Jaware
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Barley sprouts grown over Navratri's 9 days — offered to the deity's idol before final Aarti, immersed with the Kalash (being organic and non-polluting), or, when river immersion isn't feasible, worn behind the ears, kept in money storage, or replanted from their white roots.
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Immersing the Navratri Kalash in a river
The speaker says extra chunris may be kept at home, but the Kalash itself goes to the river exactly as decorated. At the bank it is set down, shown dhoop-deep, and prayed to again — forgiveness for any fault, protection always, and the good sense to serve her every year — then one turns in place three or at least five times in pradakshina, and dips the Kalash into the water with its coconut, holding the coconut so it does not float away. Once fully under, the lid is removed and the dakshina, supari and other dravya inside are taken out, tied in a chunri and kept where one keeps money; the rice of the purna patra may go into the river for the fish or be given to birds; the Kalash and the coconut are released in the river. The sown jaware too can be immersed directly — they cause no pollution.
What to do with the leftover jaware after Navratri
The speaker says the green tops of the jaware are worn on the ear, offered to Bhagavati and kept where money is stored, yet many remain; if there is no facility to immerse them, never throw them in the garbage. After the Kalash has been shifted, cut off the whole green part with scissors and make a juice or sharbat that everyone can drink — no dosh comes from it; put the lower white part into a pot, cover it well with soil and plant something in it.
Preparing the barley bed and ashtadal kamal beneath the kalash
The speaker says he is describing Ghatasthapana in the ordinary way, without vidhi-vidhan or mantras, so that a common person can do it at home with devotion. First the barley that is to be sown, the Jaware, is mixed into the soil at leisure; the soil is levelled and an ashtadal kamal or similar figure is drawn on it with gulal, haldi and the like. The Kalash is then installed on top of that.
Sapta mrittika: inside the kalash or in the barley bed
The speaker says sapta mrittika is very often put inside the Kalash, but this differs by region: in many places it is said to go inside the kalash, while in many others one reads, hears and sees that it is put where the barley (Jaware) is sown. One may put it inside or outside as one prefers; in his own view putting it outside is more appropriate.
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