i have seen in haveli when there in ankut, in the middle sakdi (rice) is kept with four things in it? what is its importance and what is it?

thank you

Jay Bhatt (JAI SHREE KRISHNA)

jay jay shree gokulesh

ankut = anna no dhagalo

when shree thakorji has stoped indra yaag and did the puja of shree girirajji than whole vraj vasi offered some thing to shree grirajji this made a big heap of offerings

this is whay it is known as ankut.

in ankut all types of saamagri is offered to shree thakorji.

vaibhav shah

Jai shri krishna to all vaishnavs.

Well Jayvin,

There are four Gunjaas on four sides, each one is known as:-

1/ Shaankh no gunjo,

2/Chakra no gunjo,

3/Gadaa no gunjo,

4/Swastik no gunjo,

And in the middle there is a shikhar too. These are all made in a special way. If one wants to know how they are made then pls refer to the pustak of samagri known as, Rasheshwar no ras thaal part 2. It tells you how they are made, there is so many details in there which have to be made.

Shri Madanmohanlalji ki jai.

Jsk, Hitesh.

Jai Shree Krishna

This is my understanding of the Annkut court:

When shree Thakorji performed Govardhan leela, at that time, he also projected the unique quality of  his, that of Virudhdjarmashray. In that Shree Thakroji participated as a vraj vaasi  and He also accepted the the samagri as Shree Giriraajji. On one hand was Parbhu witnessing the event in his form of Baalswaroopa and on the other hand he willfully accepted the umpteen offerings of the vrajvaasis by taking the viraat swaroopa.

Now we as a Vaishnav when we recreate the govardhan leela....on one hand is Shree Thakorji in balswaroopa, out Nidhi swaroop and on the other hand is the Annakut court, with Shikhar and shankha, Chakra, gadha and padma symboliccaly reperesenting the viraat swaroop of Shree Prabhu. Which is they very reason that on this day the Prasad of Sakhadi and Goonja is of great significance and most sort after by Vaishnavs.

My apologies is this is a misconception and eagerly await more information.

jay jay shree gokulesh

Thank you all of you for giving such a nice explanation

vaibahv shah

Jai shri krishna to all valla vaishnavs,

That was very well explained Shreekantbhai, thare is one more question in my mind which is can vaisnavs have these  gunjaa as prashad or do only goswami balko's have them??

I have seen that before prashad is given to vaisnavs that in some cases the gunjaa's are removed and taken away to the mukam of goswami balko's. Thereafter the prashad is given to all vaishnavs doing darshaan.

Shri Madanmohanlalji ki jai,

Jsk, Hitesh.

Jai Shree Krishna

This is my understanding Hitesh bhai.....

When Annakut is at a Vallabhkul Gobalak Haveli.....

The first right towards this Gunjaas is with the Gobalak, and only if he desires and gives agyaan, can a the same be given as prasad to Vaishnavs.

When Annakut is at a Vaishnavs place....

The Shikhar Goonja goes to the Cow, as Gograas, Vaishnavs do not have the right towards this main Goonja of the Sakhadi Court. The other 4 Goonjas can be distributed among Vaishnavs as part of the prasad. Also in this case one of the goonjas is preserved for Goopashtami I think, especially at those Vasihsnavs homes were they have Goseva.

Hope this reply is Satisfactory.

Jai shri krishna to all,

Thank you very much bhai, i to have heard some thing like waht you have just said just wanted to make sure that i was not wrong in what i thought.

Shri Madanmohanlalji ki jai

Jsk, Hitesh.