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Panchamrita (Sanskrit: पञ्चामृत, lit. 'five Amṛtas') is a mixture of five foods used in Hindu as well as Jain worship and puja and Abhiṣeka It is often used as an offering during pooja post which it is distributed as prasad.

The main ingredients typically include honey (मधु), sugar (शर्करा), cow milk (दुग्ध), curd (दधि) and ghee (घृत)

The Abhiṣeka starts with ghee. A conch full of cow's ghee is poured on the head of the idol and it flows down up to feet. Then milk, curd, honey and sugar are poured. While a variety of additional regional ingredients such as, cardamom, banana, tender coconut, and dates are used, the five base ingredients remain the same across all of India.

In Tamil Nadu, Panchamritam (Tamil: பஞ்சாமிர்தம்) is a mixture of banana, ghee, honey, jaggery and cardamom. In addition, other substances like seedless dates and sugar candies are added. Keralites may also include tender coconut. Some recipes also include grapes.

Palani Dhandayuthapani temple located in Tamil Nadu is popular for its unique panchamirtham which uses Virupatchi hill bananas grown in the surrounding Palani hills. It received its unique Geographical indication in 2019 from the Government of India.

References

1. For definition of पञ्चामृत (IAST: pañcāmṛta ) as "the collection of five sweet things used in worshipping deities" see: Apte 1965, p. 578,
2. "Happy Mahashivratri 2018: Importance Of Panchamrit And How To Make It At Home". NDTV.com. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
3. Delamaine, James (1826). "Of the Sra'wacs or Jains". Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 1 (2): 413–438. doi:10.1017/S095047370000029X. ISSN 0950-4737. JSTOR 25581717.
4. "Panchamrita Abhisheka Puja". Udupi Krishna Mutt.
5. Karigoudar, Ishwaran (1977). A populistic community and modernization in India. Brill Archive. ISBN 9004047905. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
6. "Only Official Website of Arulmigu Dhandayuthapaniswamy Temple, Palani - Facilities: Panchamirtham". Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
7. Nair, K.K. (26 March 2003). Sages Through Ages, Proof of divinity given. AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781418446895. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
8. "Palani temple to double panchamritam production". The Economic Times. Palani, India. 6 October 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
9. "'Panchamirtham' of Palani temple gets GI tag". The Hindu. 14 August 2019.

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1965), The Practical Sanskrit Dictionary (Fourth revised and enlarged ed.), Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, ISBN 81-208-0567-4

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