Palani Murugan Temple – Panchamirtham
Palani Panchamirtham is the oldest form of Jam or Fruit
mix and preserves very well even for the months. And the saying is that "the
Olden it s it tastes better". The secret lies as much in the art of
preparing it as in the quality of the fruit that is used as the basic
ingredient.
Panchamirtham, collected after Abhishekam, is not only a
delicious and nourishing food; but also has astonishing properties which keeps
it suitable for consumption over a long period, without refrigeration. You are
advised to buy all your requirements from the Devasthanam and to transfer the
contents to you own containers for proper preservation. Interested persons may
visit the panchamirtham making kitchen in the Devasthanam production unit. The
Devasthanam has now made arrangements to manufacture Panchamirtham by using
electrical appliances.
Panchamirtham is prepared by this temple by mixing of
proportionate quantity of Banana, Sugar, Gee, Honey, Seedless Dates, Cardamom
and Sugar Candy. It is hygienically prepared and filled by Automatic Machine.
Panchamirtham is filled in 1/2 Kg pet jar and laminated tins and sold in
different location like Hill Temple, Rope car Station, Winch Station, Patha Vinayagar
Temple, Tiruvavinankudi Temple and Bus stand Information center.
It is the small sized viruppachchi plantains which
account for it, the reason being that they have very little water content.
Incidentally, Viruppachchi is the name of a village (in the Palani Hills) where
this particular variety of plantain is grown and marketed.
Crushed plantains apart, Panchamirtham consists of
kandasari sugar from Kangeyam area, dates, kismis, sugar candy (kalkandu),
cardamom and ghee in proper proportions.
The plantain is crushed fully. Sugar is then mixed with
it. Seedless dates, sugar candy and kismis are added in the third stage. The
last items to go into the preparation are cardamom and ghee.