Ingredients of a homam

Samidh: small sticks of sacred wood — mango, palāśa, pīpal, banyan or śamī are traditional. Ghee: the main offering, poured with a wooden spoon (sruva). Havan sāmagrī: a ready-made fragrant mix of herbs, roots, resins (such as guggulu), dried fruits and grains, sold in shops. Black sesame (tila), rice and barley are also common.

Special homams add their own items: dūrvā grass for Gaṇeśa, lotus seeds for Lakṣmī, nine kinds of wood and grain for the Navagrahas. A coconut is kept for the final offering.

Samidh, ghee, sāmagrī · Sesame, rice, barley

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