Shankaranti---cont

On the day of Shankaranthi...

• In a big tray arrange five sets of betal leaves and supari, dry coconut sugar cane, (if bought full length, make it stand against the wall or cut the sugar cane into 12" pieces), banana(while giving a daana always give two bananas ), haladi sticks, kumkum packets, bangles, coconut and dakshina.
• Perform gowri puja first, then perform puja to this also.
• Try to give one set of this Vida to a savashni before lunch. And the rest can be ditibuted in the evening.
• If it is not possible to get five savashni give it to at least two people.
•   Some of us give, what is called Nav-panach Vida.  Nine Vidach pan, nine  cup Supari with  two Velas(cardomaom) and two lavangas and a piece of dry coconut, with some dhakshina, is given along with the Til Ghul to Nine Savashinis. 

This is actually the real friendship of india.

Apart from this vida, it is customary to ditribute the til gul, a peice of sugar cane, one sugar mould (if it not possible to get sugar moulds, use sugar cubes).and two bananas to all friends and neighbors.The children should do namaskar to elders and receive the til gul from them.