Solah Somvar Vrat: The Pure Silver Pooja Articles Your Shiv Puja Needs
A Monday-by-Monday companion to the sixteen sacred fasts of Lord Shiva — and the 925 silver articles devotees keep by the mandir for every one of them.
Solah Somvar Vrat — sixteen consecutive Mondays observed in devotion to Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati — is one of the most widely kept vrats in Hindu households, usually begun in the month of Shravan or Kartik and closed with a udyapan ceremony. Tradition holds that keeping the fast with sincerity and the right puja samagri brings marital harmony, removes obstacles, and fulfils long-held wishes.
While flowers, bel patra, and prasad change with the season, one detail stays constant across generations: the pooja articles used to honour Shiva are traditionally kept in silver, valued for its purity and the way it holds its shine through sixteen weeks of ritual use. Below is a Monday-ready edit of the pooja articles devotees reach for most, all in 92.5 sterling silver.
Why Silver for Solah Somvar Puja
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Ten silver essentials worth keeping in your Solah Somvar thali — from the bel patra offered at every abhishekam to the trishul motif devotees wear through the vrat.
01 Silver Bel Patra (Belpatra)
Engraved with "Om Namah Shivaya," the bel patra is the single most essential offering in any Shiv puja — Somvar Vrat included. A silver bel patra can be offered and cleaned each week instead of sourcing a fresh leaf.
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The coconut is offered at the start of most Shiv pujas as a symbol of purity and surrender. This silver nariyal, detailed with patta (leaves), is designed to be reused vrat after vrat rather than discarded like a fresh coconut.
Shop the Silver Nariyal →03 Trishul Stud Earrings (Ear Pin)
Shiva's trishul is one of his most recognised symbols. Worn as a small stud through the sixteen Mondays, it's a quiet, everyday way to carry the vrat's devotion beyond the puja room.
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No Somvar sandhya aarti is complete without a lit diya. A silver diya is lit weekly through the vrat and is easy to wipe clean of ghee residue between uses.
Shop the Silver Diya →05 Silver Sindoor Dani
Kept beside the diya, a silver sindoor dani holds the kumkum used through the vrat and at the closing udyapan — and stays presentable on the puja shelf between Mondays.
Shop the Sindoor Dani →06 Silver Chakshumati Eyes
Offered to the deity's idol as a mark of vision and blessing, silver chakshumati eyes are a traditional Somvar Vrat addition for those seeking clarity and protection through the fast.
Shop Chakshumati Eyes →07 Silver Clove Pair (Chandi Laung)
A pair of silver cloves is a small, often-overlooked offering used in puja, daan, and havan through the sixteen weeks — light enough to keep in the thali alongside the bel patra.
Shop Silver Clove →08 Silver Tulsi Plant
While tulsi is more closely tied to Vishnu worship, many households keep a silver tulsi plant in the same mandir corner used for Solah Somvar — a Vastu-friendly piece that anchors the whole puja space.
Shop the Silver Tulsi Plant →09 Lakshmi Charan Paduka
Kept near the Shiva-Parvati idols, silver Lakshmi Charan Paduka is traditionally added toward the udyapan stage of the vrat, when devotees invite prosperity alongside their Shiv sadhana.
Shop Lakshmi Charan Paduka →10 Meru Shri Yantra
Some families place a Meru Shri Yantra in the puja room through the vrat as a Vastu correction piece, believed to support the wealth and prosperity intentions many carry through Solah Somvar.
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- Wake before sunrise, bathe, and set out the silver bel patra, nariyal, and diya on a clean thali.
- Light the diya and offer water, milk, and bel patra to the Shivling with "Om Namah Shivaya."
- Apply sindoor from the silver sindoor dani, then offer the silver clove pair and any seasonal fruit.
- Recite the Solah Somvar Vrat Katha and perform aarti in the evening before breaking the fast with a single meal.
- Repeat for sixteen consecutive Mondays, closing the cycle with an udyapan and gifting of puja articles.
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Every piece above is 92.5 sterling silver, sized for weekly puja use and mandir display in between.
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