Why do hindus break Coconut in the Temple

There are many rituals among the hindus, which suggest the mode of transcending the personality layers and realising the Self within. One such ritual is offering Cocunut in a temple. The Coconut represents the Karma Phalas or the fruits of one's past actions, which are in the form of One's Vasanas. Offering of a fruit in a temple or to a Guru symbolises the surrendering of such Vasanas. A Coconut has a nice smooth skin covering a mass of twisted and knitted coir within. Beneath the coir is a hard shell, and in the inner portion of the shell is the white kernel containing the milk. Before a cocunut is offered to the Lord, the priest removes the skin along head of the coconut. The shell is then broken and the tuft is removed to expose the three eyes of the coconut. The milk inside is allowed to flow out at the feet of the Lord. This ritual has a deep significance. The outer skin represents the gross body which has an external show of beauty, but carries in its bosom an abominable cluster of desires and attachments which comprise the subtle body. Man has to renouce all his desires to the exception of one which is to realise the Truth. The retention of the tuft indicates this idea. When one approaches a Guru with this pointed desire and a spirit of surrender, the Guru breaks the hard shell of the intellect and exposes the pure Satwic Vasanas (the white kernel in the case of cocunut) to the Lord. The last lingering desire to realise the Truth is also transcended which is demonstrated by the plucking of the tuft away and exposing the three 'eyes' on the shell. The third eye refers to the 'Eye of Wisdom' known as 'Jnana Chakshu' which gives the intutive vision of the Self. The milk flowing out at the feet of the Lord reprensents the merging of the individual's self with the Infinite Self. Hari Om.