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A Ganesha-centric Panchayatana: Ganesha (centre) with Shiva (top left), Durga or Adi Shakti (top right), Vishnu (bottom left), and Surya (bottom right).. Panchayatana puja (IAST Pañcāyatana pūjā) also known as Pancha Devi Deva Puja is a system of puja (worship) in the Smarta sampradaya, which is one of four major sampradaya of Hinduism. [1]
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Kanyā Pūjā or Kumārī Pūjā, is a Hindu holy ritual, carried out especially on the Ashtami (eighth day) and Navami (ninth day) of the Navaratri festival. [1] The ceremony primarily involves the worship of nine girls, representing the nine forms of Goddess Durga (). [2]
Sometimes, a silver or brass face of the Goddess is attached over the coconut of the Purna-Kalasha. In this form, the Purna-Kalasha symbolizes the Goddess as the manifestation of mother earth with her water, minerals, and vegetation. This method of Kalash pooja (worship) has come in for Vishnu in household functions too. [9]
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]
Mandala of Vishnu. In Hinduism, a basic mandala, also called a yantra, takes the form of a square with four gates containing a circle with a center point.Each gate is in the general shape of a T. [3] Mandalas often have radial balance.
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Temple car festival in Tiruvarur.. The Vedic culture in South India has been in some respects the best preserved of ancient Vedic culture and traditions. [7] In North India during late ancient and medieval periods, Buddhism, Sikhism and Islam flourished alongside the Hindu majority. [8]