Kalash (Brass)
Water pot that holds the invoked deity for the duration of the ritual. Dressed with mango leaves and a coconut.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adyar Pooja Mart | Adyar | 4.5(289) | ₹731 | In stock · Next day |
| Gandhipuram Pooja Stores | Gandhipuram | 4.4(158) | ₹833 | In stock · Next day |
| Matunga Pooja Bhandar | Matunga | 4.6(402) | ₹986 | In stock · Next day |
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 Kalash (Brass).
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)
- Wedding (Kalyanam)Essential2 pieces
- NavratriEssential1 piece
Installed on the first day and kept for all nine.
- House Warming (Griha Pravesh)Essential1 piece
Carried in first, ahead of any person or furniture.
- Satyanarayan PoojaEssential1 piece
- Varalakshmi VrathamEssential1 piece
The kalash is dressed as the goddess herself — face, jewellery and saree.
How Kalash (Brass) connects to Wedding (Kalyanam)
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
- Kalash (Brass) is needed by
- Wedding (Kalyanam)
1 hop through the graph