NEVER OFFER THESE 5 THINGS TO LORD SHIVA

Lord shiva pooja :

According to Hindu culture, it is advised  to not keep a ‘ shivlinga’ in a place where it is not regularly worshipped with proper rituals, as showing disrespect to his symbol may anger the lord. It is said that lord shiva or bholenath is very innocent and may get pleased in no time. But his anger too is well-renowned.

Lord shiva’s favorite ?

It is extensively acknowledged fact that lord shiva believes in living a simple life with bare necessities, and the things that he cherishes the most are dhatura fruit, bael leaves , bhang, ice-cold milk, sandalwood paste, and bhasma. Worshipping lord shiva with these not only appeases him, but impresses all the gods as well.

Never offer these 5 things to Shivlinga :

However, as per shivpuran, a devotee must never worship the shivlinga with these five following offering or else bear the dreaded consequences.

• Ketaki Flowers:

One day lord Vishnu and lord brahma stood in a battle to prove their supremacy  using deadly weapons each other. lord shiva appeared in form of lingam  between the lord Vishnu and lord brahma  and ordered them to find origin and end and lord Vishnu went to bottom and could not find it and lord Vishnu accepted his defeated. Lord brahma went to origin and could not find it and he asked ketaki flower to lie that he found origin and lord shiva got anger due to false statement and cutted one of the head of  lord brahma and cursed brahma not to be worshipped as lord and also cursed   ketaki flower not be used in shiva pooja.

• Thulasi leaves :

According to legends in shivpurana, an asura named  jalandhar was killed and burned to ashes by lord shiva. Jalandhar  was blessed with a boon that depend on her wife’s chastity to remain undefeated by gods. So, lord Vishnu had to breach jalandhar’s wife tghulashi’s chastity. Upset over her husband’s death and angered by this betrayal. Thulashi banished lord shiva from being worshipped by her divine leaves.

• Coconut water :

Though one can offercoconuts to lord shiva, but must never worship shivlinga with coconut water. Everything offered on shivlinga is considered as nirmalaya, thus forbidden from being consumed. And , as consuming coconut water after being offered on deities is considered as mandatory to drink, it is thus not offered on shivlinga.

• Turmeric powder :

The sacred turmeric powder must never be offered to shivlinga, as the former is considered to enhance the beauty of females. And, shivlinga is a symbol of lord shiva.

• Kumkam :

Kumkam or sindoor is believed to be sacred for married Indian women ; as they apply it to seek the long life of their spouse. But, as lord shiva is the supreme destroyer, worshipping his symbol with kumkum is not considered auspicious.