Family Functions
Gruhapravesam Gifts: Blessings for a New Home
Traditional gifts for a housewarming, from brass urlis to torans — and return gifts for the guests who come to bless the home.
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A Gruhapravesam is a blessing for a new home, so the gifts that suit it best are ones the home will keep: brass for the pooja room, décor for the entrance and something auspicious.
Gifts for the family
- Brass urli: filled with water and flowers at the entrance, it welcomes every guest.
- Door toran: a beaded toran is one of the first things hung in a new home.
- Pooja thali set: useful from the very first day.
- Silver-plated Lakshmi coin: small, auspicious and lasting.
Return gifts for guests
Hosts usually thank guests with a small gift: a boxed brass diya, a pasupu-kumkum box or a sweet box. Printing the family's name and the date on each makes them a memento of the day.