{"id":40202,"date":"2017-02-22T20:32:23","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T15:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org\/?p=40202"},"modified":"2017-02-22T20:32:23","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T15:02:23","slug":"maha-shivratri-2017-five-favourite-prasadam-offer-lord-shiva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=40202","title":{"rendered":"Maha Shivratri 2017: Here are five favourite prasadam to offer Lord Shiva"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\nThe Hindu calendar always gives us various reasons to celebrate throughout the year. And celebration calls for feast which means \u2018Food\u2019. We all have \u2018that\u2019 favourite dish of ours that we could die for. And how can our favourite supernatural being be behind the race? Yes, they too have their favourites.<br \/>\nWith Shivratri around the corner, it\u2019s time to please Lord Shiva by offering his favourite bhog or prasadam. When it comes to pleasing Lord Shiva it is never too difficult. May be that\u2019s the reason he is called \u2018bhoolenath\u2019.<br \/>\nHere are five favourite bhog of Lord Shiva:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bhaang<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1022837\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freepressjournal.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Bhaang.jpg\" alt=\"Bhaang\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><br \/>\nNo doubt, Bhaang is the favourite food of Lord Shiva. The drink is made from crushed hemp leaves. It is also said that the drink helps to cure many ailments and get rid of all sorts of pain.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Milk<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1023467\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freepressjournal.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Milk.jpg\" alt=\"Milk\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><br \/>\nMilk or any sweet made with milk is offered on Shivratri. Devotees bath Shiv Linga with milk, water and honey.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Panchamrit<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1023468\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freepressjournal.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/panchamrita.jpg\" alt=\"Panchamrita \" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" \/><br \/>\nPanchamrit is also one of the favourite bhog of Lord Shiva. The bhog is a mixture of five nectars \u2013milk, honey, ghee, sugar and curd \u2013in equal proportions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Saffron<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1023469\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freepressjournal.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Saffron.jpg\" alt=\"Saffron\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><br \/>\nSaffron, the aromatic flavouring spice is offered either raw or mixed with milk.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rice<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1023476\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freepressjournal.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Rice-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rice\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><br \/>\nCooked rice is also offered to the lord to ensure a long life and fulfilment of desires.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hindu calendar always gives us various reasons to celebrate throughout the year. And celebration calls for feast which means \u2018Food\u2019. We all have \u2018that\u2019 favourite dish of ours that we could die for. And how can our favourite supernatural being be behind the race? Yes, they too have their favourites. With Shivratri around the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40202"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}