Plate with a cocunut to be offered to a Hindu deity at the time of prayer in a temple, India.

The water and white kernel covered by a shell, is considered to be a very pure offering to a Hindu deity in India. The coconut will be broken and offered, after which the coconut pieces are offerend as 'prasad' (symbolic offering) to believers / people.

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The water and white kernel covered by a shell, is considered to be a very pure offering to a Hindu deity in India. The coconut will be broken and offered, after which the coconut pieces are offerend as 'prasad' (symbolic offering) to believers / people.