Daily Pooja
The morning lamp. A few flowers, a wick, a pinch of kumkum — the smallest and most repeated ritual there is, and the one most households actually shop for week to week.
Where to buy it in Pune
Every item on the list, resolved to a shop that has it in stock.
A four-hop traversal. The trailing variable-length step is what lets “Chennai” match a florist registered in T. Nagar without you having to know that.Occasion → NEEDS → Product → AVAILABLE_AT → Florist → LOCATED_IN → Location → PART_OF*0..3
No shop in this area has it in stock.
—Two tablets a day for the closing aarti.
No shop in this area has it in stock.
—No shop in this area has it in stock.
—No shop in this area has it in stock.
—One bottle lasts a household roughly a month of daily lamps.
No shop in this area has it in stock.
—No shop in this area has it in stock.
—Lit first and put out last. Bought once, not weekly.
No shop in this area has it in stock.
—Offered fresh each morning; they will not keep to the next day.
Kothrud Phool Ghar· Kothrud · ₹9 / piece · 2 days₹46for 5 piecesA few leaves a day if the household keeps a Vishnu altar.
Kothrud Phool Ghar· Kothrud · ₹19 / bunch · Next day₹19for 1 bunchNo shop in this area has it in stock.
—The everyday archana flower for Shiva.
No shop in this area has it in stock.
—For the weekly rather than the daily observance.
No shop in this area has it in stock.
—No shop in this area has it in stock.
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Fewest stops
Which single shop covers the most of this list — because visiting four shops on a festival morning is not realistic.
Traverse out to every vendor, then aggregate back per vendor while remembering which items were never covered. In SQL this needs a four-table join, a GROUP BY, and a correlated NOT EXISTS per checklist item.aggregate back over the traversal
Still needed elsewhere: Marigold (Loose), Nandiyavattai, Agarbathi, Camphor +7 more
Can't get something? Use this instead
Alternatives for the items no shop nearby has in stock.
Substitutes chain. Jasmine is out of season, tuberose stands in for jasmine, chrysanthemum stands in for tuberose — the walk follows the chain and scores each extra hop lower on its own.Product → SUBSTITUTE_FOR*1..3 → Product
Agarbathi — No vendor near you has Agarbathi in stock, and there is no accepted substitute for it. It is worth widening your search area.
There is no accepted substitute for this one. It is worth widening your search area rather than replacing it.
Camphor — No vendor near you has Camphor in stock, and there is no accepted substitute for it. It is worth widening your search area.
There is no accepted substitute for this one. It is worth widening your search area rather than replacing it.
Kumkum — No vendor near you has Kumkum in stock, and there is no accepted substitute for it. It is worth widening your search area.
There is no accepted substitute for this one. It is worth widening your search area rather than replacing it.
Vibuthi — No vendor near you has Vibuthi in stock, and there is no accepted substitute for it. It is worth widening your search area.
There is no accepted substitute for this one. It is worth widening your search area rather than replacing it.
The full checklist
Grouped by category, essentials first. Quantities and notes come from the relationship between this occasion and each item.
The quantity, the unit, the importance and the note all live on the NEEDS relationship — not on the flower and not on the occasion. That is the clearest single argument for modelling this as a graph.Occasion → NEEDS → Product → BELONGS_TO → Category
Incense & Camphor(2)
- AgarbathiEssential1 packet₹60est.
- ₹90est.
Oil Lamps(4)
- ₹210est.
- Cotton WicksEssential1 packet₹25est.
- ₹1,450est.
- Clay DiyasOptional1 dozen₹80est.
Archana Flowers(2)
- ₹40est.
- ₹50est.
Loose Flowers(1)
- Marigold (Loose)Recommended0.25 kg₹120est.
Sacred Leaves(1)
- ₹20est.
Offerings & Prasad(1)
- ₹45est.
Others also bought
Discovered from real purchase history, not from anything an editor curated.
Three hops through the purchase history: what does this occasion need, who bought those things, and what else did those people buy.Occasion → NEEDS → Product ← BOOKS ← Customer → BOOKS → Product
Akshata
Bought by 21 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Red Hibiscus
Jaggery
Bought by 21 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Red Hibiscus
Banana Leaves
Bought by 19 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Red Hibiscus
Betel Leaves & Nuts
Bought by 19 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Red Hibiscus
Rangoli Powder
Bought by 19 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Red Hibiscus
Turmeric Powder
Bought by 19 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Red Hibiscus
Mango Leaves
Bought by 18 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Red Hibiscus
Bananas
Bought by 16 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Red Hibiscus