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Why and how should a coconut be offered to Deity Hanumān?

A coconut can attract or emit both positive and negative frequencies. Before offering a coconut to Māruti, the tuft of the coconut should be directed towards the Idol of Māruti and a prayer should be offered to Him, asking Him to let His spiritually pure (sāttvik) frequencies enter the coconut. Thereafter the coconut should be broken and half of it should be offered to the Deity of the place and the other half should be kept by us. Thus, through the medium of the Deity of the place, the distressing energies and inferior ghosts get their part and become happy. When we consume the remaining half of the coconut, we are benefited by the sāttvik frequencies of Māruti. Some devotes offer the entire coconut to the Deity. Such an offering rarely helps them to develop an emotion of sacrifice and they do not get any spiritual benefit from this ritual. Therefore we should not offer the entire coconut but break it into two halves, with one half offered to the temple and the other half to be kept by us. This way we would get the maximum benefit of the Principle of a Deity.