HOSPITALITY IN INDIAN CULTURE

FREDIN SCARIA

Atithi Devo Bhavah

"Even an enemy must be offered appropriate hospitality if he comes to your home. A tree does not deny its shade even to the one who comes to cut it down."

-Mahabharata sweet words, a place to sit, and refreshments

“matrudevo bhava, pitrudevo bhava, acharyadevo bhava, atithidevo bhava.”

- Taittiriya Upanishad

Panchopchara Puja five-step worship = five formalities

• Fragrance (Dhupa)

• Lamp (Dipa)

• Eatables (Naivedya)

• Rice (Akshata) - symbol of being undivided.

• Flower Offering (Pushpa)

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