Most of us believe that bhakti is not complete without rituals. We commit ourselves to perform various rituals and seek the blessings of god. Rituals thus serve as a catalyst or a path to evoke bhakti. But the question whether a true bhakta needs rituals is out of place. Puranas have thousands of stories where even gods are asked to perform certain rituals to invoke bhakti. Pongala is a ritual which helps the bhakta to discover the depth of his own bhakti, the pongala prasada is nothing but the residue of bhakti, moksha or the fruit of bhakti.
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