Chhath Puja Samagri List
Everything you need for Chhath Puja - the special items like the bamboo soop and daura, thekua, sugarcane, fruits and the arghya ingredients for offering to the Sun god and Chhathi Maiya.
Core Chhath items (soop, daura & prasad)
For the arghya & puja
Tip: tick items as you gather them - your ticks are remembered on this device. Quantities are a guide; adjust to your family tradition (parampara).
Frequently asked questions about Chhath Puja Samagri List
What is needed for Chhath?
The bamboo soop and daura to carry the offerings, thekua, sugarcane with leaves, coconut, seasonal fruit such as banana and custard apple, ginger and turmeric with their leaves, sindoor, a new sari or dhoti, and the earthen lamps and vessels for the arghya.
Why bamboo and clay rather than metal?
Because the festival keeps to what comes from the earth. The soop and daura are bamboo, the vessels clay, and everything is new for the year - a purity rule of long standing, kept strictly by Chhath households.
How is thekua prepared?
From wheat flour, gud and ghee, fried and pressed with a wooden mould, made in a scrupulously clean kitchen kept apart for the purpose. Nothing is tasted before it is offered, the cooking is done on a fresh chulha where possible, and no onion or garlic comes near the space.
What happens across the four days?
Nahay-Khay on the first day, Kharna or Lohanda on the second, the Sandhya Arghya to the setting Sun on the third, and the Usha Arghya to the rising Sun on the fourth, when the fast is broken. Buy in stages - the kharna items early, the arghya fruit fresh on the third morning.
Where is the katha?
The story of King Priyavrat and Chhathi Maiya is on the Chhath Puja Vrat Katha page, and the arghya timings depend on your local sunset and sunrise, which the Panchang gives.
About this Chhath Puja samagri list
Everything you need for Chhath Puja - the special items like the bamboo soop and daura, thekua, sugarcane, fruits and the arghya ingredients for offering to the Sun god and Chhathi Maiya.
This list gathers the basic samagri (puja materials) for the foundation of the ritual, with the English and common Hindi name of each item so it is easy to read and to shop for. Start with the common puja essentials that almost every puja needs, then add the items special to this puja. Regional and family traditions vary, so treat this as a practical starting checklist rather than a fixed rule.
This is a packing list, not the story and not the procedure. Read the katha on Vrat Katha and the steps on Puja Vidhi or Vrat Vidhi. Other lists are on the Puja Samagri index.
