శ్రీ గణపతి హోమం పూజ సామాను వివరాలు

1. One homa kundam (a copper container with preferably a square shaped base). If a homa
2. kundam is not available, one can dig a square shaped pit in the ground (with 1-2 foot sides
3. and half to one foot deep) and arrange a few layers of bricks around the pit. It is symbolic of
4. the mooladhara chakra.
5. • Dry coconut halves (available in Indian stores) or wood (for burning)
6. • Ghee (clarified butter) from cow’s milk. It is available in Indian stores. If unable to find, just
7. get some butter and melt it in low heat. After it melts, some black stuff will separate from the
8. melted liquid. Filter out the black deposit and use the liquid. It will solidify after a time.
9. Before the homam, melt it again and use it.
10. • A wooden spoon/ladle to put ghee into the fire
11. • Some akshatas. Those can be made by mixing raw (uncooked) white (or brown) rice grains
12. with a drop of sesame oil (or some other oil) and a pinch of turmeric powder. Instead of
13. turmeric powder, one can also use vermilion (kumkum) powder used for the dot on the
14. forehead.
15. • A small lamp, consisting of a wick that can be lit in sesame oil/ghee. A candle can also be
16. used as an alternative, though it is better to burn ghee or sesame oil than wax.
17. • A match box to light fire
18. • One tumbler or cup to store water. It should preferably be made of silver or copper or clay. If
19. unavailable, you may use steel or glass.
20. • One spoon (preferably silver or copper)
21. • Some water
22. Optional
23. • A small idol of Ganesha. If you have none, use a metallic coin or any metallic object.
24. Actually, you can do without any idol and just invoke Mahaganapathi in fire.
25. • A mixture of various auspicious materials known as the havan samagri (available in India
26. stores), if possible.
27. • Some sandalwood powder, turmeric powder and kumkum (vermilion) powder
28. • Some flowers or flower petals
29. • Some sesame seeds, some mamra/murmura (puffed white rice), some nuts, some mildly
30. popped corn and other materials that can be offered in fire. Small fruits are also fine. Honey
31. can also be used. All these are optional. The absolute minimum needed is coconut pieces and
32. ghee.
33. • Some darbhas (dried blades of sacred grass). Check with a local temple priest to find out how
34. to procure them. If darbhas are unavailable, you may think of creative alternatives. For
35. example, find some other dry grass or dry leaves or just thin twigs and pray to your ishta
36. devata (favorite deity) before the homam to make them acceptable.
37. • An incense stick (agarbatti) if available and a holder to stick it to (a banana can be used
38. instead)
39. • Camphor and a container or plate for lighting camphor and offering haarati
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41. • Some food that you can offer to god. Eggs, meat and seafood should not be used in that food.
42. In fact, do not eat eggs, meat and seafood on the day of homam. Onion, garlic, strong spices
43. and too much of chillies should also be avoided in the food cooked for God. Fruits are also
44. fine. Just sugar or brown sugar or rock candy sugar or jaggery can be offered to god too.
45. When using sugar, please note that the normal white refined sugar used these days has bone
46. ash in it. Brown sugar, vegetarian sugar or jaggery are to be prefered.
47. • Some milk, if available.