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Nov 11, 2020 · The traditional 16-step puja is called the Shodashopachara Puja in Sanskrit — shodasha meaning 16, and upachāra meaning offering given with devotion. It can be performed for an Ishta Deva in a fairly short time period on a daily basis as a spiritual practice ( sādhana) fostering discipline and devotion.
- Suhag Shukla
Jan 17, 2024 · 1. Ensure that you have the necessary materials from the things you need section. 2. Purify yourself with a bath. While bathing, chant the names of the Lord. While ordinary bathing cleans us externally, uttering the name of the Lord purifies our mind, body and soul (trikarana shuddi). 3. Mark your forehead with a tilaka (urdhva pundra) or bhasma. 4
- 4. Light the lamp and place some akshinta along with flowers at the base of the lamp.
- 5. Blow the conch (shanka) thrice. Sounding the conch is an auspicious omen that indicates an invitation to God and wards away all evil.
- 6. Ring the bell (Ghanti). If you do not have a conch, you may just ring the bell.
- 7. Those having an idol, can offer ritualistic worship in the prescribed manner. The others that may not have the time and/or means to do it or hav...
- 8. Keep some water in a clean vessel.
- 9. Offer the Lord a seat (aasana)
- 10. Offer water to wash the holy lotus feet (paadhya).
- 11. Offer water to wash lotus hands of Lord (arghya).
- 12. Offer water for Lord to drink (acamana).
- 13. Undress the Lord, or tie a plain white cloth around like a dhoti.
- Why You Need An Image Or Idol For A Puja
- The Steps of Puja in The Vedic Tradition
- Simple Steps of A Traditional Hindu Worship
For the puja, it is important for a devotee to set an idol or icon or a picture or even symbolic holy object, such as the shivalingam, salagrama, or yantrabefore them to help them contemplate and revere god through the image. For most, it is difficult to concentrate and the mind keeps wavering, so the image can be considered as an actualized form o...
Dipajvalana:Lighting the lamp and praying to it as the symbol of the deity and requesting it to burn steadily till the puja is over.Guruvandana: Obeisance to one’s own guru or spiritual teacher.Ganesha Vandana: Prayer to Lord Ganeshaor Ganapati for the removal of obstacles to the puja.Ghantanada: Ringing the bell with appropriate mantrasto drive away the evil forces and welcome the gods. Ringing the bell is also necessary during ceremonial bath of the deity and offering incense...In the Panchayatana Puja, i.e., puja to the five deities – Shiva, Devi, Vishnu, Ganesha, and Surya, one’s own family deity should be kept in the center and the other four around it in the prescribed order. 1. Bathing: Pouring water for bathing the idol, is to be done with gosrnga or the horn of a cow, for the Shiva lingam; and with sankha or conch,...
- Subhamoy Das
The word puja is roughly translated into English as 'reverence, honour, homage, adoration, or worship'. Puja, 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 worshipper.
At Vedayatra, we offer a wide range of services, including puja ceremonies for various occasions such as Havans, Homams, Japas, Kathas, path, weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, housewarmings, pitru dosha pooja, Srardhas and Temple Services, and more.
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Simple Steps of a Traditional Hindu Worship. In the Panchayatana Puja, i.e., puja to the five deities – Shiva, Devi, Vishnu, Ganesha, and Surya, one’s own family deity should be kept in the center and the other four around it in the prescribed order.