Gulal Powder

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.

Description

• We never offer the coconut as it is.
• We remove the fibre that covers it and offer the fruit that is free from all the external fibre.
• Only then is it possible to break the coconut.
• By breaking the coconut, the water in it flows out.
• The heart is the coconut and it is covered by the fibre of desire.
• The water that flows out is the 'Samskara' or purification. The fibres on the surface are the desires.
• We must strip the heart of all desires and offer the core without the fibre. It then becomes an offering to God.
• If we plant a coconut as it is, in course of time and by watering it, another plant will grow out of it.

Used

• Dry coconuts are used as an offering to deities and especially during the final oblation (purna-ahuti) of any homa/yagna.
• It is filled with sugar and ghee and is then closed with a sacred thread, before offering to the homa fire.

Quantity

• 360 gm - Broken pieces of 2 coconuts

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

Description

• Chandan or sandal is well known for its aroma and cooling effect on human body.
• Sandal powder is an important pooja item.
• Sandal paste is used in worshiping deities especially for applying tilak on the forehead of sacred idols.
• After offering to deities,  devotees can apply it between the eyebrows or on the forehead to cool the nervous system and to stimulate spiritual energy.
• The paste can help heal skin diseases such as infectious sores, ulcers, acne and rashes.
• Sandalwood powder helps smooth and cool the skin, and can be made into a paste, lotion or soap for cleansing, calming and hydrating sensitive or aging skin.
• Sandalwood balances the circulatory, digestive, respiratory and nervous systems.

Quantity

• 20 gms