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Lord Shiva (and Shakti) don't look into what the devotees offer but how they offer it. Whatever is offered through pure Love is accepted (irrespective of whether it is meat offered by kannappan, or flowers offered by ordinary devotees, or jewels offered by kings).
In the town of Naaraiyoor (Tamilnadu) which houses the famous Ganapati temple, pollaa-p-pillaiyaar, there lived an unsophisticated lad, nambi-andaar-nambi. He used to accompany the priest to the temple when the priest did puja to Ganapati. One day, the priest had to go out of town and left this person in charge. Except for the main puja, this lad did not know much else. So he was in trouble when a family brought modhaka for puja. They said it was an offering to Ganapati and went on their way. Naturally, the lad assumed that Ganapati was supposed to eat them and waited for him to "come and eat." but nothing happened. The lad cried, pleaded, and even apologized if he had any puja wrong but it was important for Ganapati to eat the modhaka, otherwise he would lose the job. Finally, he became so angry that he hit the idol of Ganapati a couple of times. Ganapati came and ate the modhakas with delight. But the lad thought this was normal. The family which had offered the modhakas came back and wanted a couple of them as prasad but the lad said Ganapati ate them all. The family complained to the priest the next day that the lad, nambi, must have eaten all the sweets.
When the priest asked nambi, nambi was surprised that someone would offer God something and not expect that to be eaten. To cut a long story short, nambi finally showed the priest how Ganapati came out and ate all the modhakas by offering him more modhakas. Nambi-andaar-nambi, of course, became of one of the famous poets.
In the town of Naaraiyoor (Tamilnadu) which houses the famous Ganapati temple, pollaa-p-pillaiyaar, there lived an unsophisticated lad, nambi-andaar-nambi. He used to accompany the priest to the temple when the priest did puja to Ganapati. One day, the priest had to go out of town and left this person in charge. Except for the main puja, this lad did not know much else. So he was in trouble when a family brought modhaka for puja. They said it was an offering to Ganapati and went on their way. Naturally, the lad assumed that Ganapati was supposed to eat them and waited for him to "come and eat." but nothing happened. The lad cried, pleaded, and even apologized if he had any puja wrong but it was important for Ganapati to eat the modhaka, otherwise he would lose the job. Finally, he became so angry that he hit the idol of Ganapati a couple of times. Ganapati came and ate the modhakas with delight. But the lad thought this was normal. The family which had offered the modhakas came back and wanted a couple of them as prasad but the lad said Ganapati ate them all. The family complained to the priest the next day that the lad, nambi, must have eaten all the sweets.
When the priest asked nambi, nambi was surprised that someone would offer God something and not expect that to be eaten. To cut a long story short, nambi finally showed the priest how Ganapati came out and ate all the modhakas by offering him more modhakas. Nambi-andaar-nambi, of course, became of one of the famous poets.
