Thursday, February 6, 2014

Why do we offer coconuts in temples?

                        Why do we offer coconuts in temples?

We offer coconuts to God in temples. But why?
Recently I have come across an article explaining this. I will share about that.
Coconuts are covered by a thick shell. We break this coconut shell first and offer the whitish inner side to God.
By breaking the shell and offering the whitish inner side to God , this action represents that by breaking the ego in ourselves , we can come closer to God.
For representing the action, we break coconuts in temples.