Item 1
Kumkum, turmeric, sandal paste, akshata and loose flowers
The archana set for the shodashopachara and the Satyanarayana Ashtottara — kumkuma, pasupu, gandham, akshintalu and poolu.
🎁 For Satyanarayana Swamy Pooja
Satyanarayana Pooja Kit — the Satyanarayan Puja Samagri List
The full Satyanarayan puja samagri list in one box — for the Purnima vratam, a housewarming, a wedding anniversary or a thanksgiving pooja at home. The Satyanarayana Swamy vratam has more particular items than most household poojas: the banana-stem mandapam, the rava prasadam, tulasi, and the katha itself. Each is annotated below.
About this kit
What the Satyanarayana Pooja Kit is for
Satyanarayana Swamy Pooja is the vratam Telugu families perform on Purnima, on entering a new house, after a wedding, and in thanksgiving for anything that has gone well. Its samagri is distinctive in three ways. The deity sits under a small mandapam of four banana stems tied at the corners of the peetham. The prasadam is the sapatha — rava, sugar, ghee, milk and banana in the traditional proportion, with cardamom and cashew. And the pooja is not complete without the katha, the five chapters read aloud after the archana.
The kit carries the dry items, the panchamrutham ingredients and the katha booklet, and supplies the banana stems and leaves, the tulasi and the tamboolam fresh against your date. The prasadam is cooked at home on the morning of the pooja; the rava, sugar and ghee in the kit are measured for one standard sapatha.
What is in the box
Contents — 7 items, and what each is for
Item 2
Tulasi leaves
Tulasi is Vishnu's own leaf and Satyanarayana is Vishnu: offered in the archana and dropped into the panchamrutham and the prasadam. Supplied fresh.
Item 3
Banana leaves and stems for the mandapam
Four arati stems tied to the corners of the peetham and a canopy of leaves over them make the mandapam the deity sits under; leaves also serve the naivedyam.
Item 4
Rava, sugar and ghee for the prasadam
The sapatha (Satyanarayana prasadam): rava roasted in ghee, cooked with milk and sugar, with banana, cardamom and cashew. Measured for one pooja.
Item 5
Panchamrutham ingredients
The dry part of the five-nectar mixture — sugar, honey and cardamom — to which milk, curd and ghee from the house are added for the abhishekam of the saligrama or image.
Item 6
Camphor, agarbatti and cotton wicks
Agarbatti for the dhoopam, vathulu for the lamps kept burning through the katha, and karpuram for the mangala harathi.
Item 7
Satyanarayana katha booklet
The five chapters of the vratam katha in Telugu with the pooja vidhanam, read by the purohit or the family after the archana.
Samagri requirements vary with regional tradition, family custom and the performing priest. This list is what the kit is normally assembled with — confirm the final contents with your purohit before dispatch. Fresh items are supplied against your ceremony date.
Through the ceremony
How the samagri is used in Satyanarayana Swamy Pooja
The mandapam
The peetham is set with rice, the four banana stems are tied at its corners with a leaf canopy, and the kalasam with the Satyanarayana image or saligrama is placed at its centre.
Sankalpam and the opening poojas
The family states the sankalpam; Ganapathi, the Navagrahas and the Ashta Dikpalakas are worshipped briefly with turmeric, akshata and flowers before the main deity.
Panchamrutha abhishekam
Milk, curd, ghee, honey and sugar water are poured over the saligrama or image in turn, with tulasi, and the deity is dressed and marked with sandal paste and kumkum.
Shodashopachara and Ashtottara
The sixteen services and the Satyanarayana Ashtottara archana, with tulasi, flowers and akshata offered at each name.
The katha
The five chapters are read from the booklet, the family listening with akshata in hand and offering it at the end of each chapter.
Naivedyam and harathi
The sapatha prasadam, fruit and the panchamrutham are offered; camphor harathi and mantra pushpam close the vratam, and the prasadam is shared with everyone present.
Not in the box
What the house provides
- The Satyanarayana image or saligrama and a kalasam, if the family keeps one
- Rice for the peetham, and milk, curd and ghee for the panchamrutham
- Milk and a vessel for cooking the sapatha prasadam
- Five kinds of fruit if the family offers them
- Plates, spoons, a bell and the harathi plate
- A cloth to lay over the peetham
Common questions
Before you book
What is on the Satyanarayan puja samagri list?
Turmeric, kumkum, sandal paste, akshata and flowers; tulasi leaves; banana stems and leaves for the mandapam; rava, sugar and ghee for the prasadam; honey, sugar and cardamom for the panchamrutham; camphor, agarbatti and cotton wicks; and the katha booklet. Milk, curd, fruit, rice and the image are provided at home.
What is the Satyanarayana prasadam and is it in the kit?
The sapatha — rava roasted in ghee and cooked with milk, sugar, banana, cardamom and cashew, in the traditional equal measure. The kit carries the rava, sugar and ghee measured for one pooja; it is cooked at home on the morning.
Why are banana stems needed?
Four banana stems tied at the corners of the peetham with a canopy of leaves form the mandapam under which Satyanarayana Swamy is seated for the vratam. They are supplied fresh against your ceremony date.
Is the katha in Telugu?
Yes — the booklet carries the five chapters and the pooja vidhanam in Telugu. Ask when ordering if you need a Hindi or English edition.
Which day is Satyanarayana Pooja performed?
Purnima is the usual day, and the vratam is also performed on entering a new house, after a wedding, on a birthday or anniversary, or in thanksgiving. Any day the family chooses with the purohit is acceptable; the Panchangam page carries the Purnima dates.
Can the kit be used for a Satyanarayana Pooja at a Gruha Pravesham?
Yes. Families often perform the vratam on the day of the housewarming; order this kit alongside the Griha Pravesh Kit and we pack them together for the date.
How do I order?
Tell us the ceremony date when you enquire. We confirm availability, the final contents and the price before anything is charged; fresh items are supplied against the date.
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