My friend would like to invite a wealth vase home. However ordering on-line means it has to be shipped across the seas. She worries that when the vase arrives at her country, would it pose any problems with the customs? What if it is opened and all its contents spill out? Can she just fill everything back inside the vase? Would she need to have it consecrated at a temple again?
Like Tammy mentioned, if we are not to touch it with our bare hands, what happens when it goes through customs and it is "touched" handled without the use of a khata, as obviously the customs officer would not be aware of the requirement of how to handle such a vase.