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Naivedya offered to Radha Krishna in Sri Maya Chandrodaya Mandir in Mayapur, India. Prasāda (Sanskrit pronunciation: [pɽɐsaːdɐ], Sanskrit: प्रसाद), prasad or prasadam is a religious offering in Hinduism. Most often Prasada is vegetarian food especially cooked for devotees after praise and thanksgiving to a god.
When making an offering of pindas the first can be offered to the father (or for widow's, their husband), the 2nd their father's father, the third their father's father's father, the 4th their mother, the 5th their father's mother, the 6th their father's mother's mother, and so on to cover ancestors from all sides of the family. [4]
The deity is offered a seat. Padya. The deity's feet are symbolically washed. Water is offered for washing the head and body; Arghya. Water is offered so the deity may wash its mouth. Snana or abhisekha. Water is offered for symbolic bathing. Vastra (“clothing”). Here a cloth may be wrapped around the image and ornaments affixed to it.
Tilatarpana is the tarpana (or arghya) offered to pitrs (departed ancestors) by male descendants who do not have a living father. This is offered at the first annual shraddha (death anniversary) and during subsequent annual shraddhas, amavasyas (new moon days), sankramana s (solar ingresses), eclipses, and during visits to selected holy places ...
In Indian religions, a homa (Sanskrit: होम), also known as havan, is a fire ritual performed on special occasions.In Hinduism, by a Hindu priest usually for a homeowner ("grihastha": one possessing a home).
Arti plate. Arti (Hindi: आरती, romanized: Āratī) or Aarati (Sanskrit: आरात्रिक, romanized: Ārātrika) [1] [2] is a Hindu ritual employed in worship, part of a puja, in which light from a flame (fuelled by camphor, ghee, or oil) is ritually waved to venerate deities.
Prana pratishtha (IAST: prāṇa pratiṣṭhā) is the rite or ceremony by which a murti (devotional image of a deity) is consecrated in a Hindu temple.The Sanskrit terms prana means "life" and pratishtha means "to be established."
Offer 2(a): An offer refers to a promise that is dependent on a certain act, promise, or forbearance given in exchange for the initial promise. 2. Acceptance 2(b) : When the person to whom the proposal is made, signifies his assent there to, the proposal is said to be accepted.