New Vehicle Pooja
Lemons under the wheels, a garland across the bonnet and a coconut broken before the first drive.
Where to buy it in Mumbai
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
- Matunga Pooja Bhandar· Matunga · ₹31 / packet · Next day₹31for 1 packet
- Matunga Pooja Bhandar· Matunga · ₹41 / packet · Next day₹41for 1 packet
One broken in front of the vehicle before the first drive.
Matunga Pooja Bhandar· Matunga · ₹42 / piece · Next day₹85for 2 pieces- Matunga Pooja Bhandar· Matunga · ₹68 / packet · 2 days₹68for 1 packet
- ₹110for 0.5 kg
Long enough to sit across the bonnet without covering the windscreen.
Dadar Mala Corner· Dadar · ₹448 / piece · Same day₹448for 1 pieceNo shop in this area has it in stock.
—Swastika marked on the bonnet and the dashboard.
No shop in this area has it in stock.
—- Andheri Utsav Decor· Andheri · ₹1,782 / service · 2 days₹1,782for 1 service
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: Car Garland, Camphor, Kumkum, Bananas +1 more
Still needed elsewhere: Agarbathi, Camphor, Kumkum, Turmeric Powder +4 more
Still needed elsewhere: Car Garland, Agarbathi, Camphor, Kumkum +5 more
Still needed elsewhere: Marigold (Loose), Car Garland, Agarbathi, Camphor +5 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
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.
Bananas — No vendor near you has Bananas 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
Loose Flowers(1)
- Marigold (Loose)Essential0.5 kg₹120est.
Occasion Garlands(1)
- ₹400est.
Offerings & Prasad(3)
Sacred Powders(2)
- ₹40est.
- Turmeric PowderEssential1 packet₹45est.
Vehicle Decoration(1)
- Car DecorationRecommended1 service₹3,500est.
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
Cotton Wicks
Bought by 21 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Car Garland
Jaggery
Bought by 21 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Car Garland
Banana Leaves
Bought by 19 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Car Garland
Betel Leaves & Nuts
Bought by 19 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Car Garland
Rangoli Powder
Bought by 19 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Car Garland
Mango Leaves
Bought by 18 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Car Garland
Jasmine (Malli)
Bought by 16 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Car Garland
Sesame Oil
Bought by 16 people who also picked up Marigold (Loose) and Car Garland