- 2 yards of white cloth for Antaarpat
- 2 yards of thinner white cloth for tying knots
- 1 yard of white cloth for altar
- 1 yard of red cloth for altar
- 1 small chunni for keeping on the shoulder for blessings by married women
- Kumkum powder (natural kumkum, not artificial red color powder) and chandana-sandle wood paste
- 27 soparis
- 24 green pans
- Nadachhadi (red threads to tie on the wrist)
- 1 lb. of rice
- 1/2 lb. of wheat
- 2 coconuts
- 2 mindhals (to tie on couples’ wrists)
- 1 varamala (long enough to be placed around necks of the couple)
- 15 silver coins with icons of Ganesh, Laskhmi, Om, and other icons
- 3 garlands (2 for couple to exchange, 1 small for pot)
- Small pot of panchamrut (made of ghee, sugar, honey, curd, and milk)
- One small nicely decorated plate for feeding sweets to the couple
- Loose flowers (about 20 of different colors)
- Rose petals to shower on the couple
- 1 bottle of ghee
- 2 long wicks of natural cotton
- Long matchbox (used for fireplace)
- Starter log (wood fire starter for havan)
- Aluminum Foil (1 roll)
- 1 pair of scissors
- Mixture of five grains for havan (wheat, sesame seeds, black-eyed beans, mung beans, black urad beans, kidney beans – mix all grains in one bowl, quantity of 3 handfuls total)
- 1 havan samagri
- 2 wooden spoons
- 5 regular stainless steel teaspoons
- 3 thali’s (for placing all things)
- 1 thali for puja with 7 small bowls
- Dhoopsali (incense)
- 3 bowls for ghee, grains, and panchamrut
- 4 bowls for flower petals to shower on the couple
- 1 mangal sutra (and wedding rings if needed)
- 4 Kodias – clay pots which we use in Diwali
- Kapur (camphor)
Things to be brought by Dr. Davé:
Two bajaths. One 2’x2’ for the altar and one 1’x1’ for the Havana. Try to get them from the mandapa person. They are hard to carry out of town.
- 1 Ganapati statue
- 1 silver pot
- 1 havan patra (if needed. Try to get it from the mandapa person).
- 2 dhoopsali stands
- 1 kankavati for tilak
- Pooja utensils (achamani, pawali, and plate)