How to Mimosa Sugar Balls

What You Need to Know

Mimosa Sugar Balls, also known as Prasad Dana, Gol Dana, Nakul Dana, Makaiya Laddu or Tarasari, is a small pea–sized sweet food made up of sugar. It is believed to have originated around the 1860s at the Bhairavsthan Temple in Palpa, Nepal. It is especially used in Hinduism religious ritual as an offering for the deities. It is popularly used as an offering in temples in Nepal and India.

Steps

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   Prasad offering (Nepal/India): Religious sacrament

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   Festival sweet (Himalayan region): Celebratory food

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   Temple distribution (South Asia): Communal blessing

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