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  2. Puja thali - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Puja (Hinduism) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Telugu wedding ceremony - Wikipedia

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    Havan puja is performed before the time fixed for physical consummation of the marriage. Satyanārāyaṇa Vratam ( సత్యనారాయణ వ్రతం ) Satyam means "truth" and Narayana means "the highest being" so Satyanārāyaṇa means "The highest being who is an embodiment of Truth".

  5. Kautuka - Wikipedia

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    [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]

  6. Thalappoli - Wikipedia

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    thalam. Thalappoli is a ritual ceremony performed as a vow in Hindu temples in Kerala, India.Bathed and dressed in beautiful traditional clothes and Kerala ornaments, the women, mainly girls, line up with holding a thalam (a metal plate) in their hands filled with fresh paddy, flowers, rice, coconut (usually broken into two pieces), a lighted lamp and go around the temple with kurava ...

  7. Mangalasutra - Wikipedia

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    Mangala sutras are made in a variety of designs. The common ones are the Lakshmi tali worn by the Telugus of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, which contain images of Lakshmi, the goddess of auspiciousness, ela tali or minnu worn by the Malayalees of Kerala, and the Kumbha tali worn by the Tamils of the Kshatriya caste in Tamil Nadu.

  8. Shashtipurti - Wikipedia

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    English. Read; Edit; View history ... Shashtipurti is a portmanteau derived from Sanskrit words shashti, meaning sixty ... followed by the "Ganga Puja", "Ishta Devata ...

  9. Pujari - Wikipedia

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    A pujari performing the puja rituals in Varanasi, India. Pūjari is a designation given to a Hindu temple priest who performs pūja. The word comes from the Sanskrit word "पूजा" meaning worship. They are responsible for performing temple rituals, including pūjā and aarti.