Thread by @TheDilliMirror

Temples with unusual offerings ( Munch,watches,alcohol, blood...) : Growing up I was always intrigued by devotees offering alcohol - ranging from local brews to single malt at bhairon mandir at Purana qila and kalkaji in Delhi . There are two wings in the temple

- one called ‘Doodhiya Bhairava Temple’ where milk is offered & the other ‘Kilkari Bhairava Temple’ where alcohol is offered. You offer some to the diety and rest to the beggars outside. Meat & sometimes live chickens are also offered.
Tht got me interested in other such temples

Kamakhya Devi Temple in Assam - The Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati remains closed for the first three days of the Ambubachi festival and opens its door on the fourth day when small pieces of cloth moist with the supposedly menstrual fluid of the goddess are distributed

as prasad to thousands of devotees .

Chemmoth Sree Subramaniya Swami Temple in Kerala- Also called Munch Murgan since the deity is offered munch chocolate. One day the boy rang the temple bell for fun and got scolded for doing so. He fell sick that night and kept chanting

Murugan’s name unconsciously. The next morning, his parents took him to the temple. When the boy felt better, the priest asked him to offer something to the deity as it is a tradition. The boy took a Munch out of his pocket and put it on the altar.

Since then Munch Murugan has been receiving loads of Munch chocolates from children who visit the temple to pray for good marks in examinations.

Khabees Baba Temple in Uttar Pradesh: The Khabees Baba Temple at 80 km distance from Lucknow . There is neither any idol nor

any priest at this temple, except a pair of two slipper. Visitors offer liquor to the altar at the Khabees Baba Temple in Lucknow out of devotion to a mystic saint who is believed to have lived there 150 years ago

Clocks and Watches at Brahma Baba Temple in Jaunpur UP

per local legends, it is believed that when a man, who came to the temple with a desire of becoming a driver, got his wish fulfilled, he offered a clock to the temple. Since then, people have been following this ritual. Every time a wish is fulfilled,

a clock is added to the branches of the temple tree.

Hawai Jahaj Gurudwara Jalandhar - Devotees offer toy airplanes as prasad as they believe that this will result in visa approval for them and fulfill their dreams of going abroad.

Prasad with Rat Saliva in Karni Mata Temple in Rajasthan- t is a temple of about 20,000 black rats which are kabbas and considered holy. The prasad brought by devotees for the deity is also offered to the rats.

Then devotees receive the prasad laced with rat saliva, which is believed to bring good luck to them.