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Soop / Dala (Winnowing Basket)
A circular, flat basket made of bamboo or metal. The Soop is used
to carry all the offerings to the riverbank. Its circular form represents
the cyclical nature of life, time, and the universe, as well as the disc
of the Sun. It is a symbol of containment of divine energy and the
offering of one’s entire harvest and life to the deity.
Sugarcane
Sugarcane represents fertility, prosperity, and the earth’s abundance.
It is used to make the Prasad (like Thekuā) and is also stood up to
form a temporary shrine at the ghat.
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