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A puja thali (Sanskrit: पूजा थाली, romanized: Pūjā thālī, lit. 'prayer plate') is a tray or large container on which puja materials are accumulated and decorated. [ 1 ] On Hindu religious occasions, festivals, traditions and rituals, the puja thali maintains an auspicious role.
The word puja is roughly translated into English as 'reverence, honour, homage, adoration, or worship'. [3] Puja (পুজো / পুজা in bangla), the loving offering of light, flowers, and water or food to the divine, is the essential ritual of Hinduism. For the worshipper, the divine is visible in the image, and the divinity sees the ...
This is a list of lists of Hindu temples. List is in alphabetical order in three types: based on geographic locations and by continents; by theme; and by prime deity. List is in alphabetical order in three types: based on geographic locations and by continents; by theme; and by prime deity.
Arti plate. Arti (Hindi: आरती, romanized: Āratī) or Aarati (Sanskrit: आरात्रिक, romanized: Ārātrika) [1] [2] is a Hindu ritual employed in worship, part of a puja, in which light from a flame (fuelled by camphor, ghee, or oil) is ritually waved to venerate deities.
[2] [6] It is the woven thread in the pooja thali. It is typically colored a shade of red, sometimes orange, saffron, yellow or is a mixture of these colors. [3] [7] [1] However, it may also be white or wreathe or just stalks of a grass of the types found in other cultures and believed to offer similar apotropaic value. [3]
Ganēśa Puja (గణేశ పూజ) The wedding ceremony begins with the groom performing the Ganesha pooja, at the maṇḍapaṃ. These rituals are to ward off any evil and obstacles henceforth and to receive blessings for the bride & groom union. Bride's Entry and Terasala
Sanyasi performing Vyasa puja: Full moon of Ashadh (Hindu calendar) Guru Purnima is the day devotees offer puja (worship) to their Guru. This was also the day when Vyasa, author of the Mahabharata was born. Mahalakshmi Vrata. or Varalakshmi Vratham. Mahalakshmi performing Mahalakshmi A typical view of the Varalakshmi Vrata Pooja in a South ...
Shiva Puja in Hinduism is the way by which one worships Shiva through traditional and ancient rites with the use of mantra, tantra, yantra, kriyas, mudras, and abhishekam. Part of a series on Shaivism