The naivedyam thread

[Aupmanyav]

Aanayottu – A unique & grand feasting festival for elephants, Thrissur, Kerala, India. – keralatourism.holiday

My grand daughter's in-laws are from this place.

 

[Aupmanyav]

Attukal Pongala Festival 2020 – keralatourism.holiday

 

[ameyAtmA]

Curries go well with naan, not peach; or even yogurt, salted or sweetened. But Shiva will not complain, someone else would have offered curry.

A cooked vegetable is another option with naan / chapati.
Someone else would have typically offered the peach and milk. They would have replaced the naan not the fruit I think.
Aren't fruits and milk typically offered to Shiva?

In any case, I like peach with naan, chapati / roti with carrots, or some other bread form with cucumbers. What is wrong with that?

 

[ameyAtmA]

As Lord VishNu goes into the 4 month (ChAturmaas ) yogic slumber - Yoga nidrA, on the Devashayani EkAdashi a.k.a. AshADhi EkAdashi (but on the other hand, ironically stays with or visits the devotee...)
(shayan = to sleep),
(the important one in the month of AshADh, its counterpart being Devutthapan Ekadashi (when VishNu wakes up from the yoga nidra) a.k.a. KArtiki EkAdashi (Ashadh + 4 months = Kartik),


Some Fasting ideas:

1. Peeled and sliced raw (very green) bannana or plantain , sliced 2 mm, saute-baked over a pan greased with ghee/butter , sprinkle sea-salt for taste. Serve with buttermilk -- beaten plain lowfat yogurt or curd, diluted/mixed with water, with a pinch of sea salt and a pinch of jeera (cumin) powder

2. Boiled potato with sea salt, optional dash of ghee, and the same buttermilk as above

3. A ripe mango

4. Warm herbal tea - decaff

5. Panchamrut - dugdha = milk + dadhi = yogurt + ghRuta = ghee + sharkarA = sugar + madhu = honey + water

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First month of Chaturmaas -- some VaishNav optionally / volunteer to give up leafy greens for the first month.




Wishing everyone a very spiritual and happy Devashayani (AshADhi) EkAdashi
|| om namo bhagavate v@sudevAya ||

 

[Aupmanyav]

In any case, I like peach with naan, chapati / roti with carrots, or some other bread form with cucumbers. What is wrong with that?

Have a go with whatever way you like.

 

[mangalavara]

Aren't fruits and milk typically offered to Shiva?

Yes.

Have a go with whatever way you like.

In other words, be an uncultured barbarian like mangalavara.

 

[Aupmanyav]

If Lord Rqama could accept half eaten plums from Shabari, and Lord Krishna could not wait for the rice sent by Sudama's wife to be cooked, I am sure Shiva will refuse what you offer him with love.
Namah Shivaya.

 

[Jainarayan]

If Lord Rqama could accept half eaten plums from Shabari, and Lord Krishna could not wait for the rice sent by Sudama's wife to be cooked, I am sure Shiva will refuse what you offer him with love.
Namah Shivaya.

This … not tasting food before offering … is something I could never quite understand. If I am cooking for family, friends, some dignitary or honored guest I want to make sure what I cook is fit for consumption and/or pleasing to the guest. If something does not come out right I’m certainly not going to offer it to them. Hence, I think it’s ok and important to taste it. I don’t mean make a meal out of it before offering it … that’s greedy and impolite …I mean just tasting it for correctness (? I’m having trouble finding words again). Mother Śabarī did just that … she threw away the sour, bitter and unpalatable fruits, offering Lord Rāma only the sweetest fruits. In the tv series (the 2012/2014 version) Lakshmana looks at Lord Rāma like “eww, are you seriously going to eat them?” But yes, He did.

 

[Aupmanyav]

Correction in my post (Did you notice it?):
"I am sure Shiva will NOT refuse what you offer him with love."

 

[Jainarayan]

Yes, I got that. I knew what you meant.