What is offered to each Hindu god in puja?

• Ganesha

  Durva grass; Modak or laddoos; Red flowers; A coconut

• Shiva

  Bilva leaves; Water and milk for abhishek; White flowers; Vibhuti and sandal paste

• Vishnu

  Tulsi leaves; Yellow flowers and yellow cloth; Panchamrit; Sweets made with ghee

• Krishna

  Butter and sugar (makhan mishri); Tulsi leaves; Milk and sweets made with milk; Peacock feathers and yellow flowers

• Rama

  Tulsi leaves; Yellow flowers; Fruit, above all bananas and berries; Sweets made with ghee

• Hanuman

  Sindoor mixed with jasmine oil; Red flowers; Boondi laddoos; Jaggery and roasted gram

• Durga

  Red flowers, above all red hibiscus; A red chunri (scarf); Sindoor and bangles; Coconut and sweets

• Saraswati

  White and yellow flowers; Books, pens and instruments, set before her; Yellow sweets, such as kesar rice or boondi; Fruit, above all ber (Indian jujube) on Vasant Panchami

• Kali

  Red hibiscus flowers, often strung in a garland; A lamp of mustard oil or ghee; Sweets, fruit and khichuri; Incense and red sandal paste

• Lakshmi

  Lotus or red flowers; Kheer of rice and milk; Kumkum, turmeric and unbroken rice; A lamp of ghee

• Shani Dev

  A lamp of sesame or mustard oil; Black sesame seeds and urad dal; Blue or dark flowers, and a dark cloth; Oil poured over his image, as at Shani Shingnapur; Food given to people in need, and to crows

• Kaal Bhairav

  A lamp of mustard oil; Black sesame seeds; Flowers, and a garland; A sweet, and food for a dog; A black thread, blessed at his temple and tied on the wrist

• Ayyappa

  Ghee, poured over him from the coconut carried in the irumudi; Aravana payasam and appam, his prasad at Sabarimala; Camphor and a ghee lamp; Flowers and tulasi

• Khatu Shyam

  Red roses; Ittar, a flower perfume; Peacock feathers; A coconut; Kheer and churma as his bhog; A nishan, a flag, carried to him on foot

• Jagannath

  Tulsi leaves and flowers; A ghee lamp and incense; Sandal paste, as at the Chandan Yatra; Simple cooked food as bhog, shared afterwards as prasad; A share of Mahaprasad brought from Puri

• Venkateswara

  Tulasi leaves and garlands of flowers; A ghee lamp and camphor for the aarti; Sweet pongal, curd rice or fruit as naivedyam; At Tirumala, hair offered as a vow and a gift in the hundi

• Murugan

  Red flowers and a garland; Panchamirtham, of fruit, jaggery, ghee and honey; Milk, for his abhishekam; Vibhuti, holy ash; A ghee lamp and camphor

• Radha

  Flowers and garlands, roses above all; Milk sweets and butter, offered to her with Lord Krishna; A ghee lamp and incense; At Radhashtami, a bath of panchamrit and the chhappan bhog, a feast of 56 dishes

• Kuber

  A ghee lamp; Flowers and sandal paste; Akshata, unbroken rice; Dhoop, incense; Sweets as naivedyam; Something new in gold, silver or metal, bought on Dhanteras

• Tulsi

  Water at her root each morning; A ghee lamp at dusk; A little sindoor and turmeric; Flowers and incense; At Tulsi Vivah, a red chunri, bangles and a bindi, as for a bride

• Narasimha

  A ghee lamp; Flowers and sandal paste; Dhoop, incense; Panakam, water sweetened with jaggery; Fruit and sweets as naivedyam

• Shrinathji

  Milk, butter and sugar; Fresh flowers and tulsi leaves; A simple sweet as bhog; A ghee lamp for the evening aarti; A hill of food at Annakut

• Parvati

  Sindoor and kumkum; Bangles, a bindi, mehendi and the other suhaag items; A red chunri; Flowers and a ghee lamp; Fruit and sweets as naivedyam

• Dattatreya

  Flowers; Dhoop, incense; A lamp and camphor; Sweets and fruit as naivedyam

• Annapurna

  Freshly cooked food, rice above all; Uncooked rice and grain; A ghee lamp and incense; Flowers and kumkum; Food given to the hungry, annadana

• Navagraha

  A ghee lamp; The navadhanya, nine grains, one for each graha; Flowers in the nine colours; Sandal paste and dhoop, incense; Food as naivedyam, and gifts to people in need

• Surya Dev

  Water from a copper lota at sunrise; Red flowers; Roli or kumkum; Akshat, whole rice grains; At Ratha Saptami, arka leaves; at Pongal, the new rice

• Baglamukhi

  A yellow cloth for her seat; Turmeric; Yellow flowers; Besan laddoo and other yellow sweets; A lamp of ghee

• Vitthal

  Tulsi leaves, or a tulsi garland; Flowers; A lamp for the aarti; Simple vegetarian food; His aarti and the abhangs of the saints, sung

• Shitala Mata

  Cool water; Curd; Rabri; Food cooked the day before; Flowers

• Chitragupta

  Roli and unbroken rice, akshat; Flowers; Fruit and sweets; A lamp of ghee; A new pen, an inkpot and the books of the house

• Sita

  Flowers and garlands; Shringar, the things a bride wears; Fruit and sweets; A lamp of ghee

• Gayatri

  Water offered to the rising sun; Flowers; Akshat, unbroken rice; A lamp and incense; Fruit

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