Durga Puja Accessories

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Durga Puja Accessories

 

Accessories are the things needed to perform the four day long Durga

Puja. Incorporated from the "Panjika", the accessories differ on all

four days. Kalparambho meaning the beginning of the puja is performed

before the commencement of all pujas. Kalparambho and Mahasnan are

common for all the four days of Durga Puja and thus require the same

things to perform them.

 

Kalparambho (Beginning of the pujas)

Sindur (vermillion), Panchabarner guri (5 coloured dust) -Turmeric

powder, rice powder, kusum flower/ red aabir, rice chaff or coconut

fiber burnt for the dark colour, powdered wood apple leaves (bel

pata). Panchapallab(5 leaves) - Mango leaf, Pakur(a species of fig)

leaf, Banyan leaf, Betal leaf, Joggodumur (fig) leaf. Pancha ratna(5

gems)-Gold, Silver, Emerald, Pearls, Jewel. (Original- Gold, Diamond,

Sapphire, Rubi, Pearl). Panchashasha(5 grains) - Rice Grain, Mung

(Whole green gram), Til (Sesame), Mashkalai (Any of the variety of

whole black leguminous seed yielding gram), job(Millets). Panchagobbo

(5 extracts of the cow)- Milk, Ghee, Curd, Cow Dung and Cow's urine.

With mantras, koosh(a type of grass) water is sprinkled over them.

Ghat (pot)/ Kundohari, Mirror, 4 arrows, An earthen bowl full of atop

(a type of rice). Tekatha- A triangular frame work of 3 pieces of

wood. Green coconut with stalk, Gamcha-To cover the ghat a piece of

cloth, A dhoti (for Vishnu). A sari each for bodhon & Chandi, Til

(Sesame), Horitoki(myrobalan), Flowers, Chandmala (Dangler with

circular sponge decorations), Curd, Honey, Ghee, Sugar, 3 big

Noibiddos, 1 small Noibiddo, 3 Aashonanguriuk (Finger ring made of

koosh), Aashon(mattress of jute or hay), 3 bowls of Madhupakka(a

mixture of honey, curd, ghee, sugar for oblation) Bhoger drobbadi

(materials for the feast), Aaratir drobbadi

 

 

Mahasnan

 

Oil and turmeric, Dantokashtho, Eight pots, Panchagobbo(5 extracts of

the cow), Panchamrita(curd, milk, ghee, honey, sugar), Panchasorsho

churno(powdered 5 grains), Water, Panchakoshay (the bark of 5 trees-

jaam, shimul, berela, kool, bokul ; powdered in equal portions and

mixed with water). Dew drops, Juice of sugar cane, Soil (from the

brothels), Soil (extracted from elephant tusks), Soil (extracted from

the teeth of the pig), Gangamritika (soil of the ganges), Soil (from

the intersection of 4 roads), Soil (from the palaces), Soil (from the

ant hill Mud extracted from the horns of the ox), Soil (from both the

banks of the river), Soil (from the mountains), Til toilo(sesame

oil), Vishnu toilo, Ushnodok(lukewarm water), Coconut water,

Sarbooushodhi, Mahaoushodhi, Water from 5 gems, Water from oceans,

Water of the lotus pollen, Milk, Honey, Camphor, Perfumed sandal wood

paste, Kumkum(vermillion), Rain water, Greencoconut water. Saraswati

river water, Spring water, Water from the seven oceans