Puja Items
The following items are typically needed for Hindu last rites pūjā:
- Flowers for pūjā, a bunch
- Fruits, bananas
- Earthen diyā
- Incense or agarbatti
- Oil for diyā
- Cotton batti for diyā
- Tulsi plant seeds
- Rice powder, 1/2 kg
- Honey, small bottle
- White sugar, small pack
- Milk, small pack
- Sweets (miṭhāī)
- Ghee, small amount
- Black sesame seeds (til) 100 gms
- Haldi (Turmeric)
- Meal cooked to deceased liking
- Chandan powder
- Rice
- Gaṅgā jal, small amount
- Kumkum
- Pieces of wood for havan
- White cloth, 1 m
- Picture of deceased
- Matches
- Dried coconuts (4)
- Fresh coconuts (2)
- Small water bowl (metal loṭa)
- Aluminum foil trays (4)
- Karpūr tablets