COCONUTIn Hinduism, offering coconut in a temple is a common practice. The coconut is broken and placed before the Gods and Goddess and later, distributed as prasaad.
COCONUT In Hinduism, offering coconut in a temple is a common practice. The coconut is broken and placed before the Gods and Goddess and later, distributed as prasaad. It is offered on occasions like weddings, festivals, inaugurations or in the sacrificial fire whilst performing homa. Also known as Sriphala in Sanskrit, coconut is referred to as God’s fruit. It is a satvik fruit and is sacred, health-giving, pure, clean, and bestowed with several properties. IN PAURANIC TALES: King Satyavrata was a saintly ¬man whose one great desire was to enter heaven with his mortal body. He had once done a good turn to Sage Vishwamitra and so he decided to help him. Vishwamitra performed a yagna and Satyavrata began to rise heavenwards. When Indra, King of the gods, saw Satyavrata at the gates of Heaven, he was furious and catching hold of him, threw him down. Sage Vishwamitra saw Satyavrata hurtling downwards and shouted, “Let Satyavrata stay where he is now!” Satyavrata’s fall was arrested. As In...