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January 30, 2017

Significance of Offering Coconut

In Hindu ritual offering a coconut in temple is most common and important. Coconut is offered on occasions like marriages, festivals as well. When we use any new vehicle and when entering new home or when starting a new business breaking a coconut is considered very auspicious. Coconut is also offered in the sacrificial fire known as Homam or Havan. A fresh broken coconut offered by placing before the God and is distributed as Prashad.

Breaking a coconut during worship is considered as destroying our ego. The juice within, considered as our emotions that is offered along with the broken coconut to the Lord. It is believed that a mind gets purified of all sorts of illicit thoughts by breaking a coconut before Lord.