Thursday, September 8, 2016

How to do ganapathi habba in ajji style

Ganapathi Festival:
Before Ganesh prathishtana, some south indians goto Nagara pooje.
Items required for nagara pooje:
Soaked chikpeas, black til,
chelbindi, chimli( white rice and sugar mixture, ellu mixture), beetle leaves, banana
some sacred yellow thread, agarbatti, neyyi oththu, 2 coconuts( one for nagara and one for god pooje)
kumkum, haldi, bottle of water, little milk with ghee, flowers, cotton haram, ravike vasthra, arthi karpoora, matchsticks.
First, we should wash the naga prathime. Then put ravike vasthra, kumkum, haldi, cotton haram, yello thread, flowers.
Then agarbatti. Show coconut on the agarbatti and then break the coconut and collect the thirtham.
Then keep chimli, chelbindi, few fruits and ellu , kadale.
and do karpoora arthi.
then pour milk and then few rounds around the diety.
Give arishina kumkuma to few ladies around.

Then come back and light the lamp near ganapathi.
Keep garike around ganapathi and make arishina gowri.
light the lamp.
later make kadubu and then do arathi with neyyi oththu.

The food served at ajji house was kadubu, kadale usli, kosambari, obbatu saru with kadale sara, carrot beans palya, mosaru, puliogare