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Sacred Grains

Rice, sesame, barley — grains at the heart of ritual

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32Unique sacred grains

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🌾barley6

Kartikeya / MuruganKaumaram (Shaivism)

KrishnaThe Dark Lord — Supreme Deity of Love

LakshmiGoddess of Wealth, Fortune & Prosperity

SaraswatiGoddess of Knowledge, Music & Arts

SuryaThe Sun God — Source of Life

VishnuThe Preserver — Supreme God of Hinduism

🌾wheat6

BrahmaThe Creator — God of Creation

GaneshaLord of Beginnings — Remover of Obstacles

LakshmiGoddess of Wealth, Fortune & Prosperity

RamaThe Ideal King — Avatar of Vishnu

SaraswatiGoddess of Knowledge, Music & Arts

SuryaThe Sun God — Source of Life

🌾sesame5

BrahmaThe Creator — God of Creation

Hanuman — The Monkey GodThe Devoted Monkey God — Symbol of Devotion

LakshmiGoddess of Wealth, Fortune & Prosperity

RamaThe Ideal King — Avatar of Vishnu

SaraswatiGoddess of Knowledge, Music & Arts

🌾rice2

BrahmaThe Creator — God of Creation

SuryaThe Sun God — Source of Life

🌾barley (for yajña)1

RamaThe Ideal King — Avatar of Vishnu

🌾barley (javā, for śivarātri havana)1

ShivaThe Destroyer — Supreme Ascetic

🌾barley (javā, sprouted during navarātri as javā-pūjā)1

DurgaThe Divine Mother — Warrior Goddess

🌾barley (yava, for vedic havana)1

BrahmaThe Creator — God of Creation

🌾chana (bengal gram)1

Hanuman — The Monkey GodThe Devoted Monkey God — Symbol of Devotion

🌾jaggery-bound rice flakes1

GaneshaLord of Beginnings — Remover of Obstacles

🌾millet (nācani, in tribal durgā worship)1

DurgaThe Divine Mother — Warrior Goddess

🌾millet (rāgī, for rural krishna worship)1

KrishnaThe Dark Lord — Supreme Deity of Love

🌾millet (rāgī, in tamil nadu)1

Kartikeya / MuruganKaumaram (Shaivism)

🌾rice (annā, for annakūṭa)1

VishnuThe Preserver — Supreme God of Hinduism

🌾rice (for abhiṣeka)1

ShivaThe Destroyer — Supreme Ascetic

🌾rice (for annā-prasād)1

Kartikeya / MuruganKaumaram (Shaivism)

🌾rice (for kṣīr-annam)1

KrishnaThe Dark Lord — Supreme Deity of Love

🌾rice (for kṣīra-annam on vasant panchami)1

SaraswatiGoddess of Knowledge, Music & Arts

🌾rice (for kṣīra/annam)1

LakshmiGoddess of Wealth, Fortune & Prosperity

🌾rice (for kumārī pūjā)1

DurgaThe Divine Mother — Warrior Goddess

🌾rice (for prasād)1

Hanuman — The Monkey GodThe Devoted Monkey God — Symbol of Devotion

🌾rice (for rām-navamī prasād)1

RamaThe Ideal King — Avatar of Vishnu

🌾rice (modaka shell)1

GaneshaLord of Beginnings — Remover of Obstacles

🌾sesame (for pitṛ pakṣa)1

DurgaThe Divine Mother — Warrior Goddess

🌾sesame (til for sauramāsa vrata)1

SuryaThe Sun God — Source of Life

🌾sesame (til for skanda ṣaṣṭhī)1

Kartikeya / MuruganKaumaram (Shaivism)

🌾sesame (til modak)1

GaneshaLord of Beginnings — Remover of Obstacles

🌾sesame (til, for pitṛ-tarpaṇa)1

ShivaThe Destroyer — Supreme Ascetic

🌾sesame (tila)1

VishnuThe Preserver — Supreme God of Hinduism

🌾wheat (for 56 bhoga breads)1

KrishnaThe Dark Lord — Supreme Deity of Love

🌾wheat (for halvā-prasād)1

Hanuman — The Monkey GodThe Devoted Monkey God — Symbol of Devotion

🌾wheat (godhūma)1

VishnuThe Preserver — Supreme God of Hinduism

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