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Loose flowers, sacred leaves and seasonal blooms. Season matters here — several of these are only available part of the year, which is why substitutes exist.
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Hardy and abundant. Offered for Shiva and Murugan; never eaten, as the plant is toxic.
Full leaves used as serving plates for prasad and feast meals, and to line the pooja platform.
Three-lobed bael leaves, offered to Shiva. Counted in threes; a torn leaf is not offered.
Heavily fragrant golden flower, offered to Vishnu and worn in the hair.
Firm-petalled and long-lasting. The standard cool-season stand-in when jasmine is out.
Sold strung by the mozham. Warmer in tone than marigold and used for hair and deity garlands alike.
Bermuda grass, offered to Ganesha in bunches of twenty-one blades. Nothing else takes its place.
Sold by the mozham — a forearm length of strung buds. Intensely fragrant, and genuinely seasonal,…
Firecracker flower. Strung with jasmine in alternating bands for hair garlands and deity work.
Offered whole to Lakshmi and Vishnu. Scarce outside the monsoon months and priced accordingly.
Strung into doorway toranas and set in the mouth of the kalash. Kept in water until the morning of…
The workhorse of Indian ritual. Sold loose by the kilo for scattering, toranas and rangoli borders.…
Crepe jasmine. A staple archana flower for Shiva, offered by the handful.
Softer alternative to the red rose, favoured for reception and naming-ceremony work.
The flower for Ganesha and Kali. Offered singly and by name during archana; wilts within hours of…
Sold in bunches of twenty stems. Used for garlands, petal offerings and stage work.
Tall white spikes with a jasmine-adjacent fragrance. The closest substitute for malli when the…
Holy basil. Indispensable for Vishnu and Satyanarayan worship — no substitute is considered…
A modern addition, used mainly in reception and stage arrangements rather than traditional pooja.
Paler and slightly smaller than the orange variety. Paired with orange for two-tone toranas and…