avoid washing hands in plate
Why You Shouldn’t Wash Hands in Plate After Eating: In all our homes, elders often refuse to wash their hands after eating food. Food is considered most important for life. Life cannot be imagined without food, hence many rules regarding food have been made in the religious scriptures. According to the rule, eating food maintains health and makes life happy.
Mother Annapurna is considered the goddess of food. According to beliefs, if the rules of food are not followed, then Mother Annapurna and Mother Lakshmi get angry, due to which the store of food and money in the house starts getting empty. Not washing hands after eating the plate is also included in the rules of eating. In such a situation, let us know, according to the scriptures, why washing hands after eating food is prohibited?
According to the scriptures…
According to the scriptures, washing hands while eating food is considered an insult to Goddess Lakshmi and Goddess Annapurna. Mother Lakshmi gets angry with those people who wash their hands in the same plate after having food. Wealth does not last in such houses. It is also believed that whatever material is offered in the yagya, it is given to the gods in the form of food. In such a situation, washing hands while eating food dish also insults the Gods.
negative forces are attracted
It is also believed that the energy released by washing hands while eating food attracts negative forces and starts gathering around the person. These powers can spoil a person’s health. Can harm the body in many ways. Apart from all this, there are also astrological reasons for not washing hands while handling the plate. It is believed that in astrology all the planets have representation of some food or the other. For this reason, while making Navagraha, some food is definitely kept in it. This is the reason why washing hands while eating food is considered an insult to the planets along with food.
At the same time, science also forbids touching the food plate with hands. Science says that by washing hands in the plate, many germs of the body remain in it along with the water. These germs do not clean well. Therefore, when food is eaten again in the same vessel, it harms the health of the person.
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Disclaimer: The information given in this news is based on religious beliefs and general information. TV9 Bharatvarsha does not confirm this.
