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  • Flowers for Puja

    Aparaajita – Goddess Durga
    Arka flower – Milkweed flower used in all prayers
    Ashok – Associated with Sita
    Atasi or flax – Sri Krihna’s complexion
    Bandhook or Midday flower – Sun God

    Banyan flower – Lord Siva prayers
    Bilva flower – Lord Siva prayers
    Blue butterfly pea flower – Goddess Durga
    Chameli flowers – offered to Lord Hanuman
    Champaka – Sri Krishna, Lord Kamadeva, Goddess Lalitambika

    Champaka (yellow) – Goddess Saraswati
    Dhatura flowers – Lord Shiva worship
    Erukkan flower – used in all prayers
    Fragrant Screw Pine – Lakshmi puja
    Hibiscus – Goddess Durga and Kali

    Indian coral red: -Used in the worship of Visnu and Siva Japa
    kusum – Sun God, Surya worship
    Jasmine – Used in all Deity worship and Durga Puja
    Kadamba – Associated with Lord Krishna and Goddess Durga
    Kovidar or purple orchid – Symbol in Bharata’s flag Krishna

    Kamal flowers – offered to Sri Krishna
    Kumud or white water lily – divine flower
    Kund or Star jasmine – known for whitensssLotus – Goddesses, especially Lakshmi
    Madhavi Lata – Associated with Vrindavan
    Malati – Well known for fragrance

    Marigold flowers – Lord Ganesha worship
    Mandarai or Purple orchids – Lord Shiva
    Milkweed flower – Lord Ganesha
    Mogra flowers – Lord Vishnu prayers
    Mullai flower – Lord Dakshinamurthy

    Nandhyavattai – Lord Krishna worship
    Neel Kamal – Goddess Durga worship
    Parijat – Brought to earth by Lord Krishna
    Patal or paral – adorns the hair of Goddesses
    Pomegranate flowers – Lord Ganesha

    Punnag – Lord Vishnu worship
    Tajnigandha flowers – offered to Lord Shiva
    Tulsi flowers – Vishnu and Krishna worship
    Red coloured flowers – Lord Ganesha
    Red Jasmine flowers – Goddess Lakshmi prayers

    Sanku Pushpam or Conch flower – Lord Ganesha
    Sev arali – Lord Subramaniya worship
    Tamal or Himalayan Garcina – Lord Rama, Baby Krishna
    Thazhampoo or ketaki – Cursed by Lord Shiva, not used in worship but offered to Goddess Lakshmi.

    Thumba poo – avoided in Lakshmi puja
    Vakul or Maulasari – Sri Krishna
    White Lotus – Goddess Saraswati
    Yuthika or jasmine – Sri Krishna


    Source:mahesh
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