Lord Shiva is known as Bholenath. Any devotee offering
anything with unwavering devotion is accepted by Shiva. He fulfills the desires
of His devotees. Here is a list of the main offerings to Shiva. The items
offered to Shiva should be fresh and clean.
Offerings to Lord Shiva
- Water – there is nothing more important to Lord Shiva than a drop of water offered with unwavering devotion.
- Uncooked rice or akshat – unbroken rice is not offered.
- Bilva Leaves – the leaves should be fresh and broken.
- Panchamrut – mixture of milk, ghee, water, saffron (kesar) and honey.
- When four time abhishek is done in a day – morning it should be water, noon it should be curd, evening it should be ghee and honey at night.
- Other offerings include rose water, fragrance (Ittar), chandan, bhasma (sacred ash), and sugar.
- Shiva prefers white color flowers.
Things that are not offered include Kumkum, til, Tulsi
leaves, ketaki and champa flowers are also not offered to Shiva.