (Purified Butter) 5 tsp
Sugarcane Juice Minimum 1 can
Honey 1 small bottle
Orange Juice ½ gallon
Coconut water can Minimum 1 can
Vastram (Clothes for God) white or red color 1 meter
Bananas Minimum 5 bananas
Oranges Minimum 5 oranges
Apples Minimum 5 apples
Mangoes (if available) Minimum 5 mangoes
Grapes 1 pound
Pears Minimum 5 pears
More fruits (Your choice)
Coconut 2
Dry fruits and dry nuts (Sukha Mewa) 5 kinds (300gms)
Home cooked Prasadam to serve 15 –20 people
Dhoti for Shiva
Priest Dakshina
List of Poja Item For Sahasranama Puja:
Vishnu Sahasranama Archana
Flowers 30 – 50 individual flowers
Coconut 1
5 different varieties of fruits 1 plate full of fruits
Home cooked Prasadam (Kheer or Halwas) To serve 15-20 people
Priest Dakshina
Lakshmi Sahasranama Puja Item List
Haldi Powder 2 tsp
Kum Kum 1 small bowl
Flowers 30 – 50 individual flowers Regular Grocery store or Panditji
Coconut 1
5 different varieties of fruits 1 plate full of fruits
Home cooked Prasadam (Kheer or Halwas) To serve 15-20 people
Priest Dakshina
Durga Sahasranama Puja Item List
Haldi Powder 2 tsp
Kum Kum 1 small bowl
Flowers 30 – 50 individual flowers
Coconut 1
5 different varieties of fruits 1 plate full of fruits
Home cooked Prasadam (Kheer or Halwas) To serve 15-20 people
Priest Dakshina
List of Poja Item For Sri Satyanarayana puja:
Flowers 4 bunches rosas, carnation or mums
Turmeric and kumkum 1 pack
fruits 5 varieties( apples, oranges etc) – 5 each variety
coconuts 7(with water)
Prasad Kesari(made of sooji) and anything else (no onion/garlic) -prepared fresh on puja day
Panchaamritham mix of milk, yogurt, sugar, honey and ghee in a small cup-prepared fresh on puja day.
Nava dhaanyam available in a packet in Indian stores
beetel leaves 25 and 25 nuts in small quantity
new blouse piece/Kitchen Hand Towel for offering to Lord
Kitchen Hand Towels one
Rice(uncooked) 2 lbs
25 cent coin for 10$ AND 1$cash 5
Mango leaves 1 bunch
Turmeric and kumkum gopuram company 1 pack
Akshatha uncooked rice mixed with turmeric in a small cup(add 2 drops of ghee for mixing well)
Lamp AND Agarbathi Wick & Oil or ghee 2
Plate for aarathi to Lord
Kalasha(Silver or brass) if you have one, else let the priest know in advance.
Sri Satyanarayana Picture (not very small one)
Aluminium foils and trays 6 nos
List of Poja Item For Home / Shshtipoorthi (60th Birthday):
Picture / Idol of Lord Ganesha
Picture / Idol of Lord Satyanarayana Swamy
Turmeric – One packet each *
Kumkum Powder – One packet each*
Sandal-Wood Paste – Little {if available}*
Akshta (raw rice smeared with turmeric powder and ghee) – in small bowl*
Incense Sticks – One(1) packet*
Camphor – Little
Oil Lamp Stands – Two(2)
A Small Lamp – One(1) [for Aarathi]
Oil or Ghee [for Holy Lamp]*
Cotton Wicks [for Holy Lamp]
Flowers – One Or Two Bunches *
Fruits – Five(5) different kinds *
Betel Leaves – 20 number *
Betel Nuts – 20 number and dry dates *
Coconuts – Two ([One for Kalasa, One for Lord] and also if preferred, *
can offer additional Five [one per chapter for five chapters in story])
Pooja Mandapam – One(1) {if available}
A small vessel to keep coconut – One(1) [for Kalasa/Kumbha]
Matchbox – One (1)
Bell – One(1) {if available}
one towel and blouse piece[for Kalasa vastra] *
Panchamrutham (Milk, Curd/Yogurt, Ghee, Honey and Sugar)*
Naivedya Or Prasad – (Kesari Type or any traditional Sweet-Pudding, preferably prepared with Sooji, Sugar, Ghee, Milk, Dry Fruits)
Mango Leaves – few bunches {if available} *
Rice – 1 pound *
Plates, Vessels, Spoons [for pooja needs]
Paper Towel/Kitchen Napkins [for pooja needs] *
Scissors [to cut flowers and any packets]
Scotch Tape [if necessary to aid decoration/alankar]
Paper Bowls – Nine(9) [for Navadhanyas]
Navadhanyas (Wheat, Rice, Redgram, Greengram, Black Gram, Bengal Gram, Blackeyedpeas, Sesameseeds, Horse Gram. All these grains are available in any Indian store. Small packets are sufficient. Please arrange each kind of dhanya in a paper bowl before Priest arrives)
Coins -12.
Priest dakshina.
NOTE: if you are doing pooja in the temple you don’t have to bring kalasam, mandapam, oil lamps, match box, incense sticks, lords photos.
List of Poja Item For Third Sunday Puja:
Turmeric (Haldi Powder) (Ganesh, Shiva Kritikai don’t need)
KumKum (Ganesh, Shiva Kritikai don’t need) 1 –2 tsp
Sandal Paste (Chandan) 1 tsp
Fresh Flowers Minimum 1 bouquet
Betel leaves and nuts (Pan, Supari) Minimum 5
Milk 1 gallon
Home or Store Yogurt (mix with water or milk and grind) Minimum ½ gallon
Ghee (Purified Butter) 5 tsp
Sugarcane Juice Minimum 1 can
Honey 5 tsp
Orange Juice ½ gallon
Coconut water can Minimum 1 can
Vastram (Clothes for God) Optional
Bananas Minimum 5 bananasOranges Minimum 5 oranges
Apples Minimum 5 apples
Mangoes (if available) Minimum 5 mangoes
Grapes 1 pound
Pears Minimum 5 pears
More fruits (Your choice)
Coconut 1
Home cooked Prasadam to serve 15 –20 people
Rose water 1 small bottle
Priest Dakshina
If you are planning to provide lunch, Hall will be included for free and temple will provide plates, spoons, etc. Please book hall at least 2 months ahead of time with Panditji.
List of Poja Item For Vahana Puja:
Lemon or Lime 4
Coconut 1
Bananas 5
Apples 2
Priest Dakshina
This puja is only performed after the regular temple aarti each day.
If it is raining, snowing, or very low temperature we can not perform this puja. Please schedule on a day with good weather.
After the puja, you have to remove/clean coconut and lemon pieces
List of Poja Item For Wedding Anniversary Puja:
Flowers 1 bouquet
Coconut 1
Some fruits
Priest Dakshina