Panchamrita / Panchamrata recipe

All four mondays of savan month are considered very pious. It is considered that if one does abhisheka of lord shiva with panchamita then he bless us. The prasada from the abhisheka is known as panchamrita. Today I am demonstrating you how to make panchamrata.

Rule of thumb is that there should me 5 liquids and 5 dry fruits in panchamrita, they could be anything.

Ingredients: 5 dry fruits

Kishmish 10

Kaju/ cashew 4-5

Badam/Almonds 4-5

Pista 4-5

Saffron a pinch

5 liquids

½ cup joghurt

A bit of butter or ghee

¼ cup water

½ tsp honey

½ cup milk

Mix everything together. Wash and dry shivlinga. Wash it with a tsp of panchamrita. Do not discard the water and mix this water to panchamrita. Har Har Mahadev