Gudi Padva Puja images Pooja vidhi

Some of the procedures I follow for Gudi Padwa festival

1.  Two or three days before the festival I clean the Puja room and photos of all deities

2.   I fill the haldi kumkum stand with fresh haldi and kumkum

3.  All the silver utensils meant for Puja are cleaned

4.  For cleaning silver utensils, I use coconut fibre (with detergent and dish washing powder)

5.  This ensures that the vessels stay bright for a long time, two or three weeks

6.   I tie fresh flowers for Pooja as shown in one of the photos 

 
7.  All pictures of deities are decorated with sandal paste, haldi and kumkum                                           

We can offer fruits, coconut for naivedyam

Prepare a solution of geru and limestone

Prepare a  gudi , after cleaning it well, apply geru and limestone alternately

Limestone is being applied

Prepare the kalash by applying lime stone ,

Then apply sandal paste, turmeric powder and kumkum

Fold a cloth and tie it to the gudi

Tie mango leaves and neem leaves

Insert the kalash on the top

Place the gudi vertically and offer flowers and cotton vastra to the gudi.

Gudi Padwa menu includes, 2 koshimbir , beans and potato, sweet sour pachadi , kheer, pitla, rasam , mango rice , ambode and poli

Traditional rangoli for Gudi Padwa

In Tamil Nadu there is a custom of drawing traditional rongolis with lines for festivals and functions and decorating with kavi or ocher border.  The images below show a simple design through steps