Every Monday
Monday fast for Shiva
Many Hindus fast on Mondays for Shiva, taking fruit, milk and food made without grain.
What is eaten for Monday fast for Shiva
Monday is the day of Shiva, and many Hindus keep a fast on it, most of all in the month of Shravan. Some eat nothing until evening and others take one meal. The food follows the rules of a fast: fruit, milk, yoghurt, nuts, potatoes and dishes made with sago or buckwheat flour, seasoned with rock salt. Grain, onion and garlic are avoided. Milk is poured over the lingam at the temple.
The dishes
Written by the Thali desk with AI assistance. Background: "Vrata" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Lassi: Swami Stream, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kheer: stu spivack, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Sabudana khichri: Sharvarism, CC BY-SA 4.0, source