Written from a printed household puja book and not yet checked by a second reader. Follow your family's own practice where it differs.

What to gather

Everything the puja needs, as a checklist. Ticks are saved on this phone, so you can gather over a few days and pick up where you left off.

For the offerings

• Haldi and pinjar (हळद, पिंजर)
• Freshly ground sandalwood paste (उगाळलेले चंदन)
• Ashtagandh (अष्टगंध)
• Shendur (शेंदूर)
• Bukka (बुक्का)
• Attar (अत्तर)
• Rice for akshata (तांदूळ)
• Red, white and yellow flowers
• One garland (हार)
• Two bundles of 21 durva each (दुर्वा)
• Tulsi leaves (तुळस)
• As many of the other patri leaves as you can find. See the 21 leaves.

Food and prasad

• Modak or pedhe, for prasad
• Five fruits, one each of five kinds
• Three coconuts (नारळ)
• Five supari (सुपारी)
• Ten betel leaves (विड्याची पाने)
• A lump of jaggery (गुळाचा खडा)
• A half shell of dried coconut (सुके खोबरे वाटी)
• Crystal sugar (खडीसाखर)
• For panchamrut: milk, curd, ghee, honey, sugar

Lamps and vessels

• Samai (समई)
• Two niranjans (निरांजन)
• Agarbatti
• Camphor (कापूर)
• A matchbox
• A tambya filled with water (तांब्या)
• A glass (पेला)
• A pali or a spoon (पळी)
• A tamhan, the shallow plate that catches offered water (ताम्हण)
• Shankh (शंख)
• Ghanta, the bell (घंटा)

Cloth and setup

• Two cotton vastra (कापसाची वस्त्रे)
• Two janave (जानवी)
• Rangoli
• Five loose coins
• A small towel or handkerchief for wiping hands
• A pat or asan to sit on

Making panchamrut

Half a bowl of milk, with one spoon each of curd, ghee, honey and sugar. Keep the five apart while the puja runs, because each is offered on its own during the bath, and mix them just before tirth is taken.

If curd, ghee or honey is not at hand, use half a bowl of milk with a spoon or two of sugar as the panchamrut.

If something is missing

Where a leaf or an item cannot be found, offer akshata in its place and say its mantra. The puja does not stop for a missing leaf.