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The holy panchamirtham is prepared using modern equipment, and no physical touch is there while preparing this Prasad item and it would be prepared in hygienic conditions. Devotees can get panchamirtham as a prasadam in Palani Temple, and they can also procure it from the temple Prasad centres. Most of the Devotees health problems were cured after consuming this divine panchamirtham.
This Prasad item is offered by the temple management to its devotees since few centuries, and during the times of Kings rule in Palani, Panchamirtham would be prepared under their direct supervision, and if the king found any fault on the temple staffs, he would severely punish them at that time. But nowadays, such kind of strict supervision is not there, and the temple staffs are also preparing this stuff in a good manner.
In ancient times, it is believed, that after the preparation and offering of the Prasad in the shrine of Muruga, Lord Muruga itself used to taste the Prasad, and would leave some evidence for his presence. But nowadays due to the great influence of Kali Purusha, some devotees are not showing their true love and attachment on Lord Muruga, and some of them are worshipping Lord Muruga only for name sake. That’s why at the present situation, God is not showing his true form to his devotees, and only a very few of them, would be able to witness his divine presence in the temple shrine.
Perumal temple’s Pulihora(Tamarind rice) and Daddojanam (Curd Rice), is famous for its aroma and taste, and especially in Parthasarathy and Sri Rangam Temples. This food items would be prepared in the temple kitchen by the cooking staffs, with much dedication and devotion in mind. In some temples, devotees are allowed to distribute the Prasad, prepared from their homes, amongst the devotees.
During ancient times, when the caste discrimination was at its peak, at the request of their non-Brahmin friends, the Brahmin children would give some portion of their Tamarind rice and curd rice to them. During the time of the great Vaishnavite saint Sri Ramanuja, he used to give the Srirangam temple Prasad to all classes of people, irrespective of their caste, creed and community. It is best to consume curd rice after consuming tamarind rice, since the food would get easily digested in our body. The system of preparing variety rice in the temples was followed since ancient times. In some places, the kings would order the temple priests to prepare large quantity of curd rice and tamarind rice, in order to be distributed to all the devotees present in the temple.
In all the Perumal Temples, after the preparation of curd rice and tamarind rice, it would be offered as Naivedyam to Lord Vishnu, and then it would be neatly packed, and offered as Prasad to the devotees. If the devotees want to consume more quantity of the Prasad, then they would have to approach the Prasad stall in the temple, and must pay the prescribed price for the Prasad items and can get the required quantity. In general the parents would take their children also to the temples, at the time of distribution of the Prasad items, since usually children would be very much interested to eat the divine Prasad items, than that of their parents.