Purnadhuti - the final offering
April 13, 2007
At the end of the yagya performance, there is a section called Purnadhuti where the final offering is made in to the yagya fire. There are special mantras that are chanted at that time and frequently special offerings as well. In the first photo, you see a small yagya, and the offering is appropriately simple, a dried coconut filled with ghee, some yagya herbs (called samagri), and a flower.
The following photo was taken at the conclusion of a large yagya at a temple and the offering plate is filled with many
more ingredients; white puffed rice, several dried coconuts and a fresh coconut filled with ghee, different kinds of wood and bark, dried herbal leaves and fresh grass (for Ganesha), yellow tumeric powder, all wrapped in a colorful piece of silk.
