What will happen to 505 kilo chocolate that was used to make this 17 ft high Shivalinga at the end of Shivratri? It is in Ahmedabad according to The Indian Express. It doesn't look nice to eat shivalinga as Prasad.
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Chocolate Shiva!
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I think eating it as a sweet prasaadam is better than
dumping it in water and smashing it to pieces!
During the Annaabhishekhams the enormous Siva linga is made with cooked rice and decorated with
vegetables, fruits and many other edible itms. After the puja it is distributed to the baktas and
maha prasad. We do not waste food items. Either we offer food to God and eat it s prasadam.
If the God himself is made of edible medium , we worship him first and then eat the prasadam.
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'Eating god' sounds a bit odd.
Like the Giant Laddu offering by a sweet shop in Bangalore, we may have a giant chocolate as prasad, but not in linga form. We make ganesh with turmeric powder or clay and dissolve it. At least it wont spoil the environment and health. Moreover we dont have religious permission to make statues with any material.
Like the Giant Laddu offering by a sweet shop in Bangalore, we may have a giant chocolate as prasad, but not in linga form. We make ganesh with turmeric powder or clay and dissolve it. At least it wont spoil the environment and health. Moreover we dont have religious permission to make statues with any material.
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I agree with Dr. Swami. Why should the lingam be made of chocolate? I feel very bad even when people make cakes
in the shape of living beings - humans / animals, just to cut and eat them! :hungry:
I think Smt. VR writes about the plight of huge Vinayaka idols made to worship during Vinayaka chathurthi and thrown
into the sea by lifting them by cranes! They are smashed to make into small pieces. Even after repeated requests that
the idols should be made of water soluble substances, they make with plaster of Paris, which once set is insoluble! :tsk:
Raji Ram
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Raji Ram
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This is the info. given along with the picture:
"A woman worships a 17 feet high Shivling, an idol symbolic of Hindu God Shiva,
made from 505 kilogram of chocolate ahead of Mahashivratri festival in Ahmadabad."
Source: Mahashivratri celebrations | Deccan Chronicle
It does not really matter what the food we eat resembles after all God is also in the food we it but when we make huge amounts of edible stuff at one go there is risk of bacterial contamination of the food and this puts the Bhakta at risk of contracting Acute Gastro Enteritis (Food Poisoning)..so its is better not to make a huge Shiva Linga of chocolate for human consumption.
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The pujariji looks like he needs a generous helping
of the prasadam after the puja is over.
The pujariji looks like he needs a generous helping
of the prasadam after the puja is over.
Yes Renu! You are right.
God is the food we eat,
the water we drink
and the desserts we enjoy!
God is the food we eat,
the water we drink
and the desserts we enjoy!
Dear RR ji,
I once could not even eat a cake that was the shape of mickey mouse!
cos I felt sad..poor mickey!
BTW once my mum made some dhall where she had put uncut baby carrots in it and it somehow turned a little dark after cooking and the baby carrots resembled human little fingers!LOL
I could not eat the dhall at all....after that day I can't eat baby carrots at all..I still get reminded of fingers.
Another dish I could not eat for a while is Saag..my mum once made Saag from Palak..its a thick spinach paste like dish...that night after eating it I dreamt that the saag became a monster and chased me..so it took me many years to start eating saag again.
I had lots of food phobia as a child...I used to be scared of eating dried dates cos it looked like cockroaches only when I turned 17 I could eat dates.
I once could not even eat a cake that was the shape of mickey mouse!
cos I felt sad..poor mickey!
BTW once my mum made some dhall where she had put uncut baby carrots in it and it somehow turned a little dark after cooking and the baby carrots resembled human little fingers!LOL
I could not eat the dhall at all....after that day I can't eat baby carrots at all..I still get reminded of fingers.
Another dish I could not eat for a while is Saag..my mum once made Saag from Palak..its a thick spinach paste like dish...that night after eating it I dreamt that the saag became a monster and chased me..so it took me many years to start eating saag again.
I had lots of food phobia as a child...I used to be scared of eating dried dates cos it looked like cockroaches only when I turned 17 I could eat dates.
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Fancy birthday cakes very popular among children!!! :faint:
What better way to teach the children that anything that MOVES is FOOD - with or without legs!
Wherever Lord Siva is...
there snakes too have to be!!!
How very true!!!
there snakes too have to be!!!
How very true!!!
Raji Ram
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If so, how do you agree for destroying a chocolate Shiva lingam?
You people are going to take rebirth in China, where you will be served food every day with Cockroaches, Crabs, Lizards, Snakes and scorpions.
They showed it to us in Channel 4 in Britain. They eat barbecued scorpions and drink glass of snake blood!
God bless the creatures.
They showed it to us in Channel 4 in Britain. They eat barbecued scorpions and drink glass of snake blood!
God bless the creatures.
Take it in lighter vein.It was just a joke!!!!!!
Being born in China or as a Chinese NEED NOT make it compulsary
to include in one's menu everything that moves with legs
(except furniture) as well as those which crawl, creep, slither, slide,
hop, jump, fly or swim. (Have I left out anything???)
My elder daughter-in-law is of Chinese origin.
Her family worships Budhdha, adores India and respects Indians.
They are all VEGANs - not just vegetarians like us.
No sweeping statement can ever become true.
Even if I were to be born in China or Korea,
I will remember to be satvic in everything I do!
Thanks for the curse! :yo:
Make sure it does not backfire!!
Since you may not remember to be satvic - if born in China!!!:hungry:
to include in one's menu everything that moves with legs
(except furniture) as well as those which crawl, creep, slither, slide,
hop, jump, fly or swim. (Have I left out anything???)
My elder daughter-in-law is of Chinese origin.
Her family worships Budhdha, adores India and respects Indians.
They are all VEGANs - not just vegetarians like us.
No sweeping statement can ever become true.
Even if I were to be born in China or Korea,
I will remember to be satvic in everything I do!
Thanks for the curse! :yo:
Make sure it does not backfire!!
Since you may not remember to be satvic - if born in China!!!:hungry:
That is very interesting.
TV shows generalise everything or force us to generalise everything.
About the CURSE, I already made it clear that it was a joke.
I know tamilbrahmin.com readers have a sense of humour!
TV shows generalise everything or force us to generalise everything.
About the CURSE, I already made it clear that it was a joke.
I know tamilbrahmin.com readers have a sense of humour!
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