"Pooja Samgri"- Acrylic Painting

COCONUT PLAYS A VERY VITAL ROLE IN OUR OFFERING. COCONUT, WHICH HAS A HARD OUTER COVER IS BROKEN IN TEMPLE AS AN OFFERING FOR OUR PRAYERS. BUT IT HAS MORE MEANING THAN JUST PRESENTING HIM WITH COCONUT. THE TENDER COCONUT IS COVERED BY LAYERS OF FIBER. THE STRIPPING OF FIBER IS TO EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT WE SHOULD BE DEVOID OF DESIRES. COCONUT’S HARD COVER RESEMBLES THE HEAD OF A HUMAN BEING. ONCE THE COCONUT IS BROKEN, WE FIND A WHITE OR GRAYISH KERNEL. THERE IS ALSO JUICE PRESENT WITHIN THE COCONUT. THE BREAKING OF COCONUT IS CONSIDERED AS BREAKING OF OUR EGO OR AHANKARA, BECAUSE HE EXPECTS HIS DEVOTEES TO BE EGOLESS AND PURE. THE KERNEL WITHIN REPRESENTS OUR BRAIN. IT IS FILLED WITH INNER JUICE. THIS REPRESENTS THE INTERNAL TENDENCIES OF OUR BRAIN TO BE JEALOUS, EGOIST, SELFISH HUMAN BEING. USUALLY THE INNER JUICE IS POURED OUT BEFORE OFFERING THE COCONUT TO HIM, WHICH MEANS THAT WE SHOULD REMOVE OUR VAASANAS. SO, BREAKING OF COCONUT STANDS FOR SURRENDERING TO HIM WITH UTMOST DEVOTION AND LOVE. THE BELLS’ CHIMES ARE BELIEVED TO REPLICATE THE SOUND OF AUM, THE ALL-SEEING AND ALL-KNOWING PRESENCE ACROSS THE UNIVERSE THAT IS SYNONYMOUS WITH THE NAME OF GOD. IN HINDUISM, A BELL’S CURVED BODY SYMBOLIZES INFINITY AND THE BELL’S TONGUE REPRESENTS WISDOM. A BELL’S HANDLE IS OFTEN FASHIONED TO RESEMBLE CHAKRA, NANDI OR GARUDA, WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT HINDU GODS. IT MAY ALSO REPRESENT THE HINDU GOD HANUMAN. THE INCENSE STICK BURNS ITSELF COMPLETELY FILLING THE AIR WITH A FINE SMELL, LEAVING BEHIND JUST THE ASHES. THIS IS ONE OF THE HINDU RITUALS WHICH AGAIN SYMBOLISES A HUMAN VIRTUE OR QUALITY. IT TEACHES MAN THE ART OF SACRIFICING ONESELF FOR THE CAUSE OF OTHERS. IT SHOWS HOW TO LIGHT THE LIFE OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH HAPPINESS, LEAVING BEHIND YOUR OWN DESIRES AND ASPIRATIONS. THIS IS THE REASON AS TO WHY WE LIGHT AN INCENSE IN A PUJA OR A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY. PEACE AND JOY...VARNODHAR