Clay Diyas
Unglazed clay lamps. Soaked in water for an hour before first use so they do not drink the oil.
Where to buy
Every shop that carries it, cheapest in-stock first.
Price, stock and lead time are properties of the AVAILABLE_AT relationship — the same product costs different amounts at different shops, and that fact belongs to the pairing.Product → AVAILABLE_AT → Florist → LOCATED_IN → Location
| Shop | Area | Rating | Price | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gandhipuram Pooja Stores | Gandhipuram | 4.4(158) | ₹75 | In stock · Next day |
| Matunga Pooja Bhandar | Matunga | 4.6(402) | ₹90 | In stock · Next day |
| Adyar Pooja Mart | Adyar | 4.5(289) | ₹91 | In stock · 2 days |
3 of 3 shops have it in stock right now.
If you can't get it
Alternatives found by walking the substitution chain up to three hops.
Closeness is multiplied along the chain, so a substitute reached in two hops automatically scores lower than a direct one — no rule had to say so.Product → SUBSTITUTE_FOR*1..3 → Product
There is no accepted substitute for Clay Diyas.
For items like tulsi, durva grass and bilva leaves this is a real answer, not a gap in the data — the ritual does not permit a stand-in. The graph represents that by the honest means of having no relationship.
Needed for
Every occasion that calls for this, and how much each one needs.
Exactly the same relationship as the checklist, traversed in the other direction and at the same cost. A relational schema would need a second index for this.Occasion → NEEDS → Product (read backwards)
- DiwaliEssential6 dozen
Soak them in water for an hour first or they drink the oil.
- Karthigai DeepamEssential10 dozen
Every wall, sill and step. Buy far more than feels sensible.
- Ganesh ChaturthiRecommended2 dozen
- PongalRecommended1 dozen
- House Warming (Griha Pravesh)Recommended2 dozen
One lamp in every room, lit the same evening.
- OnamRecommended1 dozen
- Daily PoojaOptional1 dozen
How Clay Diyas connects to Diwali
The route the graph took, not just the fact that a route exists.
This is the query with no relational equivalent. A join returns rows; the joins that connected them are gone by the time the result exists. Only a graph can hand back the path itself.shortestPath, up to 6 hops
- Clay Diyas is needed by
- Diwali
1 hop through the graph