Supari / Betelnut
Description
- The betel nut/Supari is an integral part of the daily or ritualistic Pooja.
- It is also popularly used in the age old-custom of Indian eating.
- The supari is symbolic of the nut of the ego that must be offered on the altar of God.
- It represents the hard, coarse qualities that must be surrendered to God, leaving only the soft, pure qualities.
- Mostly symbolic, the Supari is many a times traditionally represented as the Nine planets (in the Navgrah Pooja) and takes the form of Deities like Brahma, Surya and others during different Pooja.
Quantity
- 11 pieces
Turmeric Powder (Haldi)
Description
- Turmeric is considered highly auspicious in India and has been used extensively in various Indian ceremonies for millennia.
- Even today it is used in every part of India during wedding ceremonies and religious ceremonies
- Turmeric has played an important role in both Buddhist and Hindu spiritualism. The robes of the Buddhist monks were traditionally colored with a yellow dye made of turmeric.
- It is used in pooja to make a form of Lord Ganesha.
- Ganesha, the remover of obstacles, is invoked at the beginning of almost any ceremony and a form of Ganesha for this purpose is made by mixing turmeric with water and forming it into a cone-like shape.
- It is offered to Gods during pooja.
Quantity
- 50 gms , 100 gms
Vastu pratima
Description
- Vastu is the science of direction that combines all the five elements of nature and balances them with man and materials.
- It is all about the interaction of various forms of best effect on a living person.
- It aims to create a subtle conducive atmosphere in a structure in which we can bring the best in ourselves, thereby paving the way for enhanced health, wealth, prosperity and happiness in an enlightened environment.
- Like any other science, vaastu is universal, rational, practical and utilitarian. It is not a religion but a science.
Uses
- Place this Vastu pratima under the ground in the North east corner of the house, while doing vastu pooja.
Vibhooti Powder
Description
- The sacred ash made of burnt dried wood in vedic rituals. In Sanskrit, bhoothi means Aishwaryam, meaning wealth, treasure, precious. Vi-bhoothi means very or more valuable.
- A person who smears Vibhuthi purifies himself from sins and also removes the sins of persons who looks at him besmeared with Vibhuthi or theeruneru. Vibhuti is the sacred ash used in religious worship.
- The main ingredient of Vibuthi is a special kind of wood. It is burned in a sacred fire (Homa) to form white ash.
- It serves as a reminder to the believer to cast away selfish and worldly desires that wrap the self in maya, and calls to mind the story of how Shiva burned Kama (the god of desire) to ashes when Kama attempted to break Shiva's focus on the divine truth.
- Normally, worn along with red tilaka. Vibhuti relates to Shiva and red tilaka to Shakti. Reminds that Shiva and Shakti form the universe and everything is though the union of Shiva and Shakti.
Quantity
- 100 gms
