Puja at Kolhapur

The Panchamrit Kumkumarchan Abhishek ritual is carried out in Kolhapur where the Kumkumarchana is a combination of two words "Kumkum" is a red powder and "Archana" means offering. In this ritual, god is offered Panchamrit( a mixture of 5 things mainly Milk, Curd, Honey, Sugar and Ghee.) In this ritual, devotees worship the Goddess by applying kumkum to their idols or images. Worshipping Goddess with kumkum is very beneficial to devotees and it's an easy way to connect with the Goddess. This ritual gets more powerful when devotees perform while chanting mantras.   

 Maha Abhishek Vastrasah pooja takes place in Kolhapur where the Goddess Lakshmi is the Goddess of wealth worshipping her is very beneficial to the devotees. Offering Food, Kumkum and Saree to the Goddess Lakshmi is a very sacred ritual. In this ritual, Abhishek is done on Goddess Lakshmi with the help of Panchamrit. While performing this puja devotees offer Food as fa orm of Naivedhyam and saree to the Goddess Lakshmi. 

In this Panchamrit Kumkumarchan with Naividhyam ritual at Kolhapur, the Naivedhyam refers to the food that is offered to the Goddess during this worship. In this ritual, Abhishek is done on the Goddess with the help of Panchamrit. Offering kumkum to Goddess is very sacred but offering kumkum with Naivedhyam is very beneficial to devotees. After the offering of bhog to Goddess is done it is distributed as prasad. It is believed that performing this ritual is the best way of expressing devotion to the Goddess.