Navratri is one of the best festivals for Hindu community people. It is celebrated twice in a year with huge devotion and by following all the rituals. Generally, Chaitra navratri and Sharad Navratri are celebrated for nine days and nights but on the some special occasion, it is celebrated for eight days or ten days too. Navratri puja has been performed daily by the devotees at early morning and in the evening. During navratri, nine goddess has been worshipped one by one on each day. There are many navratri puja rituals, which have been performed during navratri like Ghat Sthapana Puja, Durga Puja, 9 goddess worship, Kanya puja, Navratri Jaware visarjan and Durga visarjan. To accomplish these puja, devotees have to arrange many puja items before starting the navratri puja.
There are many pujas to perform during navratri so devotees need to collect lot of items. Here below you can find the list of navratri puja items.
Idol of Goddess Durga Ghee Agarbatti Chunari for Goddess Laung (Cloves) Curd Red Cloth Mishri Flowers Flower Garland Fruits Akhand Jyot Mango Leaves Cardamom (Elaichi) Diya and Batti Roli (Red Powder) Fresh Grass Green Bangles Honey Gulal Kapoor Kumkum (Vermilion) Milk Moli (Red Thread) Panchamitra Coconut Dona Jau Janeu Betel leaves (Paan) Rice to offer Sandalwood Sugar Areca Buts (Supari) Sweets Kalash (Pot) Soil (Mitti)
Wheat for Kalash Sthapana Water Hawan Samagri Packet Hawan Kund Durga Saptashati Book Durga Chalia Book Durga Kawach Book Scent (Itra) Haldi Powder Shringar Samagri Ganga Water (Gangajal) Dhoop Rui ki Batti Match Stick
These are some general items, which you should arrange at the puja place. When you sit on the puja aasan you should try not to stand in between puja for arranging items. According to some specific region or any special ritual, you may have need of some more navratri puja samagri so also ask with your priest too, who is performing puja and hawan for you. Until the Navratri Puja procedure end, devotees should keep thinking only about Goddess and worship with full devotion.