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tara pase dadhi, dugdha, matha, sikharini

payasa, mathani, sara pase dhari ani’

SYNONYMS

tara pase—by the side of the vegetables; dadhi—yogurt; dugdha—milk; matha—buttermilk; sikharini—a sweet preparation made with yogurt; payasa—sweet rice; mathani—cream; sara—solid cream collected over yogurt; pase—by the side; dhari—keeping; ani’-bringing.

Pots of yogurt, milk, buttermilk and sikharini, sweet rice, cream and solid cream were placed alongside the vegetables.

PURPORT

In this kind of ceremony, which is called Annakuta, cooked rice is stacked like a small mountain for prasada distribution.