Is Avocado the New Holy Fruit? Bengaluru Man's Unique Puja Ritual Goes Viral

Hindu puja rituals usually include dry fruits, bananas, and apples as offerings because they are easy to get and affordable. Recently, a family has gone viral for replacing these traditional offerings with expensive fruit, avocado.

Dharmesh Ba, a social media user, recently shared on X that his family chose to offer avocados instead of bananas during their puja. This choice sparked a range of reactions online, with many users finding the post amusing, while others debated the suitability of using a non-traditional fruit in religious rituals. Despite the mixed responses, Mr. Ba’s parents appeared to view the unique offering with a positive attitude.

"Parents are in town, and their offerings to God have been upgraded from bananas to avocados," Mr Ba wrote on the micro-blogging while sharing a picture of the exotic fruit. 

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Mr Ba shared the post just a few days back. Since then, it has crossed more than 5,500 views and several likes. 

"What are they, millennials?" wrote one user. To this, the original poster replied, "We are millennials."

"God on low carbs!" commented another user. "lol, tastes evolve and so does offerings," added another. 

"Not middle class anymore avocado class," expressed a third user. "Guacamole and chips as Prasad," jokingly wrote a fourth X user.

"No gods like this foreigner, pls change back to Bananas," expressed another. 

"But can it also tolerate being stabbed by agarbattis? Potential to give the banana some rest from stabbing," one user wrote.