Copper Pancha Pathram No 1
€8,49
Copper Pancha Pathram No 1 is the smaller copper water vessel at eight forty nine, fifty cents more than the brass in the same number. It is the one bought for abhishek water. Same-day delivery across the Utrecht region.
Description
Copper Pancha Pathram No 1 is the small copper vessel for puja water. Of the four vessels on this shelf it is the one most people buy first, because copper is what tradition asks for and the small size covers a daily puja.
It comes into its own at an abhishek, where water is poured over the murti or the shivling in a steady stream and refilled several times. A small vessel is easier to control in one hand for that than a large one, which is why plenty of households own the small copper and the large brass rather than a matching pair.
Copper or brass, which should I buy? If you are buying one vessel and following tradition closely, copper. If you want it to match a brass thali and lamps, and would rather clean it twice a year than six times, brass. Neither choice is wrong.
Is it safe to keep water standing in it overnight? Better not to, for the vessel’s sake. Water left sitting is exactly what leaves the green marks that then need scrubbing off. Empty it and turn it over to dry when the puja is done.
The larger copper vessel, copper pancha pathram No 2, holds more for a long abhishek, and puja vessels at Panjab Supermarket carries the lamps, the bells and the thali. Rinse it and dry it after every use, because water left standing in the vessel is what marks the metal. Order online at Panjab Supermarket for same-day delivery across Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Leidsche Rijn, Vleuten, Maarssen, Zeist, Bunnik, IJsselstein, Vianen, and Culemborg. Free delivery on orders over 49 euros.
