Onam
Ten days, and a fresh flower carpet laid at the threshold each morning — the single largest loose-flower requirement in the calendar.
Where to buy it in Madurai
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
Petals are separated by colour the night before.
Meenakshi Flower House· Meenakshi Nagar · ₹6 / piece · Next day₹346for 60 piecesThe pookalam is laid fresh each of the ten mornings and grows daily.
₹528for 5 kgNo shop in this area has it in stock.
—The sadya is served on a full leaf, tip to the left.
No shop in this area has it in stock.
—No shop in this area has it in stock.
—The white band of the flower carpet.
Meenakshi Flower House· Meenakshi Nagar · ₹5 / piece · Next day₹188for 40 pieces- Meenakshi Flower House· Meenakshi Nagar · ₹64 / mozham · Next day₹191for 3 mozham
- Meenakshi Flower House· Meenakshi Nagar · ₹123 / kg · Next day₹246for 2 kg
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.
—Some households book a decorator for the ten-day pookalam.
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: Yellow Marigold, Pink Rose, Banana Leaves, Coconut +3 more
Still needed elsewhere: Yellow Marigold, Pink Rose, Chrysanthemum (Sevanthi), Nandiyavattai +7 more
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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
Yellow Marigold — No vendor near you has Yellow Marigold in stock right now.
Banana Leaves — No vendor near you has Banana Leaves 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.
Coconut — No vendor near you has Coconut 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.
Pink Rose — No vendor near you has Pink Rose in stock right now.
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
Archana Flowers(2)
- ₹360est.
- ₹200est.
Loose Flowers(3)
- ₹600est.
- Yellow MarigoldEssential4 kg₹440est.
- Pink RoseRecommended2 bunches₹190est.
Sacred Leaves(1)
- ₹300est.
Oil Lamps(1)
- Clay DiyasRecommended1 dozen₹80est.
Seasonal Flowers(2)
- Chrysanthemum (Sevanthi)Recommended2 kg₹280est.
- Crossandra (Kanakambaram Sara)Recommended3 mozham₹195est.
Home Decoration(1)
- ₹2,800est.
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
Kumkum
Bought by 23 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Yellow Marigold
Camphor
Bought by 22 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Yellow Marigold
Agarbathi
Bought by 21 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Yellow Marigold
Akshata
Bought by 21 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Yellow Marigold
Cotton Wicks
Bought by 21 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Yellow Marigold
Betel Leaves & Nuts
Bought by 19 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Yellow Marigold
Rangoli Powder
Bought by 19 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Yellow Marigold
Turmeric Powder
Bought by 19 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Yellow Marigold
Coming up next
What this occasion usually precedes — worth buying for at the same time.
Occasions are sequenced in the graph, so the app can suggest buying once for two events instead of twice.Occasion → PRECEDES → Occasion