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Vastu pratima
₹250.00
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Jau (Barley) grains
₹25.00
Description
- Barley grains for use in pooja and homa ceremonies.
- The sowing of barley during Navratri is the symbolic of the first fruit.
- It signifies growth, prosperity and abundance.
- On the first day of the Navratri, grains of barley are planted in the pooja room of the house.
Quantity
- 125 gms
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Akshat / Rice
Description
- Akshat basically consists of uncooked un-broken pieces of rice.
- Akshat is believed to be equal to offering clothes, jewelry, food, or any other offering.
- Akshat is usually thrown over the head of the devotees during Pooja and during functions like marriage and other auspicious events.
- Akshat / Rice Grains is one of the primary things without which the worship of the deity cannot be accomplished in a proper way.
- They are actually the symbols of prosperity and wealth.
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Kesar
Description
- Kesar have been derived from the Northern Indian region, Kashmir, where old saffron was produced.
- Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world.
- Saffron's aroma is unique and there is no substitute for it.
- It is offered to deity idols and afterwards distributed and smeared on the foreheads of devotees.
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Gomutra
Description
- Being highly recommended by the scriptures, it is considered holy and safe to use.
- The original scriptures of Ayurveda consider cow urine to be the elixir of life.
- Cow urine is an important part of many Indian rituals/daily pooja.
- Gomutra has the ability to attract divine consciousness which in turn creates an increase in the Sattva component and therefore facilitates spiritual healing.
- The Indian cow has the ability to attract the frequencies of all the deities in the universe.
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Pooja Ooti
Description
- Essential ingredients for offering to deities during daily worship.
Contents
- Mix of 5 dry fruits Walnut, Almond, Dates, Betelnut, Turmeric (Akhrot, Badam, Kharek, Supari, Haldi) - 5 pieces each.
- Karanda Phani: The vastra (clothing) made out of cotton and haldi (turmeric) and kumkum (vermilion) and Saubhagyalen (i.e green bangles, mangalsutra) is called 'Karanda Phani'.
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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.
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- 50 gms , 100 gms
Ghee
Description
- Ghee holds its position of purity in nearly all the Hindu pooja rituals.
- In Hindu mythology, Prajapati/Brahma, created Ghee by rubbing or "churning" his hands together and then poured it into fire to engender his progeny.
- So, whenever the rituals are performed, the pouring of Ghee into fire symbolises a re - enactment of creation.
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- 200 gms
Kumkum Powder
Description
- Kumkum is applied to the forehead.
- The reason for this particular location has to do with the ancient Hindu belief that"the human body is divided into seven vortices of energy,called chakras,beginning at the base of the spine and ending at the top of the head.
- The sixth chakra, also known as the third eye,is centered in the forehead directly between the eyebrows and is believed to be the channel through which humankind opens spiritually to the Divine".
- Thus,the kumkum is placed at the location of the body which is the most holy.
Uses
- Kumkum powder is widely used for worshiping the Hindu goddesses,especially Shakti and Lakshmi.
- Saivites- Followers of Siva usually apply three white horizontal lines with a dot of kumkum at the center.
- Vaisnavas- Followers of Vishnu make use of "white clay to apply two vertical lines joined at the base and intersected by a bright red streak." Many times the white clay is applied in a U-shape.
- Swaminarayana- Followers of the Swaminarayana apply kumkum at the center of the forehead and in between a U-shaped tilaka.The tilaka is normally yellow and made from sandalwood.
- When a girl or a married woman visits a house,it is a sign of respect (in case of an elderly lady) or blessings (in case of a young girl) to offer kumkum to them when they leave.
- When visiting a temple or during a pooja,apply a dot on your forehead.
- In most of India, everyday, married women apply red kumkum in front of their parting on their forehead as a symbol of marriage
Quantity
- 50 gms , 100 gms
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