Bagina is an offering of everything essential and dear to you. It is believed that you will be blessed with all the things that you desire by performing particular vratas/ vowed religious observance and giving bagina to women. When there are sufficient rains and the various dams are full, it is customary in South India to give bagina to the river goddess.
Materials Required:
2 Mora – The bamboo is split and woven into a tray, which is called as a Mora
1 Plantain leaf
2 Cups Raw Rice
1 Cup Togaribele/Split red gram
1 Cup Uddinabele/Split black gram
1 Cup Kadalebele/Bengal gram
1 Cup Godi/Wheat or Rava/Semolina
1 Cup Hesarubele/Green Gram
1 Square Jaggery
12 Glass Bangles
1 pair Bale Bichchole/Black small bangles with two black beads tied to it
1 box Kumkum/Vermilion colored powder
1 box Turmeric Powder
1 small Mirror
1 small Comb
1 Blouse Piece
1 Coconut
1 Fruit
2 Betel Leaves with Betel Nuts
Dakshine/Money
Method:
Put all the ingredients separately in zip lock bags. Clean the mora. Apply Arishina lines diagonally on the inside and outside of the mora. Keep a Kumkum dot in the middle where the two lines meet. Inside one mora spread the plantain leaf and arrange all the items neatly. Close the mora with the other mora in the opposite direction. While giving the bagina, keep a fruit over the bagina.
