Navratri Puja 2023: How To Prepare A Puja Room For Goddess Durga, List Of Puja Samagri, Essential Items

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Durga Puja is about to arrive and this calls for a grand religious and cultural celebration. This festival is dedicated to Goddess Durga who embodies divine feminine energy (Shakti).

This is a special five-day festival celebrated with great fervor especially in the eastern parts of India, especially in Bengal and Odisha, marking the victory of Goddess Durga over the evil buffalo demon king Mahishasura. In 2023, Durga Puja will be celebrated from 20 October to 24 October.

If you're planning to perform Durga Puja at home and need guidelines about the essential items required, we've got you covered!

Durga Puja 2023: How To Prepare A Puja Room For Goddess Durga

1. Location: As per Vastu, temple or puja direction in east-facing homes should be located in the north or east corner, so that one faces either of these directions while praying or worshipping the deities.

2. Decorate The Gateway: You can use flowers such as marigolds of different shades in the entryway along with mango leaves to decorate the gateway of your home and add rangoli in front of the house, to invite divine power. It is essential you use the colors- red, yellow, saffron, and green.
3. Revamp Pooja Room: You can clean your pooja room, wipe it and declutter it. Sprinkle Gangajal or Holy Ganges water. Then ensure it is quiet and then set it up with the essential puja items or samagri. Hang a sacred photo of Goddess Durga in the room.

4. Puja Platform or Altar: You must add a clean piece of cloth on the puja altar, preferably red before placing the idol and ensuring that it faces east. Then you can arrange all the essential ingredients in the room required for puja. Place a kalash in front of the idol along with coconut and mango leaves. Also, keep separate trays for offering bhog or prasad. Pooja bell and conch shell are mandatory.

5. Ensure There Is Natural Light: Make sure the pooja room has natural light, and if that is not present then you can use decorative lights to brighten up the space before placing the idol in the room.

6. Adorn The Walls: To ensure there is festive vibe in the house, you can use artifacts or symbols related to Goddess Durga and also add flowers and paper cuttings to decorate the space. Also, you can use lamps and bells.

7. Holy Books: Keep holy books for mantras and prayers and also arrange a comfortable seating area for the priest.

Durga Puja 2023: List Of Essential Items

1. Deity (statue/photo), Chunari, Shringaar items
2. Camphor (Karpoor), Gandha Powder
3. Copper or Silver or other Kalasha
4. Sri Mudra (for Sandhyaavandan), Vessel for Tirtha, Yajnopavita, Roli, Moli(Kaleva)
5. Flowers, Akshata (in a container), tulsi leaves
6. 1 Coconut, 1/2 kg Rice, 6 Bananas
7. Extra Kalasha, 3 trays, 3 vessels for Abhisheka
8. Beetlenuts 6, Beetle nut Leaves 12, Banana Leaves 2, Mango Leaves 5-25
9. Match sticks and agarbatti
10. Puja Conchshell, Bell, One aarti (for Karpoor), Two Aaratis with wicks
11. Two Big Lamp, wicks, cotton, ghee, or mustard oil
12. Sweets and Fruits
13. Two pieces of red cloth (new)
14. Vermillion (Kumkum), Sandalwood (Gopichandan), Turmeric (haldi)
15. Gold coin, gold chain

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