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  2. Durga Puja - Wikipedia

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    Paata Puja: The process of making an idol usually begins with 'Paata Puja', on the day of the Rath Yatra that usually takes place around July. 'Paata' is the wooden frame that forms the base for the idols. [65]

  3. Mithila culture - Wikipedia

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    Kojagiri (Lachhmi Puja): harvest festival marking the end of monsoon season; Paata Puja (Durga Maay Aagmon) Khutti Puja (Ritual of Durga Puja) Mohalaya; Durga Puja: a ten-day festival, [20] [21] of which the last five are of the most significance. [22] is an important festival in the Shaktism tradition of Hinduism.

  4. Puja (Hinduism) - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Jain rituals - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Panchayatana puja - Wikipedia

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    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] It consists of the worship of five deities set in a quincunx pattern, [2] the five deities being Ganesha, Adi Shakti, Shiva, Vishnu and Surya.

  7. Pitru Paksha - Wikipedia

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    Durga Puja, the biggest festival of the Bengalis, is celebrated annually during the Hindu calendar month Ashvin (September and October). The celebration begins with Mahalaya. [ 12 ] Mahalaya is the day when the goddess Durga is believed to have descended to Earth.

  8. Prayer in Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    It is essentially the process of enlightenment found through worship of the Devas (or Devi, the feminine form of Deva), in whatever form one envisions. Prayer is achieved through puja (worship) done either at the family shrine or a local temple. We can see from Krishna's injunction that prayer is fundamental to Hinduism, that to dwell ...

  9. Parthiva Shivalinga Puja - Wikipedia

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    Parthiva Shivlinga Puja is a group of three Indic words Parthiva, Shivlinga and Puja. The literal meaning of Parthiva is earthly i.e., made from earthly material like soil, sand or mud. Similarly Shivalinga is the iconic representation of Lord Shiva and Puja literally means worship. Therefore, the literal meaning of Parthiva Shivlinga Puja is ...