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 (5grains)- 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 saree 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.
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