Must-Have Diwali Pooja Items List
Every festival and Pooja occasion requires certain essential items that help make the pooja a success. On Diwali night, every household in India organises a Pooja that is specifically to bring prosperity and abundance to their homes. This is when families and friends celebrate Diwali and exchange gifts in striking gift boxes online, making the festival more memorable.
It is essential to understand that Diwali is not just about celebration with sweets and light, but it is also a sacred time of welcoming goodness and blessings in your home. This is when you welcome prosperity and peace in your home by celebrating and bringing home Goddess Lakshmi. This is also when you deck up your home in flowers and lights and banish all evil for a new start to your year.
Must-Have Diwali Pooja Essentials
Here is a list of all the must-have diwali pooja essentials that you will need to have in your homes as you prepare for Diwali.
| Items to Have | Importance |
| Goddess Idols: Lakshmi and Ganesha | The bringing home of idols will help welcome peace and prosperity to your homes and generate wealth, along with removing obstacles. |
| Copper Pots or Kalash | This will be a reflection and representation of bringing divine energy to your home and representing abundance. |
| Diyas or Clay lamps | This is a reflection of light over darkness and will need to be lighted around your home. |
| Haldi, Roli and Kumkum | These are the most important traditional items needed for the traditional aspect of the diwali rituals. |
| Mithai or Sweets | Needed to be served as prasad and be shared with friends and families. |
| Fresh Flowers | These are important requirements as they are to be offered to the lord for blessings and also for decorating the home. |
| Pooja Thali | This is one of the most important requirements that will hold all the essential pooja elements including bell, diya and incense sticks. |
| Camphor and Incense (Agarbatti) Sticks | This will be used to purify the space and remove all negative energies. |
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Why do you need a Diwali pooja items list?
One of the major challenges that every individual faces during Diwali is not having complete clarity about the essential Diwali pooja items list. According to Hindu mythology, it is important for individuals to always have all the necessary items required for conducting a Pooja in their homes. This is why having a specific Diwali pooja items list is an absolute necessity.
The pooja items also need to be accompanied by festive decor items, as they help create a sanctity and piousness in the room. Based on the Diwali pooja items list, it will become easier for you to keep track of the items that you need, and help make your pooja a success.
| IMPORTANT DIWALI PUJA ITEMS LIST | Panchamrit |
| Laxmi Murti | Coconut |
| Fruits | Ghee |
| Lamp | Agarbatti |
| Flowers | Pooja Thali |
| Chowki | Chandan, roli and chawal |
| Haldi and Kumkum | Sweets |
| Camphor | Janeu |
| Cotton |
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The ultimate Diwali pooja items list
Here is the ultimate Diwali pooja items list that you will need for every Diwali pooja, to help make your pooja a success.
1. Laxmi Murti
The first and most important element in your Diwali pooja items list will be the god idols for gift. This means, you will need to have a laxmi mata murti, whom you will be worshipping on Diwali night. You can also go for a combined Marble Laxmi Ganesh White Murti Statue for Home Decor, as Laxmi and Ganesh Ji are always worshipped together.
2. Fruits
Another very important element that needs to be present on the Diwali pooja items list is fruits. Fruits, sweets and even vegetables at times are given as offerings to appease the lord. While most use a prasad thali to keep the fruits, you can also go with a Stackable Rolling Metal Wire Basket With Wheels And Cover (2 Tier) In White For Kitchen Decor, to keep them fresh and right next to you in the pooja room.
3. Coconut
In Indian pooja rituals, coconut is always considered to be an important offering. A beautiful and fresh coconut should always be present in your Diwali pooja items list. The coconut will be broken in front of the god and then will be given out as prasad to others.
4. Ghee
Aside from coconut, ghee is the next important material that will need to be present in the Diwali pooja items list. Ghee is used as a purity element in the pooja and is required to be given as prasad, to make the charanamrit and also during the havan pooja.
5. Diya Lamp
Diwali is known as the festival of lights, which means that in your Diwali pooja items list lamps and urlis should always take center stage. You can choose some beautiful Urli Diya and add it next to the pooja mandap. You can also use the home decor lamps to light up your house and decorate it for Diwali celebrations.
6. Agarbatti or Incense sticks
The presence of incense sticks or agarbatti is a must-have item for your diwali pooja items list. The incense sticks help create a pious and cosy atmosphere that adds to the piety of your home. It is suggested that you have a brass agarbatti holder like our Akhand Jyot for Pooja Loban Incense Burner with Handle as it adds to the aesthetic of the pooja room. This are also very sturdy and last you for a long time.
7. Pooja Thali
The most essential item that needs to be present in your Diwali pooja items list is that of a Puja Thali Set. This set will include all the essential pooja bartans, such as kumkum and haldi holder. The thali will be used during the entire rituals and thereby is an important element that needs to be present.
8. Flowers
No pooja can be deemed as complete if you do not have some fresh flowers to accompany it. The use of fresh flowers and flower garlands are a necessity for your Diwali pooja items list. The flowers will be used during the mangal aarti and pushpanjali and hence need to be always present.
9. Chowki
Another important element that will need to be added to your Diwali pooja items list is that of a chowki or a small table. Not all homes have a proper mandap present, hence the best alternative will be to go for a chowki. Here the Laxmi idol will be placed and the pooja will be conducted. If you do not have a chowki at hand, you can also go for any wooden table design for home, to help keep the idols on top of it.
10. Haldi and Kumkum
To maintain the piety of the traditions, the elements of kumkum and haldi should be present on your Diwali pooja items list. These elements are required during the entire pooja and are used as a marker to welcome the blessings of prosperity and abundance from the god.
11. Camphor
The use of camphor is very essential for Diwali pooja. Camphor is again an element that is considered to be pious and holy as it helps remove all bad energies and negativities from your home. It brings fresh scent and thereby is a must have item for your diwali pooja items list. The camphor will be used during aarti and havan to help preserve the piousness of the pooja.
12. Chandan, Roli and Chawal
The pooja celebrations require the presence of Chandan along with kumkum and haldi. Chandan is an element that needs to be made from Chandan wood and is considered to be an important offering for lord Narayana. This is an essential item that will be required on every Diwali pooja items list. Roli is mostly used for tilak, and it has a dark red hue and is different from kumkum. Chawal essentially means rice, and it is used together with Roli for tilak.
13. Sweets
Indian celebrations will be deemed incomplete if you do not have some tasty sweets and snacks present in your home. For your Diwali pooja items list, sweets are a must as they are given as offerings to the lord. The exchange of sweets during Diwali in itself is an important tradition and hence needs to be conducted with joy.
14. Janeu
Janeu is an important element for your Diwali pooja items list. It is a sacred thread that is tied around the body of Lord Narayana, the husband of Mata Laxmi. The janeu is given as an offering to the lord to appease him and welcome Mata Laxmi to your homes.
15. Cotton
The presence of cotton is another important element for the Diwali pooja items list. Cotton is used as a wick and for other purposes throughout the entire pooja. The use of cotton or silk is always traditionally used, to help preserve the purity of the pooja.
16. Panchamrit
The panchamrit is an essential part of the pooja and must be present in your Diwali pooja items list. This is made from a total of five components namely ghee, milk, honey, curd and Ganga water. Together they are considered as amrit or divine items that are required for all types of pooja.
Final Thoughts
Each of these items mentioned in this blog is a must for your Diwali pooja items list. They are essential parts of the Diwali pooja ceremony and will help make your pooja maintain all the important Vedic rituals.
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