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Satyanarayana Pooja
Item | Quantity |
Turmeric powder | small pkt |
Kumkum | small pkt |
Betel leaves | 20 |
Betel Nuts | 25 |
Sandalwood powder | small tin |
Camphor | small pkt |
Incense | 1 pkt |
Coconuts | 6 |
Fruits any variety | 2 dozens |
Flowers | 2 bunches |
Panchamrutam (milk, yogurt, honey, ghee, sugar) | small qtys |
Prasadam | Sooji Halva |
Rice | 2 lbs |
Quarter coins | for $15 (60 coins) |
Kalasam | |
Vastram for kalasam | 1-towel & 1-blouse piece(1 yard) |
Deeparadhana samagri | Deepam, oil & wicks |
Match box | |
Napkins |
Any Homam or Punyahavachanam
Item | Quantity |
Turmeric powder | small pkt |
Kumkum | small pkt |
Betel leaves | 20 |
Betel Nuts | 25 |
Sandalwood powder | small tin |
Camphor | small pkt |
Incense | 1 pkt |
Coconuts | 6 |
Fruits any variety | 2 dozens |
Flowers | 2 bunches |
Panchamrutam (milk, yogurt, honey, ghee, sugar) | small qtys |
Prasadam | For Rudra Homam – Sweet Rice Pongal with JaggeryFor Other Homams – as per family tradition |
Rice | 3 lbs |
Quarter coins | for $15 (60 coins) |
Kalasam | |
Vastram for kalasam | 1-towel & 2-blouse pieces (yellow & white) (1 yard) |
Deeparadhana samagri | Deepam, oil & wicks |
Match box | |
Napkins | |
Aluminum tray | 1 |
Ghee | 2 lbs |
Honey | |
Dry coconut piece (copra) | 1 |
Dry Coconut – Copra (Preferable) OR Firelog (smokeless) | |
Havan Samagri | 1 pkt |
Namakaranam (Naming)
Item | Quantity |
Turmeric powder | small pkt |
Kumkum | small pkt |
Betel leaves | 10 |
Betel Nuts | 10 |
Sandalwood powder | small tin |
Camphor | small pkt |
Incense | 1 pkt |
Coconuts | 2 |
Fruits any variety | 2 dozens |
Flowers | 2 bunches |
Rice | 2 lbs |
Quarter coins | for $10 (40 coins) |
Kalasam | |
Vastram for kalasam | 1 towel & blouse piece (1 yard) |
Deeparadhana samagri | Deepam, oil & wicks |
Match box | |
Napkins | |
Ghee | |
Honey | small bottle |
Prasadam | As per family tradition |
Annaprasana (Baby Feeding)
Item | Quantity |
Turmeric powder | small pkt |
Kumkum | small pkt |
Betel leaves | 15 |
Betel Nuts | 10 |
Sandalwood powder | small tin |
Camphor | small pkt |
Incense | 1 pkt |
Coconuts | 2 |
Fruits any variety | 2 dozens |
Flowers | 2 bunches |
Rice | 2 lbs |
Quarter coins | for $5 (20 coins) |
Rice payasam for feeding | |
Book, pen etc. If applicable as per regional customs | |
Deeparadhana samagri | Deepam, oil & wicks |
Match box | |
Napkins | |
Prasadam | As per family tradition |
Kesakhandanam (Hair Offering)
Item | Quantity |
Turmeric powder | small pkt |
Kumkum | small pkt |
Betel leaves | 5 |
Betel Nuts | 5 |
Sandalwood powder | small tin |
Camphor | small pkt |
Incense | 1 pkt |
Coconuts | 2 |
Fruits any variety | 2 dozens |
Flowers | 2 bunches |
Rice | 2 lbs |
Quarter coins | for $5 (20 coins) |
New scissors | |
Deeparadhana samagri | Deepam, oil & wicks |
Match box | |
Napkins | |
Prasadam | As per family tradition |
Aksharabhyasam (Letters Initiation)
