Nithya dana:
Giving dana on chathurmasya starts from Ashada sukhla Dwadashi. You can either give on all 8 dwadashis of Chathurmaasa or You can give one whole year((24 Dwadashis) from Ashada sukhla dwadashi
What type of Dana We can give?
- Items needed for tulasi pooja(Turmeric, kumkum, oil, Wick etc) . At the end, Give Tulasi brindavana and Krishna idol. One who can afford can do tulasi brindavana dhana every dwadashi
- Payasa dana
- Salagrama dana
- pooja dravya dana(oil, ghee, sandalwood, tulasi kashta, cardamom etc)
- Gupta dana(You can give dana of krishna idol by keeping it inside butter/Sandalwood paste)
- pooja upakarana dana(panchapathra, deva pooja set, deepa arathi plate etc)
- Ghee & Honey(In separate small cups)
- Deepa dana
- Dampathi tamboola dana
- Panchamruta dana(pooja mantapa, sandalwood, chakranike, Pooja gante, shanku etc)
How to give Dana?
- The person who receive Dana should be seated facing East
- For all dana, Minimum 4 vilyadhale, adike, dhakshina, tulasi dala is must
- When giving food items as dana, It should be prepared with madi and NEivedhya should be done
- Other than the food items, Place everything in front of Lord and do offering
- Try to give all dana before taking food
- when giving dana to couples, Try to do urutani to Ladies
- The pooja vessels or dana materials should be made of brass, copper , if affordable Silver or Gold. Never use stainless steel or aluminium
- The dana item should be based on type of vrata
- Try to give dana to the Opt people who can use the items offered as dana
- Chant sri Bharathi Ramana mukhya prananthargatha sri lakshmi narayana prithyartham … sri krishnarpanamasthu before giving dana and do anusandana as if you are doing Dhana to almighty
- Do yatha sakthi Dana dharma
Madhwa 