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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 ...
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 ...
After a child completes four years of age, on the occasion of Vijayadashami, the father or the instructor of the child chants and writes either the Panchaksharam or the Ashtaksharam mantra on whole wheat or grains of rice, piled on a banana leaf, placed in front of a puja. Holding the hand of the child, the father or the instructor traces the ...
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.
Upakarma (Sanskrit: उपाकर्म, romanized: Upākarma, lit. 'Beginning'), also called Avani Avittam (Tamil: ஆவணி அவிட்டம், Malayalam: ആവണി അവിട്ടം, romanized: Āvaṇi Aviṭṭam), Janivarada Hunnime (Kannada: ಜನಿವಾರದ ಹುಣ್ಣಿಮೆ, romanized: Janivārada Huṇṇime), Gahma Purnima (Odia: ଗହ୍ମା ...
Shashtipurti (Sanskrit: षष्ठीपूर्ति, romanized: Ṣaṣṭipūrti) or Shashtiabdapurti (Sanskrit: षष्ट्यब्दपूर्ति ...
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".
A kalasha, also called Pūrṇa-Kalaśa, Pūrṇa-Kumbha, Pūrṇa-Ghaṭa, also called ghat or ghot or kumbh (Sanskrit: कलश kalaśa, Telugu: కలశము Kannada: ಕಳಶ literally "pitcher, pot"), is a metal (brass, copper, silver or gold) pot with a large base and small mouth. It is employed in the rituals in Hindu, Jain, and ...