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ANNAPURNA means goddess of food . She is a form of goddess Parvati,who is the goddess of nourishment and never lets her devotees to stay without food.
WHY WORSHIP GODDESS ANNAPURNA
She fulfills not only the material requirements but also the spiritual needs.Married women pray for long life of their husbands.Annapurna devi should be placed either on the north eastern side of the kitchen or on the mandir of your home.
It is said that mata Parvati decided to come out of her hiding,she re appeared in Kashi ,opened up her kitchen and began disturbing food to everyone.
How to worship
Use the offerings as “PRASAD”.Use the rice grains under the idol (often called aasan) to prepare a vegetarian meal in the household.
Clean the area with a pinch of turmeric to purify the energy. Then, draw a kolam ( rangoli made from rice powder or stone powder)
Take a bowl or plate and fill it with raw grains of rice. Then, apply a little turmeric paste and vermillion powder(sindoor) to the edge of the bowl,then place the bowl on the kolam.
Keep the idol in the North-East direction facing West on the rice grains, and slightly push downward, holding the pedestal to secure it in place. Place flowers apply turmeric ,vermillion ,garland on the idol. Next, you can place a small brass Kalash or a fresh Kalash in a chombu(vessel made from Tin metal)with water, betel leaves, and coconut with turmeric and vermillion.
Prepare vegetarian food such as payasam(rice kheer), porridge or a glass of milk as Naivedya offering in front of the idol. Chant the Annapurna Shloka during aarti.
You can eat offerings as prasad and use the raw rice grains used in pooja to prepare a satvik meal in the house when replacing it once a week.
It means goddess Annapurna who is forever complete gives alms to people whose grace awakens spiritual knowledge, freedom,prosperity and spiritual attainment.
Why is Parvati called Annapurna?
Goddess Parvati took the form of Goddess Annapurna to tell everyone that food is the most sacred material needed for survival. Once it happened that Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva disagreed over the materialistic nature of the world.Lord Shiva said that “everything of material nature is “maya” or an illusion, including food.”
The Goddess who governs the materialistic things of the world got infuriated . She vanished to teach the world how important the food is,that she provides. Soon, the famines struck and the world was deprived of food. Even the Gods failed.
Lord Shiva soon realised his mistake, then the Goddess Annapurna offered her food as alms to Lord Shiva.
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