Small Brass Pooja Bell for Home Mandir (Chhoti Ghanti)

This page holds 11 small pooja bells from ₹110, from 2 to 3.8 inch tall. All 11 are pure brass. Weights run from 20 g to 350 g and the costliest piece is ₹1,100.

First decide how you will ring it. A hand bell (ghanti with a handle) is the one for daily aarti: you hold it in the left hand while the right hand moves the diya. A hanging bell has a loop or chain instead of a handle and is fixed to the top of a wooden mandir or a door frame. There is also a Nandi bell at 3.5 inch, with Nandi seated on the handle, which many families keep for Shiva pooja. Then look at the weight. Two bells here are both 3 inch tall, at 320 g and 350 g, while the lightest piece on the page is only 20 g. A heavier bell has thicker walls, rings longer and gives a deeper note. A light bell gives a short, high tinkle, which is enough for a small flat where you do not want to wake the house.

At this size the bell fits on a pooja thali beside the diya and the lota, so measure the thali before you pick the 3.8 inch one.