Puja Items

Items Needed for Pooja/Rituals

Puja Items

The following items are typically needed for Hindu last rites pooja:

  1. Flowers for pooja, a bunch
  2. Fruits, bananas
  3. Earthen diya
  4. Incense or Agarbatti
  5. Oil for diya
  6. Cotton batti for diya
  7. Tulsi plant seeds
  8. Rice powder, 1/2 kg
  9. Honey, small bottle
  10. White sugar, small pack
  11. Milk, small pack
  12. Sweets (mithai)
  13. Ghee, small amount
  14. Black sesame seeds (Till) 100 gms
  15. Haldi (Turmeric)
  16. Meal cooked to deceased liking
  17. Chandan powder
  18. Rice
  19. Ganga jal, small amount
  20. Kumkum
  21. Pieces of wood for havan
  22. White cloth, 1 m
  23. Picture of deceased
  24. Matches
  25. Dried coconuts (4)
  26. Fresh coconuts (2)
  27. Small water bowl (metal lota)
  28. Aluminum foil trays (4)
  29. Karfoor tablets

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