Accessories of Saraswati Puja, Vasant Panchami

Saraswati Puja is performed on Vasant Panchami. This Puja is performed to pay allegiance to the Goddess of learning. Traditionally during this festival most educational institutions organize special prayer or puja for Saraswati.

Purohit (priest)
For Purohit baran-1 Ree
Sindur (vermilion)
Til -Sesame
Horitoki - myrobalan
Pancha 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)

Pancha Ratna (5 gems) -
- Gold
- Silver
- Emerald
- Pearls
- Jewel. (Original- Gold, Diamond, Sapphire, Ruby, Pearl)
Panchagobbo (5 extracts of the cow) -
- Milk
- Pure Ghee
- Curd
- Cow Dung
- Cow's Urine
Panchasashya (5 food grains) -
- Paddy
- Sesame
- Mashkalai - a kind of pulses)
- Moong - a kind of pigeon pea)
- Barley
Panchapallab (5 varieties of leaves) - in case of Tantric rituals these leaves are:
- Jackfruit
- Mango
- Ashthya - a kind of Indian fig-tree
- Banyan
- Bakul - a flowering plant
Ghat (pot)
Kundohari
Tekatha - A triangular frame work of 3 pieces of wood. Mirror
4 arrows
Gamcha - To cover the ghat a piece of cloth
Barandala (a platter made of bamboo chips holding items for the welcome of the Goddess)
Green coconut with stalk
An earthen bowl full of atop(a type of rice)
Flowers
2 Aashonanguriuk (Finger ring made of koosh)
Aashon (mattress of jute or hay)
2 bowls of Madhupakka(a mixture of honey, curd, ghee, sugar for oblation)
2 big Noibiddos
1 small Noibiddo
A dhoti (for Vishnu)
A sari (for Saraswati)
Chandmala (Dangler with circular sponge decorations)
Belpata garland
Plate - 1
Ghoti - 1
Nosering - 1
Iron metal
Conch shell - 1
Aamer mukul(mango flowers)
Job er Shish (wheat stock)
Kool(berry)
Aabeer(coloured powder)
Avra(crushed mica pieces)
Inkpot and pen
Bhoger drobbadi (materials for the feast) -
- Curd
- Honey
- Ghee
- Sugar
Aaratir drobbadi -
- Chamor (a kind of fan, a fly-whisk made of yak's tail used for fanning)
- Dip (Earthen Lamps)
- Panch pradip (for aarati)

Saraswati Puja, Vasant Panchami 2024

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