Aegle marmelos Religious occasion
- Action (kriya) and Knowledge (jnana). The Trident also symbolizes the past +
- Bael fruits where also used in other deities puja rituals and crushed or offered in the same way as coconuts are today. Another name for bael fruits is Seer Phael (head fruit) because it has an outer shell like a skull (which is white +
- Even if her human husband dies. It seems that for the Newars this age-old custom helped prevent atrocity to womenfolk who were widowed in the context of social disdain for widows in most other Anglicized communities +
- In Hinduism +
- Particularly those from the Anglicized modern Hindu religious system. +
- The Bael tree is part of an important fertility ritual for girls known as the Bel baha. In a very interesting ceremony +
- The Newars of Nepal and India marry off their daughters at puberty to a bael fruit. So long as the fruit is safely kept and does not crack open or decomposes +
- The Tri-foliate leaves typical of the Bael is seen as the 3-pronged Trident (Trisula) that Lord Shiva holds in his right hand. The Trident symbolizes his three fundamental Powers (shakti) of Will (iccha) +
- The girl can never become widowed +
