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Namaste Saswati,

 

Although at Devi Mandir, brass utensils are used - for the offerings

(panchamrit) Swamiji uses stainless steel cups that you can wash

with normal soap.

 

Regarding the bhog - I have seen mostly rice pudding and fruits

offered. If Parvati is reading this, can you please tell us what

offerings are ideal to each of the deities - Thank you.

 

Jai Maa

Latha

 

 

 

 

 

, Saswati B Ramaswami

<sbramaswami> wrote:

> Hello fellow pujaris. I have a very basic question for you.

What does

> one do with all of the materials used for the shiva puja, or

whatever puja

> is being done (ie milk, honey, water, sindur, chandan etc. that

has been

> poured on the lingam). I have seen my mom drink it, but if one

does not

> want to drink it, then what? I use brasso and other chemicals to

clean my

> brass to make it shiny, so I am not sure that I want to eat off of

the

> dishes. Also, I am not quite sure what metal alloys may be in the

dishes

> and if I am pregnant, I don¹t want to be ingesting anything I

shouldn¹t. I

> suppose I could use glass dishes, but I have only seen the use of

metal or

> brass dishes in mandirs.

> Also, can any bhog be given or is there a specific food that we

should give?

>

> Thanks for the advice.

>

> Saswati

>

> On 5/6/04 7:52 AM, "Latha Nanda" <lathananda> wrote:

>

> > Namaste All - especially for those that do Beginner Shiva or

> > Beginner Durga Pujas.

> >

> > Ever felt like the preparation for the puja took longer than the

> > actual puja ? Especially after we take so much effort into

getting

> > all the offerings ready and they are just offered with an

> > "Om Namah Shivaya ...... samarpayaami"

> >

> > Here is a small way to increase the duration of the offerings ...

> >

> > I took this example from the Advanced Shiva Puja book and urge

you

> > to refer to it for the other offerings.

> >

> > When offer a milk bath to the deities, in the Beginner version we

> > just say

> >

> > "Om Namah Shivaya payah snaanam samarpayami"

> >

> > In the Advanced book , pg 103 it says

> >

> > "Om Kamadhenu sadmudbhuutam

> > Sarveshaam jiivanam param

> > paavanam yajna hetusca

> > snaanaartham pratigrhyataam

> > Om namah Shivaya payah snaanam samarpayami"

> >

> > which is filled with meaning - it says "For the motive of

purifying

> > or sanctifying this holy union, we request you to accept this

bath "

> >

> > So the next time we pour milk on the deity, let us remember that

it

> > is for purifying our union with God. Of course if you were doing

the

> > offering to Durga, you would just replace the "Om Namah Shivaya"

> > above with "Om Hrim Shrim Dum Durgayai Namah"

> >

> > There are similar such meanings for all the offerings. I request

you

> > to refer to the Advanced Shiva book for details. The book is

available at

> > http://www.shreemaa.org/bookstore.htm

> >

> > Jai Maa !

> >

> >

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Namaste Sashwati,

Here is a list of items to offer if you are interested:

http://shreemaa.org/article18.htm

You can always offer fruit. On the 14th day of the moon(dark and

bright fortnight) we offer rice pudding, a little ghee and yogurt to

Shiva. Amavasya(new moon) and also full moon we offer rice

pudding to Devi.

Various sweets and ladoos can also be offered anytime. On the

4th day of the moon we offer special sweets to Ganesh like

ladoos and he gets a banana almost on a daily basis.

Hope this helps a little.

Jai Annapurna Mata!

Parvati

 

 

 

 

 

, "Latha Nanda"

<lathananda> wrote:

> Namaste Saswati,

>

> Although at Devi Mandir, brass utensils are used - for the

offerings

> (panchamrit) Swamiji uses stainless steel cups that you can

wash

> with normal soap.

>

> Regarding the bhog - I have seen mostly rice pudding and

fruits

> offered. If Parvati is reading this, can you please tell us what

> offerings are ideal to each of the deities - Thank you.

>

> Jai Maa

> Latha

>

>

>

>

>

> , Saswati B Ramaswami

> <sbramaswami> wrote:

> > Hello fellow pujaris. I have a very basic question for you.

> What does

> > one do with all of the materials used for the shiva puja, or

> whatever puja

> > is being done (ie milk, honey, water, sindur, chandan etc. that

> has been

> > poured on the lingam). I have seen my mom drink it, but if

one

> does not

> > want to drink it, then what? I use brasso and other

chemicals to

> clean my

> > brass to make it shiny, so I am not sure that I want to eat off

of

> the

> > dishes. Also, I am not quite sure what metal alloys may be in

the

> dishes

> > and if I am pregnant, I don1t want to be ingesting anything I

> shouldn1t. I

> > suppose I could use glass dishes, but I have only seen the

use of

> metal or

> > brass dishes in mandirs.

> > Also, can any bhog be given or is there a specific food that

we

> should give?

> >

> > Thanks for the advice.

> >

> > Saswati

> >

> > On 5/6/04 7:52 AM, "Latha Nanda" <lathananda> wrote:

> >

> > > Namaste All - especially for those that do Beginner Shiva or

> > > Beginner Durga Pujas.

> > >

> > > Ever felt like the preparation for the puja took longer than

the

> > > actual puja ? Especially after we take so much effort into

> getting

> > > all the offerings ready and they are just offered with an

> > > "Om Namah Shivaya ...... samarpayaami"

> > >

> > > Here is a small way to increase the duration of the

offerings ...

> > >

> > > I took this example from the Advanced Shiva Puja book

and urge

> you

> > > to refer to it for the other offerings.

> > >

> > > When offer a milk bath to the deities, in the Beginner

version we

> > > just say

> > >

> > > "Om Namah Shivaya payah snaanam samarpayami"

> > >

> > > In the Advanced book , pg 103 it says

> > >

> > > "Om Kamadhenu sadmudbhuutam

> > > Sarveshaam jiivanam param

> > > paavanam yajna hetusca

> > > snaanaartham pratigrhyataam

> > > Om namah Shivaya payah snaanam samarpayami"

> > >

> > > which is filled with meaning - it says "For the motive of

> purifying

> > > or sanctifying this holy union, we request you to accept this

> bath "

> > >

> > > So the next time we pour milk on the deity, let us remember

that

> it

> > > is for purifying our union with God. Of course if you were

doing

> the

> > > offering to Durga, you would just replace the "Om Namah

Shivaya"

> > > above with "Om Hrim Shrim Dum Durgayai Namah"

> > >

> > > There are similar such meanings for all the offerings. I

request

> you

> > > to refer to the Advanced Shiva book for details. The book is

> available at

> > > http://www.shreemaa.org/bookstore.htm

> > >

> > > Jai Maa !

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > Sponsor

> > >

> > >

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> > > hoo.com>

> > >

> > >

> > > Links

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> > > *

> > > *

> > > *

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> subject=Un>

> > > *

> > > *

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