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and brought home from the
paddy fields, the people began to
j observe the navanna ceremony every-
( where, in the presence of the Lord as
Sri Krsna and Baladeva.
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According to Vedic culture, learned men consider all natural
products, such as food grains, fruits, flowers, and milk, to be
God-sent. No one can manufacture these things in manmade
factories, however scientifically advanced people may be. People
can make preparations of such God-sent foodstuffs, but they
cannot manufacture the natural ingredients. Spiritually cultured
‘ men, therefore, feel obliged to the Lord when they get sufficient
| natural foodstuffs by the grace of the Lord.

The navanna praSana ceremony is observed as a way of ac-
knowledging the gifts of God. Newly collected grains would first
be offered to the Lord by the villagers, either individually or
5 collectively, and in either case all the members of the village
would partake of the prasadam thus offered to the Lord. Such

ceremonies make the people happy and prosperous.
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