Dussehra Puja across India

Details on Dussehra Puja

Dussehra Puja is performed by both men and women.On this day a special image of Dussehra is drawn on the floor with wheat floor or chuna. People also worship a printed image of Dussehra.

• Image of Dussehra
• Cow dung, chuna
• Roli, moli, chawal, flowers
• Jhuwara which is grown on Navratre day
• Jaggery, 1-1/4 kg chawal, money for offering, kheer, puri
• Banana, mooli (radish), gwarphalli (flat cluster beans)
• Bahikhata (account books)

• Draw the Dussehra image with wheat flour/chuna, put 9 tikki with cow dung.
• Make 2 katories of cow dung with a lid. In one katori, keep coins and in the other keep a little roli, chawal, fruit and jhuwara.
• Do puja with water, mooli, roli, chawal, flowers and jhuwara.
• Offer banana, mooli, gwarphalli, jaggery, 1-1/4 kg chawal.
• Light the dhoop and deepak, do the parikrama.
• Puia is done of the old bahikhata by offering flowers, jhuwara, roli and chawal.
• On this day only new bahikhata for Deepavali puja are ordered.
• After the puja, money from the cow dung box is taken out and placed in the safe.
• Food and dakshina are offered to the Brahmins.