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Stuff to be offered to lord

Posted by Akshit on January 17, 2026 at 8:40pm

Hare Krishna to all the devotees 

All glories to srila Prabhupada 

 

Since the food offered to lord should be pure - atleast not been eaten from by anyone. 

But when we purchase sweets (say ladu) from shops , from them many ladoos have already been sold and eaten. Same with fruits. So is it okay to offer them to lord? 

Can I offer some ladoo made in house to lord Jagannath when I go to temple? 

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    Radha Rasamayi DD January 22, 2026 at 3:10pm

    Hare Krsna Prabhuji,

    PAMHO.

    Regarding buying sweets from any shop and offering to the lord - yes it will have been sold to someone else and consumed by that person. What we do is - ideally make the sweets at home and offer. When not possible and we have to buy or someone gifts us a sweet box, we always offer to the lord before consuing it ourselves. Even if the sweets have been consumed by others. They are not related to us - oir whatever, we are buying them now. We should not eat before consuming. 

    Look at it this way, when it came to us, before we ate, we offered to the lord. Better than eating without offering, right? 

    Regarding fruits - cannot possibly grow everything ourselves right? It will have to be purcahsed only. Then wash, cut, put on a plate and offer to the lord. If it is not possible to cut the fruits, offer them whole. There is no fault in this.

    I hope your doubt is clarified. If still there are further doubts, please ask.

    Haribol,

    Your servant,

    Radha Rasamayi DD

    • Akshit > Gayatri January 18, 2026 at 10:06am

      My mother made some ladoo but I forgot out some aside from them in starting, and of course my family members picked some from tydm and ate them. So mow i cant offer them, but when I offer fruits which are purchased from outside how shiuld i offer them? 

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    • Akshit January 17, 2026 at 9:20pm

      No i meant that when you buy they (the shopkeeper) will pick up from those from which some has already been sold. And ofcourse eaten. 

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        • Akshit January 18, 2026 at 6:39pm

          Hare Krishna prabhuji 

          muslims spit into whatever they cook and even in fruits vegetables etc - literally or it's just because of sentiments?

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            • Akshit January 18, 2026 at 9:02pm

              💀

              This is my genuine reaction. Although we don't know whether everyone is doing it or if they are actually doing it To the food prepared for public but   I shall avoid their food now. Fir safety purposes. 

              Hare Krishna 

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                • Akshit January 19, 2026 at 9:01am

                  I dont think a company will do that 

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                    • Akshit January 19, 2026 at 2:39pm

                      Good so now government won't even do anything about that

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