Turn used pooja flowers into fragrant dhoop at home
This article provides a practical guide on how to repurpose used floral offerings from religious ceremonies into homemade incense dhoop. It outlines a simple process involving drying, grinding, and binding the flowers with natural ingredients.
Why it matters
It promotes sustainable waste management practices by encouraging the recycling of organic religious waste into useful household products.
Every morning, flowers become an important part of pooja in many Indian homes. Marigolds, roses, jasmine and other flowers are offered to the deities, placed around diyas and used in garlands. But once the pooja is over, there is usually one question hovering over everyone’s mind: what to do with them?Many people throw them in rivers, parks or dustbins, but instead of polluting or putting them straight into the bin, you can give these flowers a second life by turning them into homemade dhoop.Used flowers have been explored as a material for making incense and dhoop, with the flowers being dried, powdered and combined with binding and fragrance ingredients before being shaped and dried again.The process at home is fairly simple and does not require any such complicated equipment.What you need•Used pooja flowers•makko powder or gum powder as binder•A little water or gulab jal•Sandalwood powder or another fragrance, if you…
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