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Prasād ( Sanskrit: प ् रस ा द, Bengali: প ্ রস া দ, Marathi: प ् रस ा द, Hindi / Urdu: प ् रश ा द / پرشاد / prashad, Kannada: prasāda ಪ ್ ರಸ ಾ ದ, Gujarati: પ ૃ સ ા દ, Oriya: ଭ ୋ ଗ, Tamil: ப ி ரச ா தம ் and Malayalam: പ ് രസ ാ ദ ം prasādam, Punjabi: ਪ ੍ ਰਸ ਾ ਦ ਿ, Telugu: prasadam, Bhojpuri: persādi ) is a material substance that is first offered to a deity in Hinduism and then consumed.
Prasadam offered on banana leaves after Puja ( Hinduism ) | Puja ceremony at a home in Guntur, India Literally, a gracious gift.
Anything, usually an edible food, that is first offered to a deity, saint, Perfect Master or an Avatar and then distributed in His or Her name to their followers or others as a good sign.
In contemporary Hindu religious practice in India, the desire to get prasada and have darshan are the two major motivations of pilgrimage and temple visits.
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