Bangali der Pujo-Parbon : "Serar - Sera"

MAHA BHOG / PRASAD  

·  Durga Puja –

Ø  Day One:    Cow’s Ghee

Ø  Day Two:    Sugar

Ø  Day Three:  Milk/Sweets/Kheer

Ø  Day Four:   Malpua

Ø  Day Five:    Banana

Ø  Day Six:      Honey

Ø  Day Seven: Jaggery

Ø  Day Eight:   Coconut

Ø  Day Nine:    Til (Sesame Seed). In Durga Puja,different type of maha bhogs are offered to nine forms of incarnation of Ma Durga from the day 1^st(Prathama) to 9^th(Navami).

·    Kali Puja –

Ø  The person who cooks the bhog must maintain silence so that not even a drop of spit falls into the bhog from his/her mouth.

Ø  Meat and fish is offered to Mother Kali during her puja.

Ø  These non-vegetarian foods must be cooked without onions and garlic.

·    Saraswati Puja –

Ø  Niramish Bhog-er Khichuri

Ø  'Bhajis', 'Labra' 'Chatni', Fruits and 'Kheer'. 

Ø  Dodhi-karma (The bhog made by Curd , Khoi ,Fruits,Sugar).

·   Jagaddhatri Puja –

Ø  Ashtami Bhog which is the food offered to Devi which is later distributed among the devotees.

Ø  Rituals of animal sacrifices are held ( in Bengali it is known as Boli) , but animals are now substituted with 'chalkumro' (type of pumpkin), cucumber and banana.

·    Lakshmi Puja –

Ø  Naivedya (Holy food item), a mixture of coagulated cow’s milk (khava), sugar, cardamom and cloves.

Ø  Then items like coriander, jaggery, corn obtained from parched, uncleaned rice, sugar candies (battase), etc. are offered to Goddess Lakshmi and then distributed to well-wishers and friends.

·   Makar Sankranti –

Ø  In a plate keep four white and four black Til ladoos .

Ø  Mixture of rice flour and turmeric powder , betel nuts and leaves ,holy water,flower and incense sticks.

Ø  Ghevar(sweet dish) , four black and white ladoos.

·   Janmashtami Puja –

Ø  Bhog  comprising of fruits, kheer, pedha etc… is offered to Lord.

Ø  In temples “CHAPPAN BHOG”  is offered to Lord Krishna.

·   Maha Shivratri –

                Ø  Offering of fruits

Ø  Sweets.

·   Vishwakarma Puja –

Ø  Naivedya- The traditional offering made to Lord Vishwakarma consists of mounds of rice mixed with raw milk and sugar along with slices of bananas.

Ø  Khichdi

Ø  Kheer

Ø  Boondi

Ø  Ladoos.

  

 ·   Charak Puja –

Ø  paddy

Ø  oil

Ø  sugar

Ø  salt

Ø  honey.

·  Neel Shashti –

Ø  Mashed paste of wet rice grains.