The month of Sawan is dedicated to Lord Shiva. In such a situation, people do devotion, worship, rituals and fasting throughout this month. The month of Sawan is starting from 22nd July. The special thing is that this year the month of Sawan will start from Monday itself.
Monday of Sawan is very special in many ways. In such a situation, people offer milk, curd, Ganga water, and many other things on Shivling to please Bholenath on this day. Many people also offer Panchamrit on Shivling. It is also consumed as Prasad. Making Panchamrit is quite easy.
If you want, you can offer Panchamrit to Bholenath by fasting on the first Monday of Sawan. You can also consume it as Prasad. It is a fruitarian. In such a situation, you can also consume it in this fast
Ingredients for making Panchamrit
Milk - 1 cup
Curd - 1 cup
Ghee - 1 tablespoon
Honey - 1 tablespoon
Jaggery - 1 tablespoon
Dry fruits - (cashews, raisins, pistachios, chironji, grated coconut, and makhana)
Method
To make Panchamrit, first of all, pour milk into a clean vessel. Now add curd to this milk and mix it well. After this, add sugar to this vessel according to taste and mix it till the sugar dissolves.
After this, now add ghee to this vessel and mix it well. Now add honey to this vessel and make sure that it dissolves completely in the mixture.
When all the things are dissolved well, add chopped makhane, cashews, and almonds along with chironji and grated coconut to the vessel and stir it. Before offering the bhog, add some basil leaves to it. Now after offering it, distribute it as prasad and consume it yourself too.
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