Devotee: On ekādaśī, we can offer the Deity grains?
Prabhupāda: Oh yes. But not guru. Ekādaśī observed by jīva-tattva, not by Viṣṇu-tattva. We are fasting for clearing our material disease, but Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, Caitanya Mahāprabhu... Caitanya Mahāprabhu also may not be offered grains because He is playing the part of a devotee. Only Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, Jagannātha can be offered grains. Otherwise, Guru-Gaurāṅga, no. And the prasādam should not be taken by anyone. It should be kept for next day. What is that?
Cintāmaṇi: I tried to make a flute for Kṛṣṇa because He doesn't have a flute. Is that okay?
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Sudāmā: We will order one flute from India.
Prabhupāda: Why India? You can get it here. Any goldsmith can do.
Bhānu: In the morning the Deity should be woken up not before five? The Deities should be woken up at five in the morning? Some temples it is 4:30, some temples five.
Prabhupāda: Just one and a half hours before sunrise. If the sunrise varies, then the waking time also should vary.
Sudāmā: So according to season, we should...
Prabhupāda: The rule is that one and a half hours before sunrise. So that you have to make, when the sunrise, then just one and a half hour before, maṅgala-ārati.
Sudāmā: So that's when the ārati begins, when the curtains are opened and we start offering.
Prabhupāda: Hm?
Sudāmā: One and a half hours before sunrise is when the ārati begins. Then you wake them up before.
Prabhupāda: No, no. Just waking, ārati begins. And you can offer something.
Bhānu: We should offer the plate after the ārati?
Prabhupāda: Yes.