Choose a puja or a vrat above, and this free tool gives you its samagri (the things to keep ready) as a checklist: each line with a box to tick, what the item is for, a count of what is ready, and buttons to print the list or copy it to send to someone. It covers all 26 of our puja and vrat guides, and for the six that also have a Hindi page, the list can be in Hindi.
How it works
Every one of our puja guides has a samagri table, with the items in one column and their use in the other. The checklist is that table, row by row, in the same words and the same order. Nothing is added and nothing is left out, so the list agrees with the page it comes from, and the page has the steps of the puja that use each item. Where one row of the table names several things together, such as kumkum, turmeric and rice, the checklist keeps them on one line, as the page does.
The six guides with a Hindi version are Bhai Dooj, Chhath, Dhanteras, Diwali Lakshmi puja, Govardhan puja and Tulsi Vivah. Their Hindi lists come from the samagri table of the Hindi page in the same way.
Your ticks are kept in this browser, for each puja and each language, so you can tick things off over a few days and come back to the list. Clearing the ticks removes them. Nothing is sent to us.
Reading the result
The heading names the puja, and the line under it says how many lines the list has. Tick each line as you get the item ready; the count above the list keeps track, and ticked lines are struck through. Print the list prints only the checklist, on A4, with the boxes as they are ticked. Copy as text copies the list with [x] for the ticked lines and [ ] for the rest, and a link to our page, ready to paste into a message. The links at the foot open the full guide in English and, where there is one, in Hindi.
Where traditions differ
The samagri for a puja is not fixed. Families, regions and priests keep their own lists, and a priest’s fuller form of a puja may need more than a simple home puja. Our guides give the simple home form, and the checklist follows them. If your priest or your family gives you a longer list, follow it, and use this one as a start. The guides themselves say where customs differ, such as the offering for each day of Navratri, which changes from family to family.
What it does not do
It does not give quantities, because the pages do not, and the right quantity depends on how many people and how large a puja. It does not choose a date or time for the puja; for that, see the festival dates for any city and the muhurat finder. For a puja that has no guide on our site yet, it has no list.
Frequently asked questions
↳ Which pujas does the checklist cover?
All 26 of our puja and vrat guides, from Bhai Dooj, Diwali Lakshmi puja and Satyanarayan puja to Ekadashi, Pradosh, Somvar and Sankashti vrats, Karva Chauth, Hartalika Teej, Janmashtami, Maha Shivaratri and the two Navratri guides.
↳ Is the list in Hindi?
For six pujas, yes: Bhai Dooj, Chhath, Dhanteras, Diwali Lakshmi puja, Govardhan puja and Tulsi Vivah, which have Hindi pages. Choose Hindi in the second box. For the others the list is in English, and the tool says so.
↳ Are my ticks saved?
Yes, in this browser only, for each puja and language, until you press Clear the ticks. They are not sent to us, and another phone or computer will not see them.
↳ Can I print it?
Yes. Print the list prints the checklist alone on A4, with what each item is for, so it can go on the fridge or into the puja bag.
↳ My priest asked for more items. Is the list wrong?
No. Our guides give a simple home form of each puja, and priests and families often use a fuller form. Keep your priest's list; this one is a starting point that agrees with our guide.
↳ Why are some items on one line?
The checklist keeps each row of the page's samagri table as one line, in the page's words. Where the page puts kumkum, turmeric and rice in one row because they are used together, the checklist does too.