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   coconut offering in Hinduism

 

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A statue of Radha, the shakti of Krishna, holding a tray with an oil lamp, known as a dipa (fig.), and a coconut bound with a string, of which the latter in Hinduism is said to symbolize food, clothing and water, i.e. the main necessities of any person.

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