History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.695

v6.c81.695

After each pūjā prescribed for the day, the family members, their friends and guests sit together and partake of the prasāda (which in the houses of the well-to-do comprises select delicacies). Formerly, the persons sitting together would have sometimes numbered hundreds, but in the days of rationing and control, this would not happen. Mukerji (p. 124) notes that guests made offerings to the goddess (usually cash which belongs to the owner and not to the priest.)