Importance of Hindu Puja items

Ria Basu
3 min readDec 9, 2016

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HIndu Puja Items

In Hinduism, devotees have a certain procedure of worshipping their Gods, Goddess and Gurus during all significant occasions. Hindus perform the “Puja”- a traditional ritual to spiritually pay their tribute to their Gods and ancestors. So Puja is an important act to be conducted on every occasion as per Hindu calendar

In order to perform any Hindu Puja, we need to know few important details such as the occasion of Puja, the importance of the Puja, its benefits and the Puja items require to perform the particular Hindu Puja. Every Puja has a different requirement of Puja Items. To avoid any last minute hassle one must make a list of all Puja items and then buy Puja items online or they can Book Puja Items kit which provides you with complete package.

Below is the list of all important Hindu Puja items require to perform a normal Puja:

1. Puja Thali: A copper, silver or gold plated circular plate where you will keep all other important Puja Items. This Puja Thali will be used for Aarti (Circular rotation of plate over the image or idol of God or Goddesses) purpose.

2. Navgraha Shanti packs including Ketu Shanti pack, Rahu Shanti pack, Shani Shanti pack etc. consists of different small items that are necessary to carry out certain puja.

3. Holy water is a crucial Puja item for all types of Pujas as they are used to wash the deity idol, and for offering Abhishek. Water from holy rivers such as Ganges, Narmada is considered as holy water. Also the Rudraksha Water, Gulabjal, Kewra, Gomutra etc. and these are used are different types of Holy water.

4. Sindoor is a powder used as Tilak on forehead to invoke the divine. It can be used by both men and women after puja. The alternatives available are the sandalwood powder, red sandal powder, Haldi-Kumkum, Kesari gandh, Kamakhya Sindoor etc.

5. Incense sticks of various fragrances are used to spread positivity. An elegant incense stick holders is kept in Thali. The ash of incense stick is also used as Tilak.

6. Camphor: It is used for aarti purpose. After Puja is done the burning camphor is used to seek blessings of God.

7. Sweets or Prasad are important part of every Hindu Puja as they are distributed among the family members after the Puja ceremony.

8. Flowers are very significant in Hindu Pujas as they are used as offering to God and Goddesses. Lotus, Jasmine and Mogra are most commonly used flowers.

9. Storages boxes also known as potlis are an important Hindu puja item. It is used tp keep small items such as cotton wicks, charcoal, Shvetark thread, bhasma, holy/sacred threads, etc.

In addition to above Puja items, there are many other Puja items that are required in different types of Pujas. The pujas can be performed at one’s home or in a temple; it can be performed by a priest or by oneself along with family members, no matter how it is performed, the necessary puja items should be present in its pure or clean form.

One can buy all the Hindu Puja items online from many recommended sites.

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