Item | Quantity |
Turmeric powder | small pkt |
Kumkum | small pkt |
Betel leaves | 15 |
Betel Nuts | 10 |
Sandalwood powder | small tin |
Camphor | small pkt |
Incense | 1 pkt |
Coconuts | 2 |
Fruits any variety | 2 dozens |
Flowers | 2 bunches |
Rice | 2 lbs |
Quarter coins | for $5 (20 coins) |
Book. Pencil, pen, slate, black/ white chalk piece | |
Deeparadhana samagri | Deepam, oil & wicks |
Match box | |
Napkins | |
Prasadam | As per family tradition |
Upanayanam (Sacred Thread Ceremony)
Item | Quantity |
Turmeric powder | small pkt |
Kumkum | small pkt |
Betel leaves | 15 |
Betel Nuts | 10 |
Sandalwood powder | small tin |
Camphor | small pkt |
Incense | 1 pkt |
Coconuts | 4 |
Dry coconut pieces (copra) | 1 |
Fruits any variety | 3 dozens |
Towel | 1 |
Blouse pieces | 2 |
Dhotis | 1 pair |
Sacred threads | 3 pairs |
Ring, ear rings | |
Scissors | |
Milk, yogurt | small qty |
Plates | 6 |
Pots | 1 |
Husk | 1/2 lb |
Mustard seeds | 50 gms |
White thread reel | 1 |
Mango leaves | |
Aluminum tray | 1 |
Paste of jeera and jaggery | small qty |
Silver tumbler, uddharini & plate | 1 |
Deer skin | small piece |
Ghee | 1 lb |
Small stone | 1 |
Paper cups | 20 |
Sugar Candy | 1 lb |
Scent, panneer (rosewater) | 1 |
Homa samagri | 1 pkt |
Jantikalu | 16 |
Arisalu | 16 |
Vadiyalu | 16 |
Pappads | 16 |
Pesarapappu (green gram) | 2 lbs |
Sand | 2 lbs |
Flowers | 2 bunches |
Rice | 5 lbs |
Quarter coins | for $15 (60 coins) |
Book. Pencil, pen, slate, black/ white chalk piece | |
Deeparadhana samagri | Deepam, oil & wicks |
Match box | |
Napkins | |
Prasadam | As per family tradition |
AshtaNagadevatha Sahitha Kalasarpa Homam
Item | Quantity |
Turmeric powder | small pkt |
Kumkum | small pkt |
Betel leaves | 25 |
Betel Nuts | 25 |
Sandalwood powder | small tin |
Camphor | small pkt |
Incense sticks (Agarbatti) | 1 pkt |
Coconuts | 12 |
Dry coconut pieces (copra) | 5 |
Fruits two varieties | Banana (12 count) & any other variety (12 count) |
Large Towel | 1 |
Vastram for kalasam | 12 – blouse pieces any colors |
Flowers | 2 bunches |
Rice | 3 lbs |
Ghee | 1 lb |
Navadhanyam / Prasadam | Pongal |
Quarter coins | for $25 (100 coins) |
Honey bottle | 1 small |
Milk | 2 gal |
Black gram (whole) | 1 lb |
Horse gram (whole) | 1 lb |
Silver snakes’ idols | Temple will provide |
Kalasas 10 count | Temple will provide |
Hiranyana Shraddam
Item | Quantity |
Fruits any variety | 1 dozen |
Flowers | 1 bunch |
Sandalwood powder | small tin |
Betel leaves | 6 |
Betel Nuts | 6 |
Camphor | small pkt |
Incense (Agarbatti) | 1 pkt |
Black sesame seeds | small pkt |
Vegetables 5 types | Each 2 lbs |
Toor Dal | 1 pkt |
Moong Dal | 1 pkt |
Urid Dal | 1 pkt |
Cooking Oil | 1 pkt |
Salt | 1 pkt |
Tamarind | 1 pkt |
Cumin Seeds | 1 pkt |
Mustard Seeds | 1 pkt |
Rice | 1 bag |
Cooked Rice with Moong Dal | Required only for Pinda Pradanam |
Quarter coins | for $5 (20 coins) |
Vastram (Cloth) for Danam |