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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 ...
It is celebrated in Karnataka (in erstwhile Mysore State) as “Ayudha Puje” (Kannada: ಆಯುಧ ಪೂಜೆ).Tamil Nadu as Ayudha Pujai (Tamil: ஆயுத பூஜை), in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh as Aayudha Pooja (Telugu: ఆయుధ పూజ), in Kerala as Ayudha Puja (Malayalam: ആയുധ പൂജ), "Astra Puja" (Odia: ଅସ୍ତ୍ର ପୂଜା) or "Ayudha Puja" in ...
Lakshmi Puja or Lokkhi Pujo (Nepali, Maithili, Sanskrit and Hindi:लक्ष्मी पूजा, Bengali:লক্ষ্মী পূজা, Odia(ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀ ପୂଜା),Romanised:Lakṣmī Pūjā/Loķhī Pūjō) is a Hindu occasion for the veneration of Lakshmi, the Goddess of Prosperity and the Supreme Goddess of Vaishnavism. [1]
Swarna Gauri Vrata, also called Gauri Habba (Kannada: ಗೌರಿಹಬ್ಬ, romanized: Gaurihabba) [1] is a Hindu festival celebrated a day before Ganesh Chaturthi in Karnataka. [ 2 ] This festival celebrates the goddess Gauri (Parvati) who is venerated as the mother of Ganesha .
The puja is described in the Skanda Purana, [1] a medieval era Sanskrit text. [2] [3] According to Madhuri Yadlapati, the Satyanarayana Puja is an archetypal example of how "the Hindu puja facilitates the intimacy of devotional worship while enabling a humble sense of participating gratefully in a larger sacred world". [4]
Varalakshmi Vratam (Sanskrit: वरलक्ष्मी व्रतम्, romanized: Varalakṣmī Vratam), also called Varalakshmi Puja, is a Hindu observance to propitiate the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi. [1] Varalakshmi is the manifestation of Lakshmi who grants boons (varam).
This is the first day of Chhath Puja. The Parvaitin (transl. devotees, from Sanskrit parva, meaning "occasion" or "festival") must take a holy bath, after which the entire house, its surroundings, and pathways to the Ghat are thoroughly cleaned.
Hindu texts such as the Skanda Purana, Padma Purana, as well as the Shiva Purana feature Tulasi in the tale of the asuras, Vrinda and her husband Jalandhara.Vrinda is described as a pious devotee of Vishnu who marries Jalandhara.