Kumkum
Red powder for the tilak and for offering. Given to guests along with turmeric at the end.
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) | ₹35 | In stock · Next day |
| Gandhipuram Pooja Stores | Gandhipuram | 4.4(158) | ₹40 | In stock · Next day |
| Malleshwaram Pooja Samagri | Malleshwaram | 4.5(312) | ₹46 | In stock · Next day |
| Matunga Pooja Bhandar | Matunga | 4.6(402) | ₹34 | Out of stock |
3 of 4 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 Kumkum.
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)
- DiwaliEssential1 packet
- Daily PoojaEssential1 packet
- Ganesh ChaturthiEssential1 packet
- Wedding (Kalyanam)Essential2 packets
- NavratriEssential2 packets
Given to every woman who visits the golu.
- Lakshmi PoojaEssential1 packet
- House Warming (Griha Pravesh)Essential1 packet
- DussehraEssential1 packet
- UgadiEssential1 packet
- Saraswati PoojaEssential1 packet
- Varalakshmi VrathamEssential1 packet
Given to every woman who visits, with turmeric and betel.
- Raksha BandhanEssential1 packet
- Naming Ceremony (Namakaranam)Essential1 packet
- Seemantham (Baby Shower)Essential1 packet
- New Vehicle PoojaEssential1 packet
Swastika marked on the bonnet and the dashboard.
How Kumkum 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
- Kumkum is needed by
- Diwali
1 hop through the graph