Panchamrita

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The ingredients of panchamrita: (clockwise from bottom) milk, curd, sugar (or jaggery), honey and ghee

Panchamrita (

prasad.[2]

The main ingredients typically include

cow milk(दुग्ध), curd(दधि) and ghee(घृत)[3]

The

milk, curd, honey and sugar are poured.[4] While it has to be noted that variety of additional regional ingredients such as, cardamom, banana, tender coconut, and dates are used,[5] the five base ingredients remain the same across all of India
.

In

Keralites may also include tender coconut. Some recipes also include grapes.[7]

Palani hills.[8] It received its unique Geographical indication in 2019 from the Government of India.[9]

References

  1. IAST: pañcāmṛta ) as "the collection of five sweet things used in worshipping deities" see: Apte 1965
    , p. 578,
  2. ^ "Happy Mahashivratri 2018: Importance Of Panchamrit And How To Make It At Home". NDTV.com. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  3. JSTOR 25581717
    .
  4. ^ "Panchamrita Abhisheka Puja". Udupi Krishna Mutt.
  5. ISBN 9004047905
    . Retrieved 23 May 2009.
  6. ^ "Only Official Website of Arulmigu Dhandayuthapaniswamy Temple, Palani - Facilities: Panchamirtham". Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  7. ISBN 9781418446895
    . Retrieved 23 May 2009.
  8. ^ "Palani temple to double panchamritam production". The Economic Times. Palani, India. 6 October 2009.
  9. ^ "'Panchamirtham' of Palani temple gets GI tag". The Hindu. 14 August 2019.
  • Apte, Vaman Shivram (1965), The Practical Sanskrit Dictionary (Fourth revised and enlarged ed.), Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers,
    ISBN 81-208-0567-4


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