Koncha
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A symbolic send-off for the Goddess before Visarjan — married women (or, in their absence or during menstruation, male family members) bind rice, flowers, Durva grass, and a monetary offering into a Chunri.
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Koncha: the send-off bundle tied for the Devi before visarjan
The speaker says that in many regions there is a custom called khoincha bharna or bhaat bharna: akshat, flowers, dhoop, grass and dakshina are placed in a chunri and tied into Ma's aanchal, just as a daughter is never sent from her home empty-handed. The married women (suhagan) of the house do it, and it is done before the visarjan mantra is read.
Special case: who ties the koncha when the only married woman of the house is menstruating
Asked what to do when there is only one married woman in the house and she is menstruating at the time, the speaker answers that in such a situation the men can fill the koncha — tie it into the chunri and keep it there before Ma is given farewell.
How should a photo of Bhagavati Baglamukhi be immersed if one wishes to?
A listener says a photo of Ma Baglamukhi is in his house, which he kept by mistake, and he now wishes to immerse it. Do not keep a photo of Bhagavati by mistake, the speaker says; from keeping a photo of Bhagavati no tiryak effect at all falls — be free of anxiety. Even so, if you wish to immerse it: on the Dashami tithi, on any day that is not a Thursday — leaving out the days of Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday — first of all do her puja, shringar and the rest; begging pardon again and again, wrap her well in yellow cloth; do what is called khoincha bharna in our parts, tying rice, doob, flowers and the like in her aanchal; and have all this done by a woman of the house. Having had the shringar and everything done, thereafter, begging pardon in due form, give her a vidai.
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