Sagan/Teeli

What  and how to keep ready

Sweep, Swab the floor, Put chowk with colour, hang garlands on the doors.

Keep ses ready.

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Cook something sweet Sev,Rawo,sweet curd, Dar ni Pori…..etc. for Breakfast.

Clean the place where you are going to SAGAN and put chowk  (if you have carpet, you may want to put a piece of thick cardboard or wood).  If you have a patla clean the patla and put chowk on it (5-7)  and place on the chowk on the floor. 

Person for whom you are doing sagan  (for Birthday, Navjote, Engagement…..etc)  will come and stand from behind the patla facing preferably the EAST direction (optional) with his/her Right foot first.  While getting down, get down with Right foot.

The person who is doing the Sagan will first put Tili on the right foot of the person, then left foot and then on the head.

Small round teeli for the girl and long  vertical one for the boy. (The long vertical mark symbolizes a ray of sun and round mark symbolizes the moon.

Now put Garland first

Then give paan, Sopari, Harad, Badam,sakar and coconut.

Give  ENVELOPE or GIFT

Put small piece of sakar with curd (or use spoon)

Take little rice in your palm and stick it on the teeli on forehead.

Take Ovarna

Let everyone meet and give their gifts.

The person has to get down from the front side with right foot.

Once the person gets down you may sprinkle little  Rose water on the chowk.

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Ses Sangarwani

1. Very big for the Navjote, Wedding ceremonies.
   

   Photo Courtesy : http://www.ahuramazda.com/ses_.htm

2. Small one for Birthdays etc. at home.

What SES contains :

Ses is made of Silver or German Silver it can be plain or decorative and contains a Big or Small Khumchi/khumcho Soparo, Gulabas, Kankoo dani,

Wash, polish (if required) and wipe clean.

What you put in:

1. Soparo …open and put in few grains of rice, 3-5 batasa (optional)
2. Gulabas ….open and put in rose water
3. Kankoo dani…open and put in little kankoo and with rose water make a paste to do teeli (you many also put in a matchstick if u wish)
4. In the Khumchi/Khumcha put in Soparo, Gulabas,Kankoodani,
5. 3-5 Paan, Full Badam, Kharek, Sakar, Sopari .
6. 3-5 Batasa (optional)
7. Small bowl of sweet curd
8. New cleaned COCONUT.
9. One Silver coin Laxmi/Jarthost etc. (optional)
10. Silver fish if you have (optional)
11. One handkerchief/ tissues to wipe your hands of kankoo.
12. Garland for the SES
13. Garland/garlands for who are doing sagan/teeli
14. Envelopes/Gifts
15. For a girl/Bride put bangles on the sopara.

Also refer http://www.ahuramazda.com/ses_.htm

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Significance of each item we keep in Sagan ni SES
Here is an explanation of the significance of the Ses.
It plays an important role on auspicious occasions, and contains items of ritual importance:
Soparo (Silver Cone)
The symbolic mountain of sweetness from which descend good spirits and fravashis. As mentioned in a post above, in Iran, the traditional one is indeed made of solid rock-sugar and is traditionally wrapped in green paper. Incidentally the little bird on top (of many Soparos) is symbolic of the fravashis.
Golabdan (Rosewater Sprinkler)
The container for happiness.
Pigani (Container for Holiness)
Sakar (Sugar Crystals)
Sweetness
Paan Leaf
Nourishment
Grains of Rice
Abundance
Sopari (Betel Nut)
Strength
Badam (Unshelled Almonds)
Virtue
Kharak (Dried Dates)
Resilience
Silver Coins
Prosperity
Garland of Flowers
Joy
All “Spenta” qualities that should mark a happy occasion.
The above information is from Zoroastrianism; An Ethnic Perspective by Khojeste Mistree. An excellent primer on the religion and culture of Zoroastrians.