• Sheetala Puja is a deeply revered festival dedicated to Goddess Sheetala, the supreme divine mother of healing and protection. She is traditionally worshipped to ward off diseases, epidemics, and fevers, and to grant ultimate health and peace to children and families. By performing her worship in the household, using deeply purifying elements like Dhuna, Guggal, and Gau Mutra, devotees cleanse their living spaces of negative energies and physical ailments, inviting a protective, cooling grace over the entire family.

• • This puja is most famously performed on Sheetala Ashtami (usually falling in the Hindu month of Chaitra, exactly eight days after Holi).
• • It is traditionally performed in the morning. On this day, many families observe the custom of Basoda, offering cold or raw foods (like the raw wheat and chickpeas in your kit) that were prepared the night before, honoring the Goddess's cooling nature.

• Step 1 - Asan & Purification: Spread your Asan. Purify the home altar and yourself by sprinkling a mixture of Ganga Jal and a few drops of Gau Mutra.
• Step 2 - Gandha, Pushpa & Shringar (Adornment): Apply the sacred pastes (Turmeric, Roli Kumkum, and Sindur) to the deity. Lovingly offer the complete Shringar kit to the Mother Goddess, and decorate the altar with the vibrant Abir and Abhrak Powder.
• Step 3 - Dhupa & Deepa (Incense and Illumination): Light the Agarbatti, Guggal, and Dhuna to deeply fumigate and cleanse the air of the home. Light the brass lamps using the Cotton Wicks and Cow Ghee.
• Step 4 - Naivedya (Offerings): Offer the Akshat Rice, Kamal Gatta, and the traditional raw/cooling offerings of Wheat and Brown Chickpeas to seek her protective blessings for your family's health.
• Step 5 - Aarti: Conclude the prayers with a bright, space-clearing Camphor Aarti!

• Step 1 to 5 (The Welcoming): Seat (Asan), Welcome (Swagat), washing feet (Padya), sacred offering (Arghya), and water for sipping (Achamaniya).
• Step 6 (Madhuparka): Offering a highly auspicious Vedic sweet mixture presented beautifully in the Madhu Parker Bati (Madhuparka Bowl) to honor the supreme Mother Goddess.
• Step 7 to 9 (Bathing & Adornment): Bathing the deity (Snaniya) and draping her (Basan). The priest uses the Yellow and White Moli Dhagas and offers the complete Shringar kit (Abharan).
• Step 10 to 13 (Fragrance to Light): Applying Turmeric, Kumkum, and Attar (Gandha), offering flowers (Pushpa), lighting the heavy, purifying smoke of Guggal and Dhuna (Dhupa), and illuminating the altar with Cow Ghee (Deepa).
• Step 14 (Naivedya & Sacred Fire): Presenting the Wheat and Brown Chickpeas as food offerings. The Purohit Darpan specifically dictates that Goddess Sheetala receives her own direct oblations in the sacred fire; the Pandit will use the Chhobra and Cow Ghee to offer oblations while chanting the classical mantra: "Om Sheetalayai Svaha".

Step 15 & 16 (The Complete Tambula): After a second sip of water (Punarachamaniya), the classical rules dictate there is no 16-step puja where Tambula is not mandatory. The Pandit majestically concludes the offerings by presenting the scripturally mandated Supari, Clove, Cardamom, and Haritaki to sweeten the deity's mouth.

• • Divine Healing & Protection: Worshipping Goddess Sheetala is the ultimate traditional remedy sought for protecting the household—especially children—from seasonal fevers, infections, and diseases.
• • Environmental Purification: The heavy use of Gau Mutra, Dhuna, Guggal, and Camphor in this specific ritual acts as a powerful traditional fumigant, physically and spiritually purifying the air in the home.
• • Peace and Serenity: The Goddess's name "Sheetala" means "the cooling one." Her worship brings a cooling, calming peace to a stressed or anxious household.

• The MySanatan Sheetala Puja Kit is an extraordinarily detailed package designed to honor the Mother of Healing with absolute devotion. To ensure your home is thoroughly cleansed, we have included traditional purifiers like Gau Mutra, Ganga Jal, and Dhuna Powder. Furthermore, to ensure your altar meets the highest standards of a royal Shodashopachar worship, we have provided an exhaustive Shringar Kit to adorn the Goddess, along with the exact auspicious spices (Supari, Haritaki, Clove, Cardamom) strictly mandated by classical manuals like the Purohit Darpan for a complete, invincible 16th-step Tambula offering!