It is belived that the Gods, especially Lord Shiva is pleased when Abhishek is offered in temples or any religious places. This in turn brings peace, prosperity and good will to all of us.
Abhishek is a ritual that is performed to please any God or Goddess. Depending upon the deity you wish to please the Abhishek may differ. Abhishek literally means pouring of water or panchamrut (different offerings) on a particular diety. As an alternative, milk, ghee, sugarcane juice, honey or Ganga jal is poured to please a particular God or attain blessings to fulfill your wishes.
The offerings are made to the fire by chanting shlokas which invariably end with a 'swahaa'. 'Swa' means self and 'ahaa' means ahamkaar or ego.Thus by chanting 'swahaa' we are offering our ego to be destroyed by the Fire God.
