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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 ...
The primary goddess revered during Durga Puja is Durga, but celebrations also include other major deities of Hinduism such as Lakshmi (the goddess of wealth and prosperity), Saraswati (the goddess of knowledge and music), Ganesha (the god of good beginnings), and Kartikeya (the god of war). In Bengali traditions, these deities are considered to ...
Kali Puja was practically unknown before the 16th century; famous sage Krishnananda Agamavagisha first initiated Kali Puja. A late 17th-century devotional text, Kalika mangalkavya, also mentions an annual festival dedicated to Kali. [2] In Bengal during the 18th century, King (Raja) Krishnachandra of Nadia also made this puja wide spread. [3]
Asalha Puja—which is also sometimes called Dharma Day—is an important holy day for Buddhists. It takes place on the full moon day of the eighth lunar month, typically in July.
Many Hindus equate it with prayer in English, but puja is distinct, involving tangible offerings to deity images. The puja concludes with aarti. The offerings given during puja, like food and flowers, are returned to worshippers as prasada, believed to carry the deity's blessings. This prasada is often shared with others, extending the puja's ...
Incense burning before images, in temples and during prayer practice is also found in many parts of Asia, among followers of Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Taoism. The very idea of offering dhupa is personified in the dakini Dhupa , who is said in the Bardo Thödol to appear on the third day.
Siddha-chakra Puja:It is a ritual focused on the Siddha-chakra, a lotus-shaped disc bearing representations of the arhat, the liberated soul, religious teacher, religious leader and the monk (the five praiseworthy beings), as well as the four qualities namely perception, knowledge, conduct and austerity to uplift the soul.
The Hindu calendar is lunisolar but most festival dates are specified using the lunar portion of the calendar. A lunar day is uniquely identified by three calendar elements: māsa (lunar month), pakṣa (lunar fortnight) and tithi (lunar day